Basic Labor & Employment Law for Paralegals, Second Edition [Connected eBook](Aspen College)

The Second Edition has been completely updated to include new material analyzing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009, a federal statute amending the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Additional new material discusses the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a federal statute prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information. Fresh case references and examples appear throughout the text.

Hallmark features of Basic Labor and Employment Law for Paralegals:

Covers all essential elements of United States labor and employment law in depth

Divided into three sections

o Introduction to Labor and Employment Law

historical development of labor and employment law in America

nature of the employment relationship

o Labor-Management Relations in the Union Setting

how labor law regulates labor-management relations

methods of selecting collective bargaining representatives

unfair labor practices by employers and unions

economic weapons in labor disputes

the formation and administration of labor contracts

o Employment Discrimination

various forms of employment discrimination in American law

methods and procedures of pursuing employment discrimination claims

Chapter pedagogy

o marginal definitions

o fact scenarios illustrating the concepts