David Yamada (Suffolk) has just posted on SSRN his article (56 Suffolk L. Rev. 393 (2023)) Expanding Coverage of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Act to Protect Workers from Severe Psychological Harm. Here's the abstract:The U.S. Occupational Safety
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Harkavy’s Annual LEL SCOTUS Update
Jonathan Harkavy (Patterson Harkavy) has just posted on SSRN his annual 2023 Supreme Court Commentary: Employment Law. Here's the abstract:This paper summarizes and comments on all Supreme Court opinions issued during the 2022-2023 term that deal with labor and…
Chicago-Kent “All About Accommodations” Symposium: Call for Papers
Nicole Porter, the new director of the Malin Institute for Law & the Workplace at Chicago-Kent writes to invite submissions for "All About Accommodations" Symposium:Call for Papers: Symposium Hosted by the Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace…
COSELL 2023
I'm happy to spread word about COSELL 2023–the 18th Annual Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law.The University of Minnesota School of Law, with Charlotte Garden & Matt Bodie, are kind enough to host this year, which will be…
Fifth Annual Equality Law Scholars’ Forum
A great opporutnity for junior scholars: Call for Proposals for the Fifth Annual Equality Law Scholars’ ForumNovember 10-11, 2023 – Boston University School of LawBuilding on the success of the Equality Law Scholars’ Forum held at UC Berkeley Law in 2017,…
Fall 2023 Online Labor Law Class?
Nicole Porter (Chicago-Kent) needs to know whether anyone is teaching an online Labor Law class in the fall 2023 semester. If you know of any such classes, please contact her at nporter@kentlaw.iit.edu. Jeff Hirsch
Reddy on Reclaiming the Normative Stakes of Labor Unions
Diana Reddy (who is starting full-time next year at Berkeley–congrats!) just had her article, After the Law of Apolitical Economy: Reclaiming the Normative Stakes of Labor Unions, published in the Yale Law Journal. The abstract:It is a consequential moment…
Shu to Join Rothstein & McGinley on Disability Law Casebook
D'Andra Shu (South Texas) will be joining Laura Rothstein (Louisville, retired) and Ann McGinley (UNLV) on the 7th edition of Disability Law: Cases, Problems, and Materials (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming in time for classes in fall 2024). Shu's a terrific…
Ohanesian on the Importance of Judicial Deference to the NLRB
Nick Ohanesian (ALJ; MSU adjunct) has just posted on SSRN his timely and important article Errors and Omissions: Applying Lessons from History to Decide the Future of Administrative Deference with Respect to the National Labor Relations Board. Here's the…