We welcome Professor Catherine Fisk and attorney Daniel J. Herling to our Board of Directors. As the Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, Catherine Fisk teaches labor law, employment law, and employment discrimination, in addition to course on civil procedure, the legal profession, and the First Amendment. She also works with students… Continue reading Legal Aid at Work Welcomes New Board Members
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Equal rights to parental leave: A strong start for all children
Parental leave is associated with health benefits that last a lifetime. But not all California workers can be sure they’ll keep their job if they take parental leave to care for a newborn or newly adopted or new foster child. Join us at the California State Capitol, in the Eureka room, on Monday, August 28,… Continue reading Equal rights to parental leave: A strong start for all children
Immigration enforcement agents banned from labor offices in California amid fears for migrants trying to recoup wages
Labor trafficking victims file class action against Oklahoma businesses
Oklahoma businesses accused of trafficking Filipino nationals to US for cheap labor
Lawsuit: Trafficking scheme lured Filipinos to Oklahoma
Former Holiday Inn Express, Montana Mike’s workers file labor trafficking class action
OKLAHOMA (Thurs., July 27) — Workers recruited from the Philippines to work in hospitality businesses in Oklahoma under the H-2B guest worker program filed a federal lawsuit today alleging they were induced to pay high recruitment fees and then were paid less than they had been promised, denied the lodging, meals, and transportation they had… Continue reading Former Holiday Inn Express, Montana Mike’s workers file labor trafficking class action
Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky reviews Supreme Court term
Before a capacity crowd at our summer lecture on July 25, Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of Berkeley Law noted that the Supreme Court’s most recent term was unique. Two reasons that he cited come easily to mind: It was the “Term of 8,” he said, with a jurist missing most of the period; and there was… Continue reading Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky reviews Supreme Court term