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Wefel Workplace Report

Wefel Workplace Report

In alignment with the Jesuit tradition of valuing free, active, and original intellectual inquiry, the Wefel Workplace Report is an online forum where scholars, students, and other interested members of our community can gather and reflect on important issues in labor and employment law.

While this platform is home to many different viewpoints, it aims to honor the Jesuit ideal of using intellectual engagement as a means to seek justice and serve the most vulnerable among us.

At the center of any work dynamic there should be neither capital, nor market laws, nor profit, but the person, the family, and their well-being, to which everything else is functional.

Pope Leo XIV

Recent Posts

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Workers' compensation claims rarely exist in isolation. When an injured worker is also facing time off, an ADA issue, or another overlapping claim, competing statutes complicate settlement negotiations and release strategy. In his forthcoming presentation for the Beverly HIlls Bar Association, Michael Duff will examine how to approach adjuster conversations, evaluate the true scope of what is being settled, and identify which claims cannot be released. 

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How Can the Jesuit Tradition Shape Our Perspective on Workplace Law?

Rooted in Saint Louis University’s Catholic and Jesuit traditions, the Wefel Center explores how faith, justice, and legal education intersect in the fight for workplace fairness and worker dignity. Drawing inspiration from Pope Leo XIII’s landmark encyclical Rerum Novarum, the piece examines the Catholic Church’s longstanding support for fair wages, safe working conditions, collective bargaining, and the protection of vulnerable workers.

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What’s Next for the NLRB?

The NLRB is a relatively small, New Deal-era Agency that, broadly speaking, investigates and adjudicates labor disputes. While its history has always been political, the Board has undergone dramatic ideological shifts in recent years, which have left many scholars and practitioners with feelings of uncertainty about the state and direction of federal labor law.

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Issues with Union Elections – Who Constitutes an Employee?

In their labor law classes, SLU LAW students examine how federal labor law shapes union organizing efforts and representation elections under the National Labor Relations Act. From voter eligibility to employee classification, and the procedural challenges that can arise, much can be learned through the study of union elections in places like Jackson Hole, Wyoming.