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Cornell Study on Labor Law: When Rules Are Made to Be Broken: The Case of Sexual Harassment Law
the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations | January 23, 2017
Ithaca, NY, January 23, 2017 - Courts across the United States are in a potentially awkward position when they are presented with employers' summary judgment motions relating to sexual harassment. As explained in a new Cornell report, judges often have to choose between following legal precedent or breaking the rule established by the Supreme Court. As explained in the report, "When Rules Are Made to Be Broken: The Case of Sexual Harassment Law," by David Sherwyn, Nicholas F. Menillo, and Zev J. Eigen, the courts often choose to break the rules. Sherwyn is a professor of law at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration and director of ...
Cornell Study Puts Retaliation Claims in a Class by Themselves
the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations | September 7, 2016
Ithaca, NY, September 7, 2016 - While it is unlawful for race, color, national origin, sex, or religion ever to motivate an employer's personnel decisions, age, disability, and retaliation must at the moment be "but for" causes to be actionable. A proposed federal bill would make motivation the standard across the board. A new analysis from the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) argues that retaliation is in a class by itself and should not have the same status as other discrimination causes. The report, "Experimental Evidence that Retaliation Claims Are Unlike Other Employment Discrimination Claim...
Changing Regulations Dominate Cornell Human Resources Roundtable
the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations | August 22, 2016
Ithaca, NY, August 22, 2016 - Tighter interpretations of labor regulations by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) engaged participants in the 14th annual Labor and Employment Roundtable, hosted by the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) at the School of Hotel Administration. A full explanation of the roundtable's deliberations is found in a report that is available at no charge from CIHLER and Cornell's Center for Hospitality Research, CIHLER Roundtable Highlights: Dealing with Shifting Labor Employment Sands, by David Sherwyn. Roundtable chair and CIHLER Director David Sherwyn focused the dis...
Cornell Analysis Finds Confusion in Recent Supreme Court Employment Decisions
the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations | November 6, 2015
Ithaca, NY, November 6, 2015 – Two recent holdings by the U.S. Supreme Court have been hailed as "victories" for employees seeking personal accommodations under civil rights law. However, a new analysis from the Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations (CIHLER) finds little real change—along with considerable confusion—regarding the Court's actual holding. The analysis, "The United States Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Employees in the Young and Abercrombie Cases: What Do They Really Hold?," is written by David Sherwyn and David B. Ritter. Sherwyn is the John and Melissa...
