Center for Labor and Employment Law

Join Employment Arbitration & Mediation Today, hosted by NYU's Center for Labor & Employment Law and the American Arbitration Association on October 23, 2025. Topics include: AI in Employment Decision-Making, Assessing AAA Rule Changes for Employment Cases, Mass Employment Arbitration, and more! 

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On June 9 and 10, the Center held the 77th Annual Conference on Labor & Employment Law: Trump Administration Initiatives & Opportunities for New Approaches. The new Republican administration has garnered more support from working Americans and some labor unions than in decades. Despite concerns in some quarters about the President’s style and willingness to discard or radically alter the existing playbook, that willingness also presents a historic opportunity for entertaining new approaches in workplace law and policy. See agenda

The Center for Labor and Employment Law is led by Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law at New York University.

November 20, 2024
In-house counsel and senior HR executives talked shop on top employment law issues. Discussion topics: (i) employee speech; (ii) restrictive covenants; (iii) employment law risk for year-end decisions such as compensation and promotion; (iv) affinity groups and DEI after Students for Fair Admissions; and, (v) sharing of attendee top employment law issues.

November 14, 2024
This Webinar, hosted by the NYU Labor Center in collaboration with the Institute of Judicial Administration, discussed recent challenges to the NLRA brought by SpaceX and other companies. Read Justia.com's Key Takeaways.