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Third Circuit Holds That NCAA Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under the FLSA

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Recently, in Johnson v. NCAA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that, depending upon the surrounding circumstances, student-athletes may qualify as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This...more

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Third Circuit Affirms College Athletes May Qualify as Employees Under FLSA

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On July 11, 2024, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in Johnson v. NCAA that certain college athletes may qualify as employees of their schools or the NCAA under the Fair Labor...more

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House of Cards? How the $2.7 Billion NCAA Settlement Might Transform the Employment Status of Student-Athletes

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association is on the verge of settling a major antitrust lawsuit that may radically alter the equation when it comes to student-athlete employment. The pending settlement in House v. NCAA...more

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True March Madness: NLRB Declares That Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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In December, this blog alerted readers that in Memorandum GC 21-08, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) General Counsel Abruzzo declared that certain student-athletes “at Academic Institutions are employees under the...more

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Dartmouth Basketball Players Vote to Unionize after NLRB Declares Them Employees

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In a historic election on March 5, 2024, the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team voted 13-2 to unionize. The vote took place exactly one month after an NLRB regional director ruled that Dartmouth men’s basketball players...more

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Student-Athletes Score Big for Union Rights as NLRB Regional Director Recognizes Dartmouth’s Basketball Team as ‘Employees’

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Higher education has seen a marked increase in labor and union activities on public and private campuses, even reaching historic levels in the past couple of years with campus strikes and organizing by student workers....more

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NLRB Rules That Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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On February 5, the regional director for Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) ruled that the student-athletes on Dartmouth College’s men’s basketball team are “employees” under the National Labor...more

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NLRB Regional Director Determines Dartmouth Basketball Players Are Employees

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In a much-anticipated decision issued on Monday, February 5, 2024, Region 01 of the National Labor Relations Board (the “NLRB”) decided that the players on the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team qualify as employees...more

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Cash for College Athletes, NIL Only Scratches the Surface

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Allowing college athletes to be paid for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) has changed college sports, but several decisions that are due in the coming months could make college sports unrecognizable. First, several...more

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NLRB Executing Its Gameplan to Treat Student Athletes as Employees

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We previously reported on General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo's announcement of the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) gameplan to treat certain student athletes at private colleges and universities (together, "Academic...more

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Are Revenue Generating NCAA Student-Athletes Employees? California NLRB Office Says YES.

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Last week, Region 31 of the National Labor Relations Board, based in Los Angeles, filed a complaint (Case No. 31-CA-290326) alleging that the University of Southern California (USC), the Pac 12 (Pac-12) Conference and the...more

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The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from November 2021

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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Repeat After Me: College Athletes Are Not School Employees Under the FLSA

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“Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.” This quote (attributed to Brazilian author Paulo Cuelho) comes to mind with last month’s filing of yet another...more

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From The Playing Field To The Courtroom: The State Of Current Legal Challenges Brought By Student-Athletes

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As the U.S. Supreme Court stated in a 1984 decision involving the University of Oklahoma, there exists in this country a “revered tradition of amateurism in college sports.” Despite this tradition, there have been an...more

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Seventh Circuit Says Student Athletes Are Not Employees

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Back in August, the National Labor Relations Board threw the higher education community a curve ball ruling that student assistants at Columbia University were employees under the National Labor Relations Act, and were...more

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"Employment Flash - October 2016"

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Spotlight on Whistleblower Protections - On October 24, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a “risk alert” regarding SEC registrants’ compliance with Rule 21 F-17, which implements Section 21F of...more

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