On October 28, the Illinois General Assembly passed legislation that, if signed by Governor Pritzker, will provide mandatory paid administrative leave for school and Illinois public college and university employees for...more
11/3/2021
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Educational Institutions ,
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Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
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Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
As we previously reported, certain non-instructional, non-administrative school term employees are now be eligible for unemployment compensation this summer. ...more
As you may have heard already, as part of the legislation (HB2455) signed by Governor Pritzker on June 5, 2020, certain non-instructional, non-administrative school term employees (commonly referred to as 10-month employees)...more
On March 14, 2018, leaders from the Service Employees International Union, the United Auto Workers, the American Federation of Teachers, and UNITE HERE announced a new coalition to organize graduate students at private...more
In what will come as no surprise to even the most casual labor law observer, last Friday an Acting Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board created a new inroad for unions to organize undergraduate resident...more
In what will come as no surprise to even the most casual labor law observer, yesterday the National Labor Relations Board jettisoned established precedent and granted teaching assistants and other student assistants at...more
8/24/2016
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Brown University ,
Colleges ,
Educational Institutions ,
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NLRB ,
Popular ,
Student Employees ,
Teachers ,
Unions ,
Universities
Union organizing directed at religious college and university faculties has gained momentum since the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”) issued its decision in Pacific Lutheran University (“PLU”) in 2014. In PLU, the...more
On September 30, 2015, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed, in part, a district court’s ruling that some of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) compensation rules were unlawful restraints on trade in...more
10/13/2015
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College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Deferred Compensation ,
Educational Institutions ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
O'Bannon v NCAA ,
Paying For College ,
Rule-of-Reason Analysis ,
Sherman Act ,
Student Athletes ,
Wage and Hour