Employment and Labor Law
Language: English
Pages: 773
ISBN: 130558001X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Now you can give students of business and other non-legal professions the comprehensive introduction to employment and labor-relations law they need with EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW, 9E. Specially designed for the non-legal student, this book uses real case excerpts to encourage critical reasoning and illustrate how labor-related disputes arise and are resolved in the courts. Enlightening chapter features, such as The Working Law and Ethical Dilemma, connect with students by showing how labor legislation and ethical decision-making impact employees at all levels of organizations today. This edition highlights the latest information on timely issues, such as the NLRB and EEOC, the Fair Labor Standards Act, President Obama's executive orders regarding undocumented immigrants and LGBT rights, Obamacare, the Defense of Marriage Act, and other employee-benefits developments. No other book on the market contains such a balanced coverage combined with a proven, student-friendly approach.
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and investment that flows between the three North American countries have grown rapidly since NAFTA was implemented in 1994, on measures of much more importance to the average North American citizen, NAFTA has been a dismal failure. Workers in all three NAFTA countries have seen their wages fall or stagnate (failing to keep pace with productivity increases), as job insecurity and inequality have grown. At the same time, NAFTA rules have disadvantaged North American family farmers, many small
proposals for the manufacture of a satellite system (the “Project”) that meets certain objectives and specifications set forth by such Customer. L-3, or more specifically its Narda Satellite Division, is in the process of developing a system that responds to the Customer’s request and is preparing its bid for the Project. As is clear from the record, the Project will be awarded pursuant to a competitive bid process and is an extremely important contract for L-3. In fact, L-3 began to prepare for
transfer approximated the national median for high school graduates. For the employees who took the tests, the pass rate for white employees was 58 percent, while the pass rate for African American employees was 6 percent. Griggs and a group of other African-American employees brought suit against Duke Power, alleging that the high school diploma requirement and the aptitude test requirements violated Title VII because they made it more difficult for African-American employees to be promoted from
also watched and documented the process. Lutenegger reviewed the test forms and had the ultimate hiring authority. Women and men had worked together, doing the same jobs, in the sausage packing area for years. In the three years before the WTS was adopted, 46 percent of the new hires were women, but the number of female hires dropped to 15 percent after the WTS test was implemented. The percentage of women who passed the test decreased each year the TWS was used, with only 8 percent of the women
an exam that had a disparate impact on African-American candidates for promotion? Decision: Justice Brennan, writing the majority opinion for the Court, noted that the literal language of Section 703(a)(2), as interpreted by Griggs, speaks, not in terms of jobs and promotions, but in terms of limitations and classifications that would deprive any individual of employment opportunities. When an employer uses a screening exam that 128 has not been shown to be job related and operates as a barrier
