Amnesty International USA

11 Cited authorities

Burlington Indus., Inc. v. Ellerth
524 U.S. 742 (1998) Cited 7,260 times 93 Legal Analyses
Holding that an employer is not liable for a hostile work environment created by one of its employees when "the employer exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior, and . . . the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise"
Forkkio v. Powell
306 F.3d 1127 (D.C. Cir. 2002) Cited 422 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that while "supervision" may have caused an employee "subjective injury," it did not "objectively harm his working conditions or future employment prospects"
Glatt ex rel. Situated v. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc.
791 F.3d 376 (2d Cir. 2015) Cited 245 times 53 Legal Analyses
Holding that plaintiff bears burden of showing that predominance requirement is met
Eastex, Inc. v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd.
437 U.S. 556 (1978) Cited 196 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that a newsletter that "urg[ed] employees to write their legislators to oppose incorporation of the state 'right-to-work' statute into a revised state constitution," "criticiz[ed] a Presidential veto of an increase in the federal minimum wage and urg[ed] employees to register to vote" was protected concerted activity
Labor Board v. Borg-Warner Corp.
356 U.S. 342 (1958) Cited 296 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding employer's insistence on a ballot clause was an unfair labor practice under § 8 because it was a non-mandatory subject of bargaining and it "substantially modifies the collective-bargaining system provided for in the statute by weakening the independence of the 'representative' chosen by the employees. It enables the employer, in effect, to deal with its employees rather than with their statutory representative."
Solis v. Laurelbrook Sanitarium & Sch.
642 F.3d 518 (6th Cir. 2011) Cited 77 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that “[s]tudents engage[d] in courses of study that have been considered and approved of by the state accrediting agency” were not employees of the eldercare facility in which they worked
Schumann v. Collier Anesthesia, P.A.
803 F.3d 1199 (11th Cir. 2015) Cited 46 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that a pronouncement in a DOL Field Operations Handbook was entitled to Skidmore deference "at most"
Benjamin v. B & H Educ., Inc.
877 F.3d 1139 (9th Cir. 2017) Cited 37 times 8 Legal Analyses
Holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in striking declarations because plaintiffs had not shown that failure to disclose was substantially justified or harmless
Mark v. Gawker Media LLC
13-cv-4347 (AJN) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2016) Cited 19 times
Holding that the plaintiff was an intern when his supervisor would "read his articles and give him criticism and comments" in a manner similar to his editor at journalism school
Section 201 - Short title
29 U.S.C. § 201 Cited 21,586 times 104 Legal Analyses
Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work
Section 151 - Findings and declaration of policy
29 U.S.C. § 151 Cited 5,101 times 34 Legal Analyses
Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"

Amnesty International USA

11 Cited authorities

Holding that while "supervision" may have caused an employee "subjective injury," it did not "objectively harm his working conditions or future employment prospects"

Holding that plaintiff bears burden of showing that predominance requirement is met

Holding that “[s]tudents engage[d] in courses of study that have been considered and approved of by the state accrediting agency” were not employees of the eldercare facility in which they worked

Holding that a pronouncement in a DOL Field Operations Handbook was entitled to Skidmore deference "at most"

Holding that district court did not abuse its discretion in striking declarations because plaintiffs had not shown that failure to disclose was substantially justified or harmless

Holding that the plaintiff was an intern when his supervisor would "read his articles and give him criticism and comments" in a manner similar to his editor at journalism school

Setting fourteen as the minimum age for most non-agricultural work

Finding that "protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce" and declaring a policy of "encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining"