As a new addition to the workforce, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. Rather than juggling classes, an internship, and a job to stay afloat, your obligations are now concentrated into a single role. Though unlike your college degree, professional employment … Read More
So, you’ve landed your first job out of college. Rather than paying tuition and cramming for finals, you’ll now be working for a steady paycheck – and while it’s exciting to visualize all the things you’ll buy and save up … Read More
The timing for Mental Health Awareness month this year couldn’t be any more fitting. As U.S. employees struggle to find a balance amid COVID-19 lockdowns and remote work over the past two years, employers are being pushed to take their … Read More
In late April of this year, California Assembly Members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia proposed a new bill that would change the golden state’s employment landscape – though since its inception, Assembly Bill 2932 has since been shelved. If passed, … Read More
In December 2021, employees at a Starbucks location in Buffalo, New York established the corporation’s first unionized workplace – but it hasn’t stopped there. Since the unionization efforts began, Starbucks has allegedly terminated activist employees who say they were removed … Read More
In late March 2022, the United States Supreme Court heard an employer’s challenge to the Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, which allows private attorneys to sue on behalf of thousands of workers – even if they’d formerly agreed to … Read More
From our work schedules to hesitating to enter public domains, COVID-19 has undeniably changed how we live and work. One such way is with remote work reimbursement, in which employees who work remotely receive compensation for work from home overhead … Read More
On April 1st, 2022, employees at e-commerce and IT giant Amazon formed their first historic union thanks to the efforts of two fulfillment center employees in Staten Island. While Chris Smalls, the president of the new Amazon Labor Union, was … Read More
On March 26, 2022, Angela Reddock-Wright, employment law attorney, mediator, arbitrator, workplace & Title IX investigator, joined Spectrum New1 reporter Catalina Villegas to discuss recent efforts by the United Commercial & Food Workers union to unionize employees at approximately 100 Starbucks stores nationwide. Angela provided insights into how union organizing campaigns work, the perspectives of employers and employees with respect to such campaigns, and what employees can expect based on a unionizing campaign. Check out the discussion.… Read More
On March 23, 2022, Angela Reddock-Wright, employment law attorney, mediator, arbitrator, workplace and Title IX investigator, joined Spectrum News1 anchor Alex Cohen to discuss recent updates in workplace COVID-19 return to work policies and practices, led by the example of United Airlines. Angela provided insights on what companies are doing and what we can expect in terms of the next stage of managing issues related to COVID-19 in the workplace.… Read More