• On minimum wage, 1987-vintage Times beats undrinkable current Times (via @davidharsanyi) How we wish the law of demand would somehow suspend operation [The Economist, Todd Eberly]
• L.A.: four restaurant workers awarded $5.7M in age bias lawsuit [LADN]
• Highly menacing NLRB “persuader” regulations not dead [Labor Union Report] In D.L. Horton case, Fifth Circuit rejects NLRB position that pre-dispute arbitration waiving class/collective rights violates labor law [Jon Hyman, Gerald Maatman/Lily Strumwasser, WLF]
• “How Much Does It Cost To Make A Wage And Hour Case Go Away?” [Laura Reasons, Seyfarth] Banning unpaid internships a bad idea [Yglesias] Interns who sued employers can’t find jobs [CNN Money, auto-plays]
• NYU decides to let grad students unionize through non-NLRB channel [al-Jazeera]
• New headache for managers: class actions filed against employers (yes, employers) under Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) [Jottings by an Employer’s Lawyer]
• de Blasio owes SEIU big and now the bills will come due [Newsday]

Filed under: age discrimination, minimum wage, National Labor Relations Board, wage and hour suits