The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy And The National Employment Lawyers Association Appoint New Executive Director

Seasoned legal advocate and former workers’ rights attorney Jeffrey A. Mittman selected by unanimous board vote Concord, Calif. – Dec. 10, 2020 – After...   Read More

Spotlight On California: AB 5, Proposition 22, And The Fight For Gig Workers’ Rights

By Christy England, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow The Harms Of Misclassification: The COVID-19 Pandemic And Beyond As workers across the country face unprecedented...   Read More

Interactive Timeline Series Traces How The U.S. Supreme Court Forced Arbitration On America’s Workers

Over 60 million of America’s non-union private-sector workers are bound by forced arbitration clauses that bury claims of employer wrongdoing behind closed doors. Many...   Read More

Forced Arbitration: A Race To The Bottom

Building on our earlier Institute report by Prof. Imre Szalai of the Loyola College of Law, Forced Arbitration: A Race To The Bottom breaks...   Read More

The Institute Publishes New Report Exposing Widespread Use Of Arbitration Clauses In Employment Contracts

The Institute is pleased to have published a groundbreaking report by Professor Imre S. Szalai, the Judge John D. Wessel Distinguished Professor of Social...   Read More

Supreme Court To Determine Whether Forced Arbitration Trumps Federal Law

Elizabeth Colman, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow On October 2, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)...   Read More

Class And Collective Action Bans Help Keep Low-Wage Workers Trapped In Poverty

Elizabeth Colman, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow This October, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a trio of cases challenging whether...   Read More

The Faces Of Forced Arbitration Project Launched At 2017 NELA Annual Convention

The Institute was proud to launch its groundbreaking project, The Faces of Forced Arbitration, at the 2017 NELA Annual Convention in June. Designed to...   Read More

The Institute Launches Resources For Protecting The Employment Rights Of Immigrants & Refugees

In light of President Trump’s recent January 27, 2017 Executive Order (EO), Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States, which...   Read More

Horton Comes To A Head: U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Resolve Conflict Regarding Workers’ Rights To Act Collectively

By Elizabeth Colman, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow The United States Supreme Court granted three petitions for certiorari during their Friday, January 13 conference...   Read More

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