Product Description
Tracking the field as it is practiced by employment lawyers on both plaintiff and defense side, this book enables a one-semester treatment of the full range of employment discrimination laws as well as the core subjects of an employment law offering. It provides complete analysis of laws designed to protect individuals from employment decisions that affect them unfairly because of their race, color, sex, age, disability or other protected characteristic . Also considers the extent to which the law prevents employers from retaliating against employees for filing claims, reporting misdeeds or other activity that our society highly values or seeks to protect. Treats the common law of the employment relationship. Considers also the enactment of wage-hour, pension and other minimum terms laws to establish regulatory floors for private negotiation of employment contracts. Takes up the procedural design of regulatory systems for employment relationships and questions of coordination of multiple systems, including in-depth consideration of class actions, collateral estoppel and arbitration issues.

Cases and Materials on Employment Discrimination and Employment Law