Brickbat: Adding It All Up
California lawmakers are considering a bill that would require any company with at least 250 employees to make public the pay of all of its employees in the state and …
Employment
Big Labor’s Covert Plan To Kill Union Elections
When union officials launch an organizing drive, their ultimate goal is to obtain exclusive monopoly bargaining status, a mandate from the federal government that an employer must bargain only with …
Brickbat: Mount Baldy
A British employment tribunal has ruled that calling a man bald can be a form of sexual harassment similar to commenting on a woman’s breasts. The ruling came in a …
Two California Lawmakers Want To Mandate 32-Hour Workweeks
There’s no crisis that lawmakers can’t make worse, and in California, a state that already has pretty high taxes and minimum wages, two lawmakers have introduced a bill mandating 32-hour …
Biden’s Plans To Fix the Pay Gap Won’t Actually Help Women
Yesterday was “Equal Pay Day,” so named to mark the point in the year that a U.S. woman allegedly must work to make the same amount of money as her …
The Great Resignation Shows What Empowered Workers Really Look Like
Some politicians insist that workers are so beleaguered governments should push them into labor unions and mandate a national $15 per hour minimum wage. But then economic and cultural conditions …
Court Trashes Trump-Era Rules That Prevented Asylum Seekers From Working Legally
Two rules issued by the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that restricted work permits for asylum seekers are invalid, ruled a federal judge in the U.S. District Court …
Young Americans: Leave Those Creepy College Covid Camps And Start Your Careers Now
The ‘everyone should go to college’ mantra is brittle, false, failing, and harmful. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that covers politics, policy, culture, and …
Whole Foods Fight Over Black Lives Matter Masks Pits National Labor Relations Board Against Free Speech
Are employee dress codes illegal? That’s the implication in a consolidated complaint filed against Whole Foods Market by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB argues that it’s illegal …
Here’s Why a Federal Paid Leave Program Would Be a Bad Deal for Many Workers
The nonsensical coverage of the debate over paid leave continues. Apparently, opposing a federal paid leave program is the equivalent of being anti-family or pro-suffering, or so we’re told. We …