Employment Law

Director Ellen Gallin Procida discusses school districts and unions in the time of the pandemic.

Director of Healthcare Labor Relations John August discusses advancements in union organizing for physicians.

Esta Bigler hosts a panel discussing the safety and health (and employment law) impacts of the federal lawsuit brought by workers and their family members against Amazon.

Esta Bigler of ILR's Labor and Employment Law Program hosts a panel discussion covering reopening and in a new world of ADA, accessibility, and employment best practices.

Most workers whose jobs have been disrupted maintain a tie to their employers.

Esta Bigler hosted a webinar discussion with labor-law experts on the ramifications of reopening on older workers, and where the ADA relates to reopening.

Esta Bigler hosts a webinar discussion with labor-law experts that explores state and national approaches to employer liability and funding for employment benefits.

CJEI's Timothy McNutt busts 9 common myths about hiring people with criminal records.

Sponsored by the Worker Institute's Lois Gray Innovation Initiative, this webinar will examine the issues that gig-economy workers have been facing prior to and during the COVID-19 crisis. The panel will assess the existing policy and organizing solutions to the challenges.

The knowledge and experience of front-line employees is crucial to the process as businesses and communities plan for reopening after COVID.

The national jobs report issued monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics includes numbers that help predict labor market behavior. ILR School Senior Extension Associate Erica Groshen, who served as bureau commissioner, explains why the report is a go-to standard for understanding employment in the United States.

Detailed information to help understand the provisions of employment law specific to family and medical leave.

The processing capacity of state departments of labor are outpaced by an unprecedented volume of unemployment claims and call for emergency relief measures.

The COVID-19 crisis poses many issues not anticipated in existing collective bargaining agreements. We explain how new bargaining may be initiated by employers and unions.

Useful information on the governor's order and its details.

Understand the New York state guidelines for classifying businesses as essential.

Asian American and Pacific Islander workers, two million of whom work on the frontlines in the health care, personal services and transportation industries, face increased xenophobic and racial discrimination in the workplace.

Learn what the CARES Act does for for working people, low-income people and gig workers.

Exactly who is deemed an "essential worker" in New York state?

The Federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act -- here's how it works.

Surprise medical bills of huge proportions follow many emergency room visits. Private equity firms that increasingly control hospitals are often to blame and need to stop the practice, particularly during the pandemic, writes Professor Rose Batt.

Create a sound strategy for post-incarceration reentry in the time of COVID-19. Timothy McNutt of ILR's Criminal Justice Employment Initiative provides information to help people strategize.