Post Tagged with: "labor"

Department of Labor Proposes Rule Improving Labor Protections for Migrant Farmworkers

Department of Labor Proposes Rule Improving Labor Protections for Migrant Farmworkers

By Hannah Dean (photo courtesy of pixabay.com) The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed a rule that bolsters protections for migrant farmworkers participating in the H-2A visa program.[1] The proposed rule focuses on protecting the workers’ labor organizing activities and enhancing the DOL’s ability to take enforcement actions against […]

Read More

Photo provided courtesy of Pexels.

Pre-dispute Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Deprive Employees of Their Right to Access the Courts When the Agreements Are a Condition of Employment

By Amanda Leonard, Staff Writer               More than 60 million American employees are subject to pre-dispute arbitration agreements, a required condition of their employment.[1] Pre-dispute agreements dictate that any legal disputes between an employee and an employer cannot be brought in court, but rather, must go through private arbitration.[2] The […]

Read More