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Via the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress required the CFPB to study the use of pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer financial markets and conferred the Bureau the power to issue regulations for the protection of consumers consistent with the study
NELA Comments CFPB Arbitration Agreements_Final_06 16 2012.pdf
The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) has an immediate opening for a full-time experienced Legislative & Public Policy Director to lead the organization’s legislative and public policy advocacy initiatives, and to manage its Washington DC Office
Legislative Public Policy Director_Job Announcement_7 2012.pdf
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Legislative & Public Policy Director The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) has an immediate opening for a full-time experienced Legislative & Public Policy Director to lead the organization’s legislative and public policy advocacy initiatives, and to manage its Washington DC Office
The Institute furthers employee rights through innovative legal strategies, policy development, grassroots advocacy, and public education
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The Institute.pdf
The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) published a report entitled, “Judicial Hostility To Workers’ Rights: The Case For Professional Diversity On The Federal Bench,” which targets another type of diversity that is equally as important and sorely lacking on the federal bench&...
NELA Report on Judicial Hostility To Workers Rights_Professional Diversity_Final.pdf
Veteran litigators Alicia K. Haynes, Yona Rozen & J. Bryan Wood present Lessons Learned At Trial: Dos & Don'ts For Handling "Hidden Bias" In Employment Claims. Our presenters will share their best practice tips on handling "hidden bias" in employment discrimination cases. Topics to be addressed...
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You can do this by only disclosing the information to members of your team that absolutely need to know, and keeping it in a password-protected environment. Draft Workplace Policies Many employers provide things like free Internet access, email, and computers to their employees. However, things like comprehensive company policies are often missing thus leaving employees to guess as to how these systems should be used. For best results, make sure you have strict policies in place to let employees know that these systems are for work and they aren’t to be used for fun under any circumstances.
These employers require employees to accept forced arbitration policies as a condition of getting or keeping their jobs
On May 18, 2012, NELA, its public interest organization, The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy, and the National Employment Law Project (NELP), filed an amicus brief urging the U.S
NELAAmicus_Sutherland v Ernst & Young_05 18 12.pdf
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The NLRB specifically concluded, in a matter of first impression for the Board, that "there is no conflict between Federal labor law and policy, on the one hand, and the FAA and its policies, on the other." The National Employment Lawyers Association and The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy presented this webinar in order to assist employee advocates in understanding and taking advantage of the opportunities provided by this landmark ruling by the National Labor Relations Board and to offer answers to questions that have arisen following the decision
General Mills, in early April, quietly adopted a broad policy to require consumers to resolve any disputes with the company through forced arbitration on an individual basis. The language was written in a way that may have restricted this policy to those who signed up for promotional programs or used their websites or social media
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Pursuant to the judge’s orders, plaintiffs’ counsel recomputed the firefighters’ damages, and filed a proposed exhibit with the new calculations, which used a different method to compute the damages than during the original trial
In This Issue: NELA Participates In White House Summit On Judicial Nominations EEOC Issues Enforcement Guidance on Arrest And Convictions Records; House Votes For Appropriations Amendment To Forbid Use of Commission's Funds To Implement Consumer Financial Protection Bureau To Look At Forced Arbitration Clauses Reps
OTH_05_2012.pdf
On March 3, 2014, NELA joined the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Economic Policy Institute, the Writers Guild of America East, Ross Perlin and Professor David Yamada in submitting an amicus curiae brief in the U.S
Hearst amicus FINAL.pdf
By Joseph Dalia Employee Rights Advocacy Law Student Fellow The Employee Rights Advocacy Institute For Law & Policy In an 8-1 decision written by Justice Antonin Scalia, the U.S