SMLR Experts In the News

The Record interviews Christopher To about New Jersey’s pay transparency law taking effect. Most employers are now required to list salary information in job postings.

Sourcing Journal reports many fashion brands are canceling orders, delaying payments, and taking other actions that harm garment workers, quoting Mark Anner.

Bloomberg Law writes about a Workplace Justice Lab@RU report on the declining number of labor investigators. Jake Barnes says it could worsen America’s $13 billion wage theft problem.

USA TODAY reports on alleged corruption in the National Treasury Employees Union. Susan Schurman says, “I don’t think that’s special about unions.”

Inc. examines the durability of employee-owned firms, citing research by Douglas Kruse of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing.

Bloomberg Law interviews Carmen Martino about possible changes to a federal rule governing who can be present for OSHA workplace inspections.

The Record reports NJ Transit and the train engineers’ union are keeping quiet, for now, about their tentative contract agreement. Bill Dwyer says, “Nobody wants to upend a deal.”

The Star-Ledger reports NJ Transit and the union representing train engineers have reached a tentative deal to end the strike, quoting Bill Dwyer.

Gothamist reports NJ Transit train engineers walked off the job at 12:01 a.m., demanding higher pay that is on par with other railroads. Bill Dwyer is quoted.

The New York Times interviews Bill Dwyer about the tense contract negotiations that ended with the first NJ Transit strike in more than 40 years.