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Employment Law
Class Term:
Spring Term 2020-2021
Catalog Number:
5290
Professor(s):
Professor
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses
Grading Details
There will be an open-book 24 hour take home final exam.
Description
Legal regulation of work and the workplace in a non-union environment. The course will cover the expansion of employee rights against unjust dismissal, invasion of privacy and defamation, and will explore government regulations of the workplace in areas of health and safety, wages, hours, and benefits; it will also briefly survey employment discrimination law.