Workplace
Most safety teams are testing AI. Few have paid for it yet.
A new ASSP survey shows 86% of safety professionals in exploratory or early AI adoption, with investment and data quality as the brakes.
Union Times Today
Labor Law
Labor lawyer vs. labor law attorney: the same job, different disputes
The titles overlap almost completely. What separates useful counsel from the wrong specialist is the kind of dispute, not the name on the door.
Unions
What a shop steward does and when to call one
The steward is the contract's first responder on the shop floor — here is the job, and the moments that call for it.
Labor Rights
Workplace
Most safety teams are testing AI. Few have paid for it yet.
A new ASSP survey shows 86% of safety professionals in exploratory or early AI adoption, with investment and data quality as the brakes.
Courts & Justice
How a civil case moves through court, filing to verdict
Pleadings, discovery, motions, trial, appeal — the stages a workplace lawsuit actually passes through, and where most cases end.
Labor Law
Labor lawyer vs. labor law attorney: the same job, different disputes
The titles overlap almost completely. What separates useful counsel from the wrong specialist is the kind of dispute, not the name on the door.
Legal News
How to pick a legal news website or newsletter that fits
A practical guide for practitioners, students and curious readers on choosing where to follow labor and employment law.
Workplace
Everyday safety: a worker's guide to preventing workplace violence
What the warning signs look like, what de-escalation can and cannot do, and what the law expects from employers.
Courts & Justice
How courts handle an employment discrimination case, start to finish
From the first charge filed with a federal agency to a verdict or a settlement, here is the road a workplace discrimination case actually travels.
Labor Law
Massachusetts labor laws: the rules that reach every paycheck
The Commonwealth writes its own wage, break and leave rules. Where they differ from federal law, the stricter rule usually governs.
Legal News
How a Court Filing Becomes a Headline Before Lunch
A look at the daily pipeline that turns dockets, rulings and agency notices into the legal news you read.
Workplace
Workplace harassment: what crosses the line and what to do next
Most bad behavior at work is not illegal. Some of it is. Knowing the difference changes what you do next.
Courts & Justice
How a federal workplace rule gets made: the notice-and-comment pipeline
An OSHA exposure limit or a DOL overtime threshold becomes binding law through the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment process — a published proposal, a public docket, and a reasoned final rule.
Labor Law
Weingarten rights: when you can ask for a union rep
A Supreme Court rule from 1975 still decides who can bring a witness into the room when an employer starts asking questions that could end in discipline.
Legal News
OPM finalizes rules moving federal RIF appeals from board to agency
Two final rules published August 3 shift appeals of furloughs, separations and demotions to OPM itself, effective September 2, ending the MSPB hearing route.