For those of you that are interested in some cutting edge scholarship in the employment law area, there are some great recent reviews on JOTWELL's Worklaw Section. In the last three months alone, the following wonderful reviews have been
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Zoom Panel on Contracts and Competition
Thanks to Ryan Nelson for sending word of an upcoming Zoom panel sponsored by South Texas College of Law. The Zoom panel is Employment 2021: Contract v. Competition. The panel is on Friday, October 1, from 2 p.m. to 4…
Malin Announced Chair of FLRA Federal Services Impasse Panel
A huge congratulations to Marty Malin (Chicago-Kent) and Joe Slater (Toledo), who the Biden Administration has announced will be appointed to the Federal Labor Relations Act Federal Impasse Panel. Marty will Chair the panel. Here's the announcement: Today, President Joe…
Teaching Workplace Health & Safety
Alvin Goldman (retired, U. Kentucky) asked me to share this link, of Hazel Dickens singing about Black Lung, that would be a great introduction to covering the topic of employee health and safety. Thanks, Alvin!rb
2021 Colloquium on Scholarship in Employment and Labor Law (COSELL)
Below is helpful info about the ever-popular COSELL this fall from Jennifer Shinall. Bottom line is that an in-person option is up in the air, but at a minimum, we'll have a remote option, whether exclusively remote or hybrid. So…
Harpur Awarded Future Fellowship to Work on Workplace Disabilities
A huge congratulations to Paul Harpur (U. Queensland), who this week was awarded a four-year $1.1M Future Fellowship. His project is entitled Normalizing Ability Diversity through Career Transitions: Disability at Work.The project, with Phd candidates funded, fellows, and a…
COVID-Related Labor Arbitration Awards
My summer research project has been compiling and analyzing COVID-related labor arbitration awards. The result is an article that will be published this fall in the Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution. The title is COVID-Related Labor Arbitration Awards in…
Cornell ILR Hiring
Kate Griffith writes to let us know about an open position at Cornell's ILR School: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor Position Labor and Employment Law – ILR School, Cornell UniversityThe Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) invites applications…
Seiner’s Virtual Workplace
Join me in congratulating Joe Seiner (South Carolina) on the publication of his new book The Virtual Workplace: Public Health, Efficiency, and Opportunity (Cambridge U. Press). Here's the publisher's description:The recent pandemic has clarified the overwhelming connection between the workplace…
McDonnell Douglas Updates
Each year I read all of the cases citing McDonnell Douglas to update my treatise, McDonnell Douglas: The Most Important Case in Discrimination Law (available electronically on Bloomberg). The treatise provides comprehensive coverage of all things McDonnell Douglas. Here are…