EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION (LABR8103)
3 credits. Lecture.

This course covers discrimination in employment because of race, gender, age, religion, national origin, and disability by first treating the three main theories of discrimination -- individual disparate treatment, systemic disparate treatment and systemic disparate impact. Second, special problems of discrimination, including sexual harassment, retaliation, reasonable accommodation of religious practices and disabilities and equal pay for equal work, are then studied. Third, the procedural and remedial rules of employment discrimination law are surveyed. The governing statutes include Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, 42 U.S.C. section 1981 and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

EMPLOYMENT LAW (LABR8106)
3 credits. Lecture.

This course develops the legal theories underlying the employment relation. It covers: employment contracts; the employment-at-will doctrine and its erosion; the basics of labor/management law; and the development of alternatives to the present structure of employment law.

LABOR ARBITRATION (LABR9103)
2 credits. Seminar.
Prerequisite: Labor Law.

This seminar undertakes an intensive study of the law relating to labor arbitration and the practice of arbitration tribunals. It includes both grievance and economic (compulsory and voluntary) arbitration. Topics on negotiation and mediation are also discussed.

LABOR ARBITRATION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WORKSHOP (LABR9102)
3 credits. Seminar.
Prerequisite: Labor Law or equivalent.

Students will participate in a collective bargaining project involving contract drafting and negotiation, with settlement required prior to a predetermined strike deadline and will also arbitrate a grievance arising under their executed agreements. The course materials deal with the theory and practice of bargaining strategy, arbitration process and procedure, and the subject matter of collective bargaining agreements: seniority, management rights, union security, wages, vacations, holidays, discharge, and discipline. In addition, students will make use of the tools of labor law research in drafting an arbitration brief.

LABOR ISSUES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY (LABR9105)
2 credits. Seminar.
Recommended: Labor Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination or International Business Transactions.

This course examines labor issues and labor standards in a world economy regulated by bilateral and multilateral trade agreements in a context of sharp competition among countries and firms.  Course readings and discussions will focus on the intersection of labor issues and international trade law and policy in the new global economy.  Classes will feature lectures, discussions, student led presentations, videotapes and occasional outside guests from unions, corporations, NGOs, or government or international agencies.

LABOR LAW (LABR7102)
3 credits. Lecture.

This course analyzes the establishment, maintenance and survival of the collective bargaining relationship between union and management. It focuses on the National Labor Relations Act which, in conjunction with the Norris-La Guardia Act, governs union organizational campaigns, the process of collective bargaining, and economic tools of both sides, including strikes, lockouts, boycotts and picketing.

PENSION AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS (LABR8105)
2 credits. Lecture.
Prerequisite: Federal Income Taxation.

This course studies: tax qualified and non-qualified employee benefits in the context of ERISA; forms of employee benefits plans, their administration and termination; and the enforcement of participants' rights. The course also addresses planning aspects of deferred compensation.

PUBLIC EMPLOYEE LABOR LAW (LABR8108)
3 credits. Lecture.

This course studies the law of union organization, collective bargaining and the enforcement of collective bargaining agreements between unions and public sector employers. Established by state statute in conjunction with constitutional rights, public employee labor law treats the strike prohibition and alternatives to the strike as a means to make collective bargaining effective. While the course will look to the diverse responses of the federal system, some emphasis will be given to New Jersey law.

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.  

WORKERS' COMPENSATION (LABR7101)
2 credits. Lecture.

This course studies the origins and history of the compensation remedy for industrial accidents and disease. It covers the standards of liability for compensation; remedies for occupational disease; the interaction between tort and compensation remedies; and practice before workers' compensation tribunals.