Labor and Employment

ACE works on a number of employment law and human resources issues impacting colleges and universities, including the major federal labor and employment laws, National Labor Relations Board regulations and rulings, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations and guidance, Department of Labor regulations, as well as labor and employment law cases pending in the courts.

May 26, 2016

Issue Brief: U.S. Department of Labor Issues FLSA’s New Overtime Rule

On May 23, the U.S. Department of Labor released its long-anticipated final rule on overtime pay, which will have a significant impact on colleges and universities nationwide. This issue brief on the new rule will help institutions prepare for when it goes into effect on Dec. 1.
November 16, 2016

Amicus Brief: BMG Rights Management v. Cox Communications Inc.

Amicus brief to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia concerning the applicability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act “safe harbors” to broadband internet providers.
December 17, 2015

Amicus Brief to the National Labor Relations Board on The New School

ACE and five other associations filed this brief with the National Labor Relations Board in the case of The New School and Student Employees at The New School – Sens UAW, involving the issue of whether graduate students serving in various graduate assistant categories at private nonprofit universities have collective bargaining rights and can unionize under the National Labor Relations Act.

Steven Bloom

Director, Government Relations

Tax issues; college costs; endowments; health care reform & student health insurance; higher education finance; immigration; labor & employment