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Four Supreme Court Employment Decisions in One Day!
Score that employees 2, employers 2. High Court rules: disability retirement program did not discriminate on age; employer has burden of proving reasonable factor other than age in age discrimination disparate impact cases; insurer conflict of interest is factor to consider in ruling on ERISA plan claims denials; California regulation of union-related activities of state-funded employers ispreempted by National Labor Relations Act.
State of the Union(s): A Labor Day Follow-Up, With Questions
A handful of union-related items today, a week after Labor Day.
First:
The New York Times notes that there was no Labor Day parade this year in the Big Apple, where it all began in 1882:
If you wanted to see labor in action on Labor Day, you’d have done well to visit a [...]
Anti-Union Website Credited in Nurses’ Union Decertification Vote at Hospital
This story from today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch would be just a local story, in my view, except for the role played by an anti-union website claiming to have been created by “an independent group of nurses - not supported or affiliated with any member of the management.”
I shouldn’t be surprised by this angle, and I’m [...]
Ad campaign attacks unions’ record on employment discrimination; Center for Union Facts site is good resource
According to a January 15 press release, on January 16 the Center for Union Facts (CUF) ran a national newspaper ad revealing hundreds of new discrimination charges filed with the EEOC against union officials.
The headline of the ad was “The Face of America’s Unions: ‘Male, Pale, And Stale.’”
The press release said:
Even as labor leaders [...]
Labor Day Special
I’ve always tried to do something on-topic for Labor Day. After all, this is an employment blog, and Labor Day is about labor, not just the end of summer.
Start with the basics: “Why do we celebrate Labor Day?”
Next, review a couple of my Labor Day posts from years past :
2005: “Labor Day Special [...]
