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Employment and Labor Law
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NoteVol. 103 · Iss. 4
Loosening the Confidentiality Straitjacket
In May 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized its rule invalidating most non-competition agreements for approximately thirty million workers across the United States.…
Jaden A. Lanza -
ArticleVol. 103 · Iss. 1
When is Discrimination Harmful?
In Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, the Supreme Court held that Title VII does not require a plaintiff to establish material harm to…
Sandra F. Sperino -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 5
Woke-Washing at Work
In the modern era, corporate marketing and branding processes frequently encompass a public commitment to progressive social causes favored by a firm’s base of…
Peggie Smith & Marion Crain -
ArticleVol. 99 · Iss. 5
Working Through Menopause
There are over thirty million people ages forty-four to fifty-five in the civilian labor force in the United States, but the law and legal…
Bridget J. Crawford, Emily Gold Waldman & Naomi R. Cahn -
CommentaryVol. 99 · Iss. 5
Cross-Statute Employment Discrimination Claims and The Need For A “Super Statute”
Congress has not drafted one statute to govern all claims of employment discrimination, regardless of whether those claims are based upon any of the…
William R. Corbett -
NoteVol. 99 · Iss. 2
“Influencing” the Legislature: The Need for Legislation Targeting Online Sexual Harassment of Social Media Influencers
Introduction More than 4.5 billion people use the internet, and 3.8 billion of these users live comfortably on social media. Social media’s quick, cost-effective…
Samantha Adams -
ArticleVol. 87 · Iss. 4
Complimentary Discrimination and Complementary Discrimination in Faculty Hiring
This Article focuses on one form of discrimination in faculty hiring. Specifically, this Article concentrates on discrimination against the “over qualified” minority faculty candidate,…
Angela Onwuachi-Willig -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 2
ERISA & Uncertainty
In the United States, retirement income and health insurance are largely provided through private promises made incident to employment. These “benefit promises” are governed…
Brendan S. Maher & Peter K. Stris -
Online2021
“Uber v. Drivers”: The Battle for Employee Classification
The peer-to-peer ridesharing industry has been booming since Uber first went live in San Francisco in 2010. Presently, Uber has spread to more than…
Euna Park -
Online2021
What Does it Mean to Discriminate “Because of . . . Sex”?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against their employees “because of . . .…
Cora Allen -
Online2021
Affirming Personhood: Extending Title VII Protections to Prisoners in State-Operated Prison Industries
Abstract This Note examines the application of Title VII protections to prisoners in the historical context of the Thirteenth Amendment. First, I outline the…
Jo Gbujama -
ArticleVol. 94 · Iss. 5
The Food We Eat and the People Who Feed Us
Food justice scholars and advocates have made a simple but important point: for all the attention we pay to the food we eat, we…
Stephen Lee