Worker Justice
Challenging Civil Rights Rollbacks at EEOC (Cross v. EEOC)
Under the Trump Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has betrayed workers by stopping investigations into disparate-impact discrimination charges, illegally abandoning decades of civil rights precedent. Disparate impact refers…
Former Amazon Worker Challenges Trump Administration’s Attack on Disparate-Impact Discrimination Claims
Leah Cross, a former Amazon delivery driver, filed suit today against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over its decision to prohibit its employees from continuing to investigate claims like…
Detroit Free Press: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants
“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case.
Farmers’ Advance: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants
“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case.
Michigan Advance: Michigan Supreme Court justices question governor’s immunity, timeliness of worker’s comp lawsuit
In a press conference prior to the oral arguments, Muraskin described this lawsuit as a question of Michiganders’ ability to take their government to court over perceived wrongs. “That would…
Michigan Public: Michigan high court hears case about workers’ comp for undocumented immigrants
MIRC rejected that argument, its lawyers claiming instead that the harm is ongoing since the workers’ comp denials continue to increase the group’s call volume. Speaking in the lobby outside…
MLive: Lawsuit over workers’ comp for undocumented immigrants lands in Michigan Supreme Court
“The governor has been playing a game throughout this case. She has insisted on immunity up to this court and that is why she’s been able to delay this case…
Bloomberg Law: Michigan Justices Urged to Revive Immigrant Worker Benefit Case
The state Court of Appeals tossed the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center’s case against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) because it wrongly concluded that the group blew past a one-year filing deadline…
Law 360: Mich. Justice Unsure Gov. Exempt From 1-Year Claim Deadline
The case has been stymied by a provision of the Michigan Court of Claims Act requiring plaintiffs suing the state to either bring a claim or file a notice of…