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Low Wage Workers
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Your Playlist: Scott Ainslie
The Land That I Love by Scott Ainslie explores themes of the push/pull factors leading folks to enter into the United States without authorization.For example, the chorus cries: "If it…
Trade Secrets Trends
Illinois Law Imposes New Restrictions on Non-Compete Agreements
Following a national trend that we previously posted about, Illinois recently passed legislation to further restrict the use of non-compete agreements against low-wage workers. Under the previous version of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Milking Outdated Laws: Alt-labor as a Litigation Catalyst by Kati L. Griffith and Leslie Gate
Milking Outdated Laws: Alt-labor as a Litigation Catalyst by Kati L. Griffith and Leslie Gates, Chicago-Kent Law Review, Vol. 95, No. 1, 2020AbstractEven though alt-labor does not have significant labor…
Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
Virginia Prohibits Non-Compete Agreements with “Low-Wage” Workers
By Garen E. Dodge, Nathaniel M. Glasser, Eric I. Emanuelson Jr.
Virginia may be for lovers, but it no longer loves non-compete agreements. Starting on July 1, 2020, employers may not “enter into, enforce, or threaten to enforce” a non-compete agreement…
Chicago Business Attorney Blog
Illinois Freedom to Work Act – Another Problem for Employers
The Illinois Freedom to Work Act, which prevents non-governmental employers from requiring that low-wage employees enter into non-compete agreements, has begun to impact case law in the past three years…
Trade Secrets & Employee Mobility
New Hampshire Bans Noncompetes for Low-Wage Workers
With its recently passed Act Relative to Noncompete Agreements for Low-Wage Employees, New Hampshire has joined a growing list of states (including Maryland and Maine) that have enacted laws barring…
Employment Law Watch
NYC Proposes Ban on Non-Competes
By Mark S. Goldstein, Cindy Schmitt Minniti
New York City, which for years has been a trailblazer in employee-friendly workplace legislation, is at it again. Late last month, the NYC Council proposed a bill that would prohibit…
Law and the Workplace
Illinois Prohibits Non-Compete Agreements with Low-Wage Employees
By John Barry, Sunghee Sohn, Steven J. Pearlman
Effective January 1, 2017, the Illinois Freedom to Work Act (the “Act”) will prohibit private sector employers from entering into non-competition agreements with employees earning a “low wage.” The Act…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Pregnancy Discrimination, Immigrant Women and Low-Wage Work
Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Joann Cuevas Ingram of Latino Justice offered this perspective on Huffington Post about the Supreme Court's decision in Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. and its impact on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: Advancing Low-Wage Worker Organizing Through Legal Representation
Advancing Low-Wage Worker Organizing Through Legal Representation by Sameer M. Ashar (UC Irvine School of Law), Fernando Flores (Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center), Sara Feldman (Legal Aid Society…