Labor and Employment Law Text and Cases

by Twomey, David

• ISBN13: 9780324043570
• ISBN10: 0324043570
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-28
• Publisher: South-Western College/West

Summary

Written by a nationally renowned White House labor mediator, this edition continues its comprehensive treatment of labor and employment law. In-depth chapters explore pay equity and age discrimination, disability discrimination laws and workers' compensation, and employee privacy topics. In addition, labor law topics are updated to include coverage of protection for contingent workers, the legality of employee involvement (EI) programs, and more. No other text on this market can claim the prestige of authorship and timely coverage of topics so important to business readers.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
About the Author	vii
Overview; Early Doctrines; Current Applications	1	(24)
Railway and Airline Labor Relations Law	25	(16)
The National Labor Relations Act	41	(82)
Employer Unfair Labor Practices	123	(56)
Regulation of Union Activities	179	(50)
Legality of Strikes	229	(28)
Dispute Settlement Law	257	(24)
Regulating Internal Union Conduct	281	(34)
Public Employment and Labor Law	315	(36)
Occupational Safety and Health Law	351	(34)
Discrimination Laws: Protected Classes Under Title VII and the Constitution	385	(76)
Procedures and Remedies	461	(48)
Pay Equity; Age Discrimination	509	(30)
Disability Discrimination Laws---Workers' Compensation, SSDI and the ADA---Medical Leaves	539	(40)
Employment Relationships: Contractual and Tort Theories	579	(28)
Employee Privacy Topics	607	(46)
Wage and Hour Law---Closings and Unemployment---Foreign Workers	653	(27)
Appendix A Types of Cases Before National Labor Relations Board	680	(2)
Appendix B Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as Amended by Public Laws 86--257, 1959, and 93--360, 1974	682	(23)
Appendix C Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959	705	(16)
Appendix D Excerpts from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972	721	(2)
Appendix E Excerpts from Civil Rights Act of 1991	723	(7)
Appendix F Excerpts from the EEOC's Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (1978)	730	(3)
Appendix G Excerpts from the EEOC's Guidance on Vicarious Employer Liability for Harassment by Supervisors (1999)	733	(2)
Appendix H Excerpts from Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990	735	(4)
Appendix I Excerpts from the EEOC's ADA Enforcement Guidance: Preemployment Disability-Related Questions and Medical Examinations	739	(6)
Appendix J Excerpts from the EEOC's Enforcement Guidance: Workers' Compensation and the ADA	745	(3)
Appendix K EEOC Guidance to Field Offices on ADA Charges (1999)	748	(1)
Glossary	749	(8)
Case Index	757	(10)
Subject Index	767