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Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute Presents: Labor Day Report – 2025

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Introduction  The first eight months of the Trump administration saw dramatic changes in labor and employment policy—from civil rights to traditional labor law to immigration—with more to come as key positions at oversight...more

Akerman LLP

What Every College and University Should Know About the National Labor Relations Act and its Impact on Campus Life

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Colleges and universities continue to experience increased union organizing activity, strikes, and other protests from its workers, outpacing similar activities by workers in other industries. Although these activities were...more

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NLRB GC Files Complaint Alleging USC’s Football and Basketball Players are Employees

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Are Division I athletes who play football and basketball “student-athletes” or “employees”? The National Labor Relations Board’s General Counsel (GC) has filed a complaint against the NCAA, the PAC-12, and the University of...more

Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP

Your Undergraduate Students Are Preparing For Unionization. Are You?

In recent months and weeks, undergraduate student union organizing has picked up pace rapidly. On March 22, 2022, Wesleyan University voluntarily recognized a bargaining unit of undergraduate resident advisors following a...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

NLRB GC Memo Says Certain College Athletes Are Employees, Have Right to Unionize

Key Points - The NLRB’s General Counsel issued a memorandum providing her position that the NLRA protects student-athletes who “perform services for their colleges and the NCAA, in return for compensation” and are...more

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Recent Labor Victories for Adjunct Professors Signal Likely Uptick in Contingent Faculty Organizing

Recently, adjunct professors at Elon University and Ithaca College won victories before the NLRB and an American Arbitration Association arbitrator, respectively, that further bolster the position that adjunct, or contingent,...more

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What Schools Should Do If An Employee Refuses To Return To Work Because Of COVID-19

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Given the uncertainty surrounding the spread of COVID-19, efforts to contain it, and ever-changing health and safety guidelines, schools need to act quickly to address not only the current situation but also the new...more

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Third Thursdays with Ruthie: Are College Professors and Other Professional Employees Covered By the NLRA?

The issue of whether faculty at private colleges and universities are entitled to the protections of the National Labor Relations Act is still in flux—and cases on this topic can provide useful insight for other industries as...more

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