The Supreme Court's ruling permitting same-sex harassment suits is one of several employment cases on this term's docket
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The labor cases making up almost 20% of the US Supreme Court's 1997-98 docket could drastically change labor relations, and Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, the well-known case rulling that same-sex sexual harassment could violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was just one. Others included Oubre v. Entergy Operations, Inc., ruling that an employee who had signed a no-suit waiver after accepting voluntary severance and receiving a severance payment, could still file suit. A number of other cases are covered.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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According to the Supreme Court, employers may not refuse to interview applicants solely for being paid union organizers
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A recent Supreme Court ruling suggests non-union employers cannot casually decline to interview job applicants who are also union organizers. The Court decided in National Labor Relations Board v Town & Country Electric that the NLRA had correctly interpreted the meaning of 'employee' within the context of its purposes and authorizing legislation. It did not rule that Town & Country violated fair labor practice in refusing to interview union organizers, but it did extend to them anti-discrimination protections.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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The Supreme Court has held that a multiemployer group may impose contract terms unilaterally after a bargaining impasse
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The US Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Pro Football, Inc has stabilized the whole area of multiemployer bargaining, not just professional sports leagues by taking away the union's weapon of antitrust liability in bargainining over collective labor agreements. The court determined that a multiemployer group, in this instance the National Football League, was not subject to antitrust liability when imposing contract terms on a mandatory bargaining subject after a bargaining impasse.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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