Thanks once again to Tequila Brooks for sending word of Enforcing Global Labor Rights in 2022: M-POWER and Other Tools (Virtual Meeting). The program will be Wednesday, February 23, 2022 12 pm ET. Speaking will be Thea Lee, Deputy Undersecretary
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Marty H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace (and Mar. 10 Celebration)
Dean Anita Krug from Chicago-Kent has just announced the official renaming of the Martin H. Malin Institute for Law and the Workplace. Anyone in the labor law field is well aware that a more fitting name and tribute could not
NAA Conference on Labour Rights & Remedies
Conference Celebrating Karl Klare
From Northeastern University comes word of a conference on April 8,2022, celebrating the vision and advocacy of labor law scholar KarlKlare.The conference will be in-person with a live stream for a virtualaudience. The four conference panels are titled “TransformativeConstitutionalism”,
New Article on Workplace Transparency
Lisa Bernt’s article on workplace transparency may be of interest to readers. The article is Workplace Transparency Beyond Disclosure: What’s Blocking the View?, 105 Marquette Law Review 73 (2021). Here is the abstract.Recent developments have exacerbated informational asymmetry between employers
Two Hospitals, Seven Workers, and the Short-Lived Injunction
Two hospitals, the seven workers who quit one hospital to join theother, and a short-lived temporary restraining order. According to thecomplaintin Thedacare, Inc. v. Ascension N.E. Wisconsin, Inc. (and not muchelse), this is their story, plus a Thirteenth Amendment
DC LERA Program: Navigating the Future of Work in the Age of Pandemics and Social Movements
Thanks again to Tequila Brooks for sending word about this program: David Jacobs, DC LERA Board President, will be speaking with Dr. Melissa Fisher of the NYU Institute for Public Knowledge – online only, complementary. January 26, 2022, noon eastern,
Labor & Green New Deal Symposium
Shirley Lin (Pace) write to let us know about the 2022 Labor and Green New Deal Symposium:The Pace Environmental Law Review is accepting submissions for its 2022 Symposium, “Labor and the Environment – Envisioning a Green New Deal.” On April 1, 2022, the symposium
DC LERA Program: Labor Rights & Global Supply Chains, 12/15/21
Many thanks once again to Tequila Brooks for sending us this announcement from DC LERA:The DC Chapter of LERA would like to invite you to attend (December 15, 2021 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm EST) a Virtual Event on Labor
2021-2022 Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition
Friend-of-Blog Michael Oswalt (Interim Director, Institute for Law and the Workplace at Chicago-Kent) sends along the notice below (and Flyer Here) for the Louis Jackson student writing competition:2021-2022 Louis Jackson Memorial National Student Writing Competition in Employment and Labor