December 14, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court's blockbuster twin bill of Epic Systems and Janus — which blessed employers' use of arbitration pacts with class action waivers and curtailed public-sector unions' ability to collect fees from nonmembers — highlighted a crop of 2018 rulings that are likely to leave a lasting impact on the employment law landscape. Here, Law360 looks back at four of the year's key employment case decisions.
June 27, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday held that public-sector workers who aren't union members can't be forced to pay "agency fees" that cover the cost of collective bargaining, overturning 41-year-old precedent that found those fees constitutional and dealing a financial blow to organized labor.
May 10, 2018
With the U.S. Supreme Court seemingly poised to strike a blow against public-sector unions' ability to collect so-called agency fees to cover the costs of collective bargaining, unions and their supporters have already embarked on internal outreach campaigns to convert fee payers to dues-paying members and pursued legislation to curb services for "free riders."
February 26, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday appeared ideologically split over whether public workers who are not union members can be forced to pay so-called agency fees that cover the cost of collective bargaining, and Justice Neil Gorsuch, the potential swing vote, remained silent.
February 23, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court is closing out its February oral argument session with a blockbuster docket, taking on a key doctrine of antitrust law in a case involving American Express Co. and pondering the fate of public sector unions.
January 12, 2018
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to block state unions from making workers cover bargaining costs, arguing in briefs filed Friday in a pivotal case for public sector labor that so-called agency fees are constitutional.