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Volunteer Opportunity for Mass. Probate, Family, Estate and Immigration Law Practitioners: Immigration Community Response Initiative www.massbar.org/membership/v...

Immigration Community Response Initiative

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jun 4

Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers, June 16, 5:30-7
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Workers' Rights Webinar: Domestic Workers

This webinar will review the rights of Domestic Workers, and how to file complaints and get support should your rights be violated. Domestic workers provide services in a home. These services include ...

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · May 30

Federal job seekers quizzed on Executive Orders and how they would support them www.forbes.com/sites/antoni...

Federal Job Applications Will Soon Have Essay Questions About Trump’s Executive Orders And Government Efficiency

A set of new essay questions will be added to federal job applications as part of an executive order from the president that seeks to reform the federal hiring process.

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · May 28

New ruling dials back EEOC protections for transgender employees newenglandbizlawupdate.com/2025/05/28/n...

New ruling dials back EEOC protections for transgender employees

A federal court has vacated portions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) guidance on harassment protections for LGBTQ+ employees.

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · May 28

The National Employment Law Project is hiring a Vice President of Programs and Strategy based in New York City, Washington, DC, or Berkeley, CA.

A full job description and application instructions can be found here: nelp.bamboohr.com/careers

Current Openings

Take a look at the current openings at National Employment Law Project

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · May 9

Gavriela Bogin-Farber and Anna Bottrell on
Adverse Actions in the Wake of Muldrow v. City of St. Louis
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Adverse Actions in the Wake of <EM>Muldrow v. City of St. Louis</EM>

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Apr 22

National Law Day of Action May 1: For bar associations, lawyers, the public
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National Law Day of Action

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Apr 22

City of Boston: Youth Workers' Rights webinar April 24 from 5:30 - 7:00
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Workers' Rights Webinar: Youth Workers

Having a job as a young person can have many benefits, but it can come with risks too. From 2022 to 2023, child labor violations in the US reached their highest level in about two decades. Recent stud...

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Mar 13

NLRB Acting General Counsel Overturns Numerous Pro-Labor Biden-Era Policies www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/nl...

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Mar 10

City of Boston is hosting a Workers’ Rights Clinic on Tues, Mar 11 from 5-7 at Josiah Quincy Upper School, 900 Washington St., Boston

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Lisa Bernt @lbernt.bsky.social · Feb 8

Federal workers flock to unions www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/08/n...

‘People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers' unions see DOGE-inspired surge - The Boston Globe

As President Trump and Elon Musk move to upend the government, labor unions that represent federal workers have seen their membership rolls rapidly expand.

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Union Jobs @unionjobs.bsky.social · Jan 30

The Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice, a CUNY Institute is offering a Fellowship to be based in New York City, NY. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @cunyslu.bsky.social

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 30

16 million workers were unionized in 2024: Millions more want to join unions but couldn’t www.epi.org/publication/...

16 million workers were unionized in 2024: Millions more want to join unions but couldn’t

Interest in union organizing is surging in the United States. Since 2021, petitions for union elections at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have more than doubled. And public support for...

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Jan 29

In court just now, the states are introducing @PressSec tweet saying the funding freeze is still active as evidence that their lawsuit should continue.

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 28

The firm of Rudolph Friedmann LLP has just directed a cy pres award (unclaimed moneys from class action settlements) to the Fair Employment Project! Thank you to Adam Shafran, partner at Rudolph Friedman, who represented the plaintiffs

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 28

MA Gov. Issues Formal Policy Prohibiting Non-Disclosure Agreements Across Executive Branch www.mass.gov/news/governo...

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UC Berkeley Labor Center @ucblaborcenter.bsky.social · Jan 27

Students: Apply by February 7 for the UC Berkeley Labor Summer paid internship! Details and application: laborcenter.berkeley.edu/labor-summer...

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 15

Mastercard Agrees to Settle Pay Discrimination Lawsuit
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Mastercard Agrees to Settle Pay Discrimination Lawsuit

Mastercard has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a class action accusing the company of underpaying female, Black and Hispanic employees.

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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · Jan 15

In a unanimous ruling penned by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, SCOTUS rejected a higher threshold for employers to prove that workers are exempt from overtime pay and other legal protections granted by US wage laws. This could make it easier for some businesses to defend against lawsuits reut.rs/4jk7hr8

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 15

US Supreme Court boosts companies' defense in wage lawsuits www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

US Supreme Court boosts companies' defense in wage lawsuits

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a higher threshhold for employers to prove that workers are exempt from overtime pay and other legal protections granted by U.S. wage laws.

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Fair Employment Project @feplaw.bsky.social · Jan 15

Free Workers’ Rights Clinics in Boston. Next one is February 25, 5-7 p.m. at Brazilian Worker Center, 14 Harvard Ave., No. 2, Allston www.boston.gov/departments/...

Labor Compliance and Worker Protections

The Office of Labor Compliance and Worker Protections: Protects and promotes labor standards and policies that create fair workplaces for all workers. Uses the power and scale of the City of Boston's ...

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