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Amicus, Human Rights, Labor and Employment

Remote Work as a Reasonable Accommodation: Implications from the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In Moncrief v. ISS Facility Services, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) argues that ISS Facility Services’ denial of an employee’s reasonable accommodation request to work remotely part-time violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Filed on September 7, 2021, Moncrief marks the EEOC’s first ever lawsuit claiming an employer violated the ADA by failing to provide accommodations related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amicus, Labor and Employment

Student Workers are Employees. The NLRB Should Agree.

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The National Labor Relations Board recently proposed a new rule which would categorically exclude “students who perform any services for compensation, including, but not limited to, teaching or research, at a private college or university in connection with their studies” from being considered employees for the purposes of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board’s proposed rule is both illogical and likely to cause needless harm to student workers.

Amicus, Criminal Justice, Labor and Employment, Sex Equality

To Protect Women, Legalize Prostitution

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The desire to protect women from sexual abuse will always be valid, and if anything is a desire that should be more widespread in the United States. What is disingenuous is opposing legalized sex work for reasons that purport to be women’s safety, but that are actually coming from a place of discomfort over women openly engaging in sexual interactions for financial gain

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