I saw that and was thrilled.

Yes, that's great.

The Republican plan is lawsuit protection for employers who don't do anything to protect employees.

WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/01/22/biden-increase-food-stamps/

"And another asks the Labor Department to make clear that workers who refuse to return to working conditions that could expose them to the coronavirus should be eligible for unemployment insurance."

This seems like a real step in the right direction. Does US law recognise the concept of constructive dismissal? If so, employers in such cases should be open for a suit.

IANAL, but there are lots of different labor laws, state by state. Absent a labor contract, I think constructive dismissal is generally not a useful concept in the US.

It works in discrimination lawsuits -- if you're treated badly enough it can count as having been fired.

Another good idea: after raising the minimum wage to $15, index it not to inflation but to median wage!

6 You need that Montana asterisk, since we don't have at will employment in the same way other states do.

In our wrongful discharge statute, Montana Code 39-2-903(1) says "Constructive discharge" means the voluntary termination of employment by an employee because of a situation created by an act or omission of the employer which an objective, reasonable person would find so intolerable that voluntary termination is the only reasonable alternative.

And anyway, I think most (if not all) state unemployment compensation schemes already include the concept of constructive discharge.

But in Mississippi, they still call it Onanism.

Right, that's another context.

I feel like 11 was perfectly timed.