SMLR Experts In the News

Law360 reports a growing number of museum workers are joining unions, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan.

NJBIZ reports employers are no longer required to provide emergency paid sick leave or paid family leave during the pandemic, quoting Debra Lancaster of the Center for Women and Work.

USA Today quotes Bill Castellano, who says companies have the right to fire employees for taking part in the Capitol insurrection. | The Journal News published the original story

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan, who says the Trump administration’s action “outsources a lot of the costs and the responsibilities onto the workers.”

Fast Company publishes an op-ed by Kyra Leigh Sutton, who argues that millennial and Gen Z workers expect transparency in job descriptions.

The Hill reports more than 200 employees have formed a minority union, quoting Rebecca Kolins Givan on the potential for similar action throughout Big Tech.

The American Prospect cites research by Saul Rubinstein of the Center for the Study of Collaboration in Work and Society, finding that labor-management partnerships in public schools boost student achievement.

Marketplace interviews Rebecca Kolins Givan of the Center for Work and Health about the tension between full-time hospital staff and the travel nurses who often earn more money.

KFMB-TV reports California’s minimum wage just increased to $14 an hour, quoting Yana Rodgers of the Center for Women and Work.

The New Republic publishes an op-ed co-authored by Christopher Mackin, a research fellow in the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, arguing that all Americans deserve a share of wealth.