A database on discrimination jury verdicts in New York reveals some surprising results By Charles Joseph New York workers benefit from federal, state, and city laws that ban wage theft,... View Article
July 11, 2018
FLSA wage protections also apply to immigrants and undocumented workers Genevieve Carlton, Ph.D The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides critical federal protections against wage theft by employers. Workers who... View Article
July 6, 2018
The patchwork case law on sexual orientation discrimination poses major challenges for LGBTQ employees Genevieve Carlton, Ph.D Laws protect workers from racial discrimination in the workplace, unequal pay for equal... View Article
June 11, 2018
The new threat to workers’ rights Genevieve Carlton, Ph.D The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from racial discrimination on the job. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 means... View Article
June 1, 2018
How Epic Systems fails to understand twentieth-century labor history Genevieve Carlton, Ph.D For decades, workers have relied on class action lawsuits to protect their rights. A single employee underpaid by... View Article
May 23, 2018
How historians talk about workers’ revolts matters by Charles Joseph What causes workers to revolt? Throughout history, workers have protested their conditions with small-scale actions and widespread, sometimes violent rebellions... View Article
April 23, 2018