Sincerely yours, Professors Samuel Issacharoff, Catherine Sharkey and Steve Susman, Co-Directors
If it is work, is it a “principal activity” requiring compensation? Although Justice Samuel Alito chastised Thierman for failing to argue whether the screenings were “integral and indispensable” to the employees’ work of packing and shipping merchandise, Thierman persevered, picking up steam as he continued
The Court emphatically refused to read a knowledge requirement into the statute, concluding “We construe Title VII’s silence as exactly that: silence.” Justice Samuel Alito concurred in the judgment because he believed that there was sufficient evidence that Abercrombie was aware that Elauf wore the headscarf for religious reasons
On July 25, 2018, NELA joined the Economic Policy Institute and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in supporting an amicus brief authored by the National Employment Law Project (NELP) in New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira , pending currently in the U.S. Supreme Court. The case concerns...
New Prime v. Oliveira_NELP NELA Amicus Brief_072518.pdf
On January 19, 2018, NELA joined a coalition of over 80 civil and workers’ rights groups in filing an amicus brief on behalf of the Respondents in Janus v. AFSCME, et al. , pending currently in the U.S. Supreme Court. This case involves a challenge to “Fair Share” rules, which require non...
NWLC LCCHR NELA_Janus v. AFSCME Amicus Brief_US SC_011918.pdf