Employment Law

Catalog description

A study of the multiple legal issues faced by managers in the modern workplace, beginning with a survey of basic legal terminology and institutions, followed by a discussion of employment relationships, labor unions and collective bargaining, case law impacting contemporary concerns such as ADA, ADEA, FMLA, OSHA worker's compensation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, employment at will, wrongful termination and reduction-in-force, workplace violence, risk analysis and insurance coverage, unfair competition issues, privacy and the electronic workplace, preventative law and compliance policies, alien workers, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.