July 28: Using Consumer Laws to Protect Workers from Corporate Fraud and Misconduct

Hosted by the Economic Policy Institute, Harvard Labor and Worklife Program, National Consumer Law Center, and Towards Justice, this webinar will provide a lively discussion among advocates, attorneys, academics, and current and former government officials about how consumer laws can be used to protect workers and address corporate abuse in the labor market. Often, workers are exploited in ways that can be addressed through both consumer and workplace laws – or in ways that fall in the cracks between the two:

• A janitorial company sells franchises to workers, with unfair and fraudulent terms under which no one can make a profit;
• A trucking company provides training for drivers, while also roping them into lease-to-own contracts requiring excessive repayment if the driver leaves the job;
• A gig company conceals from workers information about pricing and jobs; or
• An app-based delivery company promises workers their tips, or represents to customers that tips will go to workers – but instead keeps some or all gratuities for its own use.

Government agencies and worker/consumer advocates alike have begun to rely on laws traditionally used to protect consumers as a way of addressing unfair and deceptive labor market practices that target working people, often immigrants and people of color. (Here's a blog post on the topic that provides more background.)
Title:
Using Consumer Laws to Protect Workers from Corporate Fraud and Misconduct
Date+Time:

July 28, 2021 

3:00PM-4:15PM (EDT)

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Cost:
This Webinar is FREE and will be made available for access following the live broadcast
Speakers:

• Veena Dubal, Professor of Law, UC Hasting Law, San Francisco
• Seth Frotman, Executive Director, Student Borower Protection Center
• Terri Gerstein, Director of the State and Local Enforcement Project at the Harvard Law School Labor, Worklife Program and a Senior Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute
• Patricio Marquez, Assistant Attorney General, Wing Luke Civil Rights Division, Washington State Attorney General’s Office of the Attorney General
• Lorelei Salas, Fellow, Open Society Foundations Leadership in Government Fellowship, Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
• Hillary Schwab, Founding Partner, Fair Work, P.C.
• David Seligman, Executive Director, Towards Justice.

By:
Economic Policy Institute, Harvard Labor and Worklife Program, National Consumer Law Center, and Towards Justice
Credit:
The announcement does not mention MCLE credit. However the content and speakers suggest that you may be able to self-apply for credit in many jurisdictions.

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