Center for Labor and Employment Law
The Center for Labor and Employment Law was created in 1996 to establish a nonpartisan forum for the debate and study of the policy and legal issues involving the employment relationship.
Please do not contact the NYU Labor Center for legal advice as we do not provide counsel or represent parties in employment matters.
Upcoming Events
Employment Law Primer II: Wage and Hour Compliance and Litigation Readiness (Webinar)
Join the NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law webinar primer on employment law topics: wage and hour compliance, litigation readiness, and employment alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Register here.
Recent Events
Photo taken by @NYPhotobureau of US Labor Market Today Panel (Mark Brossman McDermott Will & Schulte, Professor Richard Freeman Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research, Ye Zhang Resolution Economics, and Professor Samuel Estreicher NYU Law)
78th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law
The 78th Annual Conference on Labor and Employment Law was hosted on October 15-16, 2026.
Read Law360's article "DOL Solicitor Talks Wage-Hour Successes 1 Year Into Job," published on October 15, 2026, here.
Media Highlights
“‘Labor Court’ Plan Has Legal Issues, Panel Says”
Samuel Estreicher
Law360
“Preserving the Adjudicative Capacity of Non-Article III Tribunals”
Samuel Estreicher
Regulatory Review
“Sixth Circuit Holds that NLRB’s Cemex Ruling is the Product of an Unlawful Adjudication”
Samuel Estreicher
Verdict
Our Faculty Director
The Center for Labor and Employment Law is led by Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor of Law at New York University.
Past Events
Employment Arbitration & Mediation Today
March 16, 2026
During the Employment Arbitration & Mediation Today conference, hosted by NYU's Center for Labor & Employment Law and the American Arbitration Association, speakers discussed AI in Employment Decision-Making, Assessing AAA Rule Changes for Employment Cases, and Mass Employment Arbitration.
Panelist Shari Goldsmith and Moderator Professor Samuel Estreicher.
Employment Law Corporate Roundtable
November 20, 2024
In-house counsel and senior HR executives talked shop on top employment law issues. Discussion topics: (i) employee speech; (ii) restrictive covenants; (iii) employment law risk for year-end decisions such as compensation and promotion; (iv) affinity groups and DEI after Students for Fair Admissions; and, (v) sharing of attendee top employment law issues.
Will the NLRA be Declared Unconstitutional?
November 14, 2024
This Webinar, hosted by the NYU Labor Center in collaboration with the Institute of Judicial Administration, discussed recent challenges to the NLRA brought by SpaceX and other companies. Read Justia.com's Key Takeaways.
Contact Us
Center for Labor and Employment Law
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Wilf Hall, 139 MacDougal Street, Room 420
New York, NY 10012-1003