Two recent determinations from National Labor Relations Board officials that Amazon jointly employs delivery drivers who work for contractors could bolster the Teamsters' efforts to unionize the workers, experts said, as the union continues its efforts to organize the e-commerce giant.
A Fourth Circuit panel on Friday grappled with the degree of control nurses have over their work and if they automatically become employees by signing a noncompete, as it considered a medical staffing company's bid to overturn a $9 million misclassification suit judgment following a bench trial.
While a new bill in Congress that would provide paid leave for workers who've experienced domestic violence or sexual assault may be unlikely to pass this go-round, states and cities have already enacted paid safe leave policies that require employers' attention, experts said.