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Written Testimony, Subcommittee Hearing on “Building an AI-Ready America: Adopting AI at Work,”Bradford J. Kelley, February 3, 2026
THE SOUND AND FURY OF REGULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE WORKPLACE,, Bradford J. Kelley and Andrew B. Rogers, Harvard Journal on Legislation Online,December 2025
Meta employees sue over use of AI in workforce reduction, Carly Nairn, Courthouse News Service, July 13, 2026
Complaint
NLRB Roundtable
Labor Board Must Fix Blocking Charges to Protect Employee Choice, Marvin Kaplan, Bloomberg Law, June 17, 2026
House Passes Bill to Reshape First Union Contract Negotiations: What Employers Need to Know About the Faster Labor Contracts Act, Steven M. Bernstein, David R. Dorey, Benjamin M. Ebbink, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, June 10, 2026
Employers May Soon Face a Hard Deadline on First Union Contracts: What You Need to Know about Faster Labor Contracts Act, Steven M. Bernstein, Rick Grimaldi, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, May 26, 2026
The NLRB Will Soon Have Its Third Republican Vote: Here Are the 8 Cases Most Likely to Change the Face of Labor Law, David R. Dorey, Benjamin M. Ebbink, and Joshua D. Nadreau,April 15, 2026
Washington Joins States Expanding Into NLRB Territory With New “Trigger” Labor Law: What Employers Need to Know, Steven M. Bernstein, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, May 26, 2026
Federal Appeals Court Rejects Biden-Era Bargaining-Order Framework, But Employers Should Not Relax During Organizing Drives, Joshua D. Nadreau, March 12, 2026
DOL General Counsel Directs Enforcement Away From Unionized Workplaces, Vows Max Compliance Assistance, Steven M. Bernstein and Todd A. Lyon, March 11, 2026
Is the Law on Handbooks Changing Again? 5 Steps for Employers After NLRB General Counsel’s New Guidance on Work Rules,Brian Balonick, March 5, 2026
Labor Board Makes Business-Friendly Joint Employer Rule Official Again: Key Takeaways for Business Leaders,Steven M. Bernstein, March 2, 2026
FP’s Top 2026 Predictions for Labor Relations,Steven M. Bernstein, Todd A. Lyon, and Joshua D. Nadreau, Jan. 8, 2026
The State of Labor Relations in the Country
Opposition to the Faster Labor Contracts Act – H.R. 5408, G. Roger King and Alex MacDonald, May 27, 2025
SECTORAL SOLUTIONS THAT WORK: THE CASE FOR SECTORAL CO-REGULATION, Cynthia Estlund, Dec. 12, 2023
The Future of Unions Is Activism,Alan Wild, CHRO Association
What’s Happening at the Department of Labor
Developments & Report From the EEOC
EEOC Wins $105,000 Jury Verdict Against Northwest Arkansas Hospitals in Sex Discrimination Suit, EEOC Press Release, July 28, 2026
WHAT TO DO IF YOU EXPERIENCE DISCRIMINATION RELATED TO DEI AT WORK
EEOC Proposal Recission of Annual Race and Sex Reporting Requirements, EEOC Press Release, July 21, 2026
EEOC Votes to Rescind Affirmative Action Interpretive Guidelines and Related Compliance Manual, EEOC Press Release, June 30, 2026
EEOC Sues 99 Ranch Market for Discrimination Against Non-Chinese Workers, EEOC Press Release, June 30, 2026
Current Workplace Climate and Evolving Worker Expectations
State-Level Labor Policy Developments and Innovation for Worker Rights
Politics, Preemption, and Minimum Labor Standards: The Union-Led Erosion of the National Labor Relations Act, William and Mary Law Review, Alexander T. MacDonald, April 22, 2026
ARTICLE XX AND THE COMPETITION PROBLEM: HOW THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COULD REVIVE THE LABOR MOVEMENT BY SUING THE AFL-CIO, Alexander MacDonald, Hofstra Law Review, 2025
Bipartisan and Republican-Led Coalitions Advance Fair Contracting Policies on Public Construction Projects, Jazmine Amoako and Karla Walter, Center for American Progress, June 24, 2026
Getting to all-of-the-above: A framework of solutions for AI’s coming impacts on work and workers, Xav de Sousa Briggs, Brookings, June 29, 2026
Breaking AI’s Black Box, Andy Stern and Ron Bloom, Commonplace, June 9, 2026
State and Local Labor Policy Working Paper Series, Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, March 18, 2026
Building Worker Power in Cities & States, CLJE:Lab, Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, Sept. 1, 2024
The Washington Policy Environment - Elections and Labor & Employment Issues
Opposition to the Faster Labor Contracts Act – H.R. 5408, G. Roger King and Alex MacDonald, May 27, 2025
LABOR FORCE SNAPSHOT: OLDER PEOPLE IN THE U.S. LABOR FORCE, SHRM Data Brief
LABOR FORCE SNAPSHOT: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE U.S. LABOR FORCE, SHRM Data Brief
Is There a Future for Collective Bargaining?, Tom Hayes & Associates, THASCS Briefing, Issue 2 Vol 1, July 2026
International Labor and Employment Law Developments
RIGHT TO STRIKE UNDER ILO CONVENTION NO. 87, ICJ Advisory Opinion
Right to strike protected under key labour treaty, says UN World Court, Vibhu Mishra, UN News, May 21, 2026
The Internationalization of Sources of Labor Law, James J. Brudney, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, 2017
Hiding in Plain Sight: An ILO Convention on Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains, James J. Brudney, Chicago Journal of International Law: Vol. 23: No. 2, Article 1
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF WORKPLACE NEUTRALS
The ILO Decent Work in the Platform Economy Convention, Valerio De Stefano, July 19, 2026
Making Gig Work Pay: ILO Convention 193 and Remuneration, Ruwan Subasinghe, July 6, 2026
How will the new convention n°193 promote decent work in the platform economy?, International Labour Organization, June 18, 2026
EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): Omnibus I amendments officially enter into force, Business and Human Rights Centre, Feb. 26, 2026
Council signs off simplification of sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements to boost EU competitiveness, Council of the EU, Press Release, Feb. 24, 2026
Simplification of EU rules, Council of the EU
Macron and Merz call to abolish EU law on ethical supply chains, Giorgio Leali, Paul de Villepin and James Fernyhough, Politico, May 20, 2025
Labour Law in Supply Chains, Alan Hyde, August 21, 2024
A View from the Board
Labor Board Must Fix Blocking Charges to Protect Employee Choice, Marvin Kaplan, Bloomberg Law, June 17, 2026
NOTABLE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DECISIONS ISSUED DURING 2026
Worker Classification Issues and the Evolving “Platform Environment” and other “Gigs”
Bringing Portable Benefits to America’s Independent Workforce: Overview, Liya Palagashvili,Mercatus Center, George Mason University, August 20, 2025
Flexible Benefits for a Flexible Workforce: Unleashing Portable Benefits Solutions for Independent Workers and the Gig Economy, Liya Palagashvili, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, February 3, 2023