The Center for Labor and Employment Law was created in 1996 to establish a nonpartisan forum for the debate and study of the policy and legal issues involving the employment relationship.
Upcoming Events
Webinar Thursday, Nov. 14th, 12:00-1:15pm EDT
Will the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) be Declared Unconstitutional?
Does lack of a jury trial and insulation of administrative law judges (ALJ) from presidential removal render the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) unconstitutional? The Supreme Court’s recent decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, No. 22-859 (2024), raises whether the NLRB can continue to rely on ALJs – a problem since the NLRB, unlike the SEC, likely does not have authority to file enforcement proceedings in district court. In Space X v. NLRB, a Texas district court decision declaring the NLRA unconstitutional and barring the Board from going forward in that case puts this issue squarely on the table. Join us for a balanced discussion of this critical legal development of special pertinence to practitioners and scholars of labor law. Speakers include former NLRB General Counsel Richard F. Griffin, Jr. (Bredhoff & Kaiser), Howard Robbins (Proskauer), and administrative and constitutional law scholar, Prof. David Noll (Rutgers University School of Law). Moderated by Faculty Directory Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Applying for NYS CLE in professional practice.
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Wednesday, November 20, Breakfast- Employment Law Roundtable for Corporate Counsel & HR Executives at NYU School of Law. Join other in-house counsel and senior HR executives to talk shop on top employment law issues. Facilitated by experienced employment lawyers from companies and management firms: Michael Delikat (Orrick), Shari Goldsmith (Assistant GC, Cantor Fitzgerald/BGC/Newmark), Erika Ozer (Global Head of Employment Law, Boston Consulting Group), Martin Schmelkin (Schulte) and Teri W. Wood (Jackson Lewis, former Associate GC at IBM). 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. To Register: Here or contact allison.schifini@nyu.edu.
Past Events
For more past NYU Labor Center events visit https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/labor/events
76th Annual NYU Conference on Labor and Employment Law
Watch the US Workforce Overview panel below:
This session provided an analysis of the US workforce and labor economics, noting trends and changes relevant for labor and employment law policy makers, employers and their counsel.
Speakers: Prof. Daniel Hamermesh and Ye Zhang (Resolution Economics) Facilitator: Gerald Hathaway (Fox Rothschild)
Faculty Director Professor Samuel Estreicher in the News:
- Second Circuit Rebuffs Starbucks Strategy of Seeking Rank-and-File Employee Discovery in Labor Law Injunction Proceeding, June 4, 2024.
- Diminished NLRB 'Drowning' In Cases, Litigation, Chair Says, May 23, 2024.
- Organizing Principles: Prof. Samuel Estreicher and Jack Samuel '23 argue that century-old federal labor laws give gig workers the right to engage in collective action, including union campaigns, without fear of antitrust liability, May 21, 2024.
NYU Labor Center's 4th Annual Student Scholarship Presentations in Labor and Employment Law
Watch our latest presentation here!
Kevin Seney, 2L: Challenges to Written Civil Service Promotional Exams: Title VII and New York State Law
Read the paper here
Commentators: Prof. Jonathan Harris (Loyola Law School) and Prof. Morris Kleiner (University of Minnesota Institute of Public Affairs)
Jackson Maxwell, 3L: Solidarity Forever? Toward a Competitive Market for Organized Labor
Read a draft of the paper here, forthcoming in the NYU Law Review
Commentators: Prof. Daniel Francis (NYU School of Law) and Mark Risk, Esq (Mark Risk, PC)
Samuel Ball, 2L: Clawback Across the Country
Read a draft of the paper here
Commentators: Laurie Berke-Weiss (Berke-Weiss Law) and Jim Philbin (Philbin Law Firm)
Faculty Director
Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law at New York University leads the Center for Labor & Employment Law. See Professor Estreicher in the News
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