Program
Are College Athletes Employees?
A Review of the Developing Legal Landscape and a Recent History of the Movement to Have College Athletes Recognized as Employees
This program will feature a review of the history of this labor movement from activist Michael Hsu. Mr. Hsu filed the first ULP after NLRB GC Abruzzo’s 2021 memo and co-founded the College Basketball Players Association. Michael Cass (Hartford Officer-in-Charge, National Labor Relations Board), Natale DiNatale (management-side labor attorney with Robinson & Cole LLP), and Mr. Hsu will also provide an update on the status of various legal challenges including the below topics.
• The Supreme Court of the United States’ Alston decision put a spotlight on the issue of college athletes as employees, and developments have been fast-paced since then.
• The NLRB and the EEOC have each received complaints/ charges that could allow the Courts to address the issue head-on within the context of the NLRA and Title VII.
• The Third Circuit Court of Appeals is currently evaluating a case that presents the issue under the FLSA.
Panelists
Michael Hsu, College Basketball Players Association
Co-Founder and labor movement activist
Michael C. Cass, National Labor Relations Board
Officer-in-Charge for Subregion 34, Hartford, Connecticut
Natale V. DiNatale, Robinson & Cole LLP (bio)
management-side labor attorney
Moderator
Eric Chester, FDC Law
union-side attorney
Location
This presentation will be held online via Zoom.
Pricing and Registration
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