Fall 2012
5343 Employment Law - MOOHR- 12568

Professor(s): Geraldine Moohr (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Employment and Labor Law 

Time: 6:00p-7:30p  MWLocation: 209  BLB

Course Outline: This course provides an overview of employment in non-unionized, private sector workplaces by examining common law doctrines and statutes that regulate the employment relationship. Specific topics include employment at will, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, discrimination, privacy, wages and hours, workplace injury, post-employment issues, and arbitration.

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Course Notes:   

Prerequisites:  

First Day Assignments: For the first class, please read and be prepared to discuss:

All of Nickel & Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich and
Pages 1-32, 53-57, 64-72 in the assigned casebook, Rothstein & Liebman, Cases and Materials in Employment Law (7th ed. 2011).

Final Exam Schedule: 12/17 6 -9pm  240 BLB    

This course will have:
Exam:
Paper:

Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No

Book Requirements:

• (4/19/2012 2:26:37 PM; last revised 4/23/2012 9:59:03 AM ) Title: Employment Law: Cases and Materials
  Author: Mark A. Rothstein & Lance Liebman
  Edition: 7th Edition Year: 2011 ISBN: 978-1599418827 Publisher: Foundation Press
   
• (5/1/2012 3:00:15 PM; last revised 5/1/2012 3:04:48 PM ) Title: Nickel and Dimed: On not getting by in America
  Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
  Edition:   Year: 2011 ISBN: 9780312626686 Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, LLC
   Please have this book read by the first day of class.
  Do not purchase kindle version of this book, not allowed by professor.