Advanced Perspectives in Labor and Employment law

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This course focuses on the issues that will arise for human resources professionals in the areas of sex and gender discrimination. It will build on the employment discrimination course by delving into the particularities of human resources law as it relates to sex discrimination. The course will combine in-depth lectures and examinations of contemporary current events in this area with practical exercises and projects designed to prepare human resources professionals for the complexities that may emerge for their employers under sex discrimination law. The course will cover pregnancy discrimination and accommodations in the workplace, personal appearance policies, sexual harassment, and transgender persons in the workplace. Each substantive module will be accompanied by a graded project designed to prepare students for aiding in employer compliance and ensuring positive employee relations. Pre-requisite: employment discrimination law. This course is designed to build upon the knowledge you gained in the MJ employment discrimination class by focusing in a more in depth way on sex discrimination and gender discrimination related topics. In consultation with individuals in the human resources field, and based on my experience supporting such compliance trainings at law firms and universities in Southern California, I developed practical exercises that combine this knowledge with the kind of tasks human resources professionals are asked to do in the workplace.