TOPICS IN EMPLOYMENT LAW (LABR9104)
2 credits. Seminar.
Prerequisites: Labor Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination or comparable experience approved by the professor.

This seminar examines a variety of issues that arise in the non-union employment setting.  Beginning with the broad theoretical themes that serve as organizing principles in this area seminar participants will study the boundaries of the employment relationship, the origin and current status of the employment at will doctrine, and issues of privacy, employee duties and promises, and the regulation of compensation. In consultation with the professor seminar students will complete a formal research paper and a class presentation. The paper will satisfy the Advance Writing Requirement.