Executive Summary: In September 2020, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised organized labor that, if elected, he would be the “strongest labor president you’ve ever had.” ...more
7/16/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Employee Rights ,
Federal Funding ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Job Creation ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Relations ,
NLRA ,
Transportation Corridor ,
Unions
While the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., et al., ___ F.3d ____, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 5197 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2021), gave some wins to the airlines, air carriers employing...more
3/15/2021
/ Airline Employees ,
Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Class Action ,
Delta Airlines ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Labor Regulations ,
Non-Residents ,
Over-Time ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
United Airlines ,
Wage and Hour
On October 11, 2019, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington ruled that Washington state’s paid sick leave law does not violate the Constitution or federal preemption law, thereby...more
10/18/2019
/ AFL-CIO ,
Airline Deregulation Act ,
Airline Employees ,
Aviation Industry ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Labor Regulations ,
Paid Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Preemption ,
Sick Leave ,
State and Local Government ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
On September 10, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Opinion Letter, FMLA2019-3-A, reinforcing the DOL’s position set out in an earlier opinion letter that “an employer is...more