July 12, 2017         
 
From the Director 
The last several months have been a waiting game for those who follow labor and employment relations. Now, however, things are heating up. The President has named two new nominees for the NLRB and CIHLER is pleased that one of the nominees, Bill Emanuel, is a partner at Littler, Mendelson, a firm that is not only a member of CIHLER, but is home to three of our most active participants: Zev Eigen, Barry Hartstein, and Celeste Yeager... Read more »
Roundtable Anticipates Changes to Labor and Employment Relations Under Trump Administration
Prominent lawyers, professors, corporate managers and union leaders gathered for a roundtable talk on Monday to discuss the direction of hospitality, labor and employment relations under President Donald Trump’s administration...
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HR in Hospitality Conference Advances Cornell Students’ Education
For fourteen Cornell University students, their trip to attend the annual HR in Hospitality Conference and Expo in Las Vegas was a capstone for their hospitality and labor-related education, as part of Labor Relations in the Hospitality Industry, a course offered jointly by the School of Hotel Administration (SHA) and the ILR School... Read more »
Hotel Students Conduct Labor Relations Roundtable
Students in the class on labor relations developed and conducted an educational roundtable addressing issues relating to labor and management relations in the hospitality industry. With CIHLER’s support, Cornell students in the class invited labor union and management representatives for the roundtable, which also included faculty experts. The course, HA4810/ILR4060, is jointly taught by SHA and the ILR School... Read more »
CIHLER Field Trip Gives Students a Behind-the-scenes Look at Arbitration
With the support from The Cornell Institute for Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations, Hotelies and ILR students traveled to NYC on Thursday to observe an arbitrator hearing an actual case. An understanding of arbitration is important for students, since the process has become increasingly important in resolving disputes between labor and management... Read more »
Publication: Deferring for Justice: How Administrative Agencies can Solve the Employment Dispute Quagmire by Endorsing an Improved Arbitration System
When it comes to the issue of pre-dispute mandatory arbitration, the concept of attaining justice for all partie n a vacuum instead of in comparison to the fall back—the litigation and agency adjudication processes... Read more »
The Effect of Labor Law Changes under the New Administration: Too Soon to Tell
With a new administration in place, experts in labor law joined union leaders and management to observe the straws in the wind regarding what changes might occur in labor laws and regulations. Changes seem inevitable in the National Labor Relations Board, and existing NLRB rulings may be altered as time goes on... Read more »
Research Tool: A Tool to Address the Challenge of Airline Mergers and Labor Integration:
Integrating employee groups from separate firms into a combined, well-functioning workforce presents one of the most difficult challenges in a corporate merger. This has particularly been the case in the recent airline mergers in the U.S. that have left three large legacy airlines, namely, American, Delta, and United... Read more »
 
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