Protecting National Guard Members’ Employment Rights: South Carolina Adopts New Legislation, Other States to Follow? Kristin Tracy* The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) was signed into law by President Clinton in 1994 in order to improve upon and replace the Veterans’ Reemployment Rights law of 1940. Charles T. Passaglia, USERRA: Bolstering Veterans’Continue reading “Protecting National Guard Members’ Employment Rights: South Carolina Adopts New Legislation, Other States to Follow?”
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Collegiate Athletes: Students, Staff, or Somewhere in the Middle?
Collegiate Athletes: Students, Staff, or Somewhere in the Middle? Drew Chlan* Are American college athletes, students, employees, or a combination of the two? The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the governing body of American collegiate athletic teams, strongly emphasizes a student-athlete remaining an amateur. See NCAA, 2009-10 NCAA Division I Manual (2009), http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D110.pdf. The NCAAContinue reading “Collegiate Athletes: Students, Staff, or Somewhere in the Middle?”
6,000 Federal Prisoners Released, But Where Did They Go?
6,000 Federal Prisoners Released, But Where Did They Go? Lelia Parker* The United States’ prisoner population is 20% of the world’s prison population, making the United States the “world’s largest jailer”—but this is nothing to boast about. The Prison Crisis, ACLU, https://www.aclu.org/prison-crisis (last visited Feb. 21, 2016). The War on Drugs, the longest war inContinue reading “6,000 Federal Prisoners Released, But Where Did They Go?”
But First, Let Me Take a Selfie…
But First, Let Me Take a Selfie: Milwaukee Attorney Snaps Selfie with Client After Jury Verdict Comes Back Not Guilty, Raising Concerns about Professionalism within this Generation and Whether the Government Can Regulate When One Can Take a Selfie Shannon Clancy* On September 18, 2015, Brandon Burnside, a Milwaukee citizen convicted of first-degree intentional homicide,Continue reading “But First, Let Me Take a Selfie…”
The U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers
The U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers Aiste Palskyte* On August 21, 2015, in Home Care Ass’n of America v. Weil, 799 F.3d 1084 (D.C. Cir. 2015), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Department of Labor (DOL) rule extending theContinue reading “The U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Minimum Wage and Overtime Protections for Home Care Workers”
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