LAWE 740

Catalog description

This course provides an introduction to and survey of the statutes and doctrines governing the workplace and the relationship between employers and employees, whether individual employees or unionized ones. Among the topics we covered are: the nature of the employment contract, the at-will rule and its exceptions, employee mobility issues (e.g., covenants not to compete), employee dignitary and privacy interests, employee speech, layoffs, collective action and unionizing, workplace health and safety, and wage and hour laws.