Employment Law (J. Tr*e)

The course will cover the legal principles governing the employer-employee relationship as they are found in the common law, in federal and state constitutions, statutes, and administrative regulations. Labor law and empolyment discrimination law will touched on but not explored in depth. Rather, the course will focus on employee and employer rights under contract, tort and constitutional law principles, as well as under regulatory schemes such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (and analogous state laws), ERISA, workers compensation laws and worker health and safety laws.

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