Punching In: Two SCOTUS Decisions and a Barrel of Labor Dept. New Hires

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

Opt-In Options | Waiver Ruling Makes Waves| Labor Disputes: Board or Bench?

Chris Opfer: So, did I miss anything while I was on vacation last week?

I’m still parsing Justice Samuel Alito’s piercing majority opinion in Janus. What jumps out to me isn’t the smackdown on mandatory “fair share” union fees in the public sector-- that was expected. I predicted earlier this year that the next right-to-work fight would be over union opt-out procedures. Blue states like New York even updated their laws in advance of Janus to let public unions make it ...