EMPLOYMENT LAW (3) (LEL140)

Professors Arthur Leonard , Margaret Leibowitz and Carlin Meyer

Surveys the laws and concepts governing non-unionized employment relationships, emphasizing private sector employment. Includes the evolution of the employment relationship at common law, changes in the "at-will" power of employers to govern the workplace wrought by federal, state, and local statutes (Fair Labor Standards Act, Civil Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, proposed Model Employment Termination Act, and others), changes in the workplace application of common law tort and contract rules, and the application of constitutional principles. Generally an examination course; depending on professor, paper option may be available.