LPP 600 iMBA: Employment Law

ISM 600:  Employment  Law
May 2011 Residency: Sun. 5/8 – Wed. 5/11
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Class News:  The topics for your papers are due by June 1st;  the first drafts of the papers are due by July 15th, and the final version of the paper is due by August 15th.

Syllabus

Course Project Requirements

Websites for Legal Research

Link to the EEOC Homepage

1990 Census Data

2000 Census Data Information

Link to Monster.Com — HR issues and news

Introductory Notes

Chapter 2 Notes:
Employment At-Will
Weiner v. McGraw Hill
Murphy v. American Home Products
Sabetay v. Sterling Drugs
Lobosco v. NY Telephone

Chapter 3 Notes:
Employment Torts
Off Duty Conduct
NY State Labor Law — S. 201
McCavitt v. Swiss Re
California Constitution Privacy Provision
Rulon-Miller v. IBM
Barbee v. HAFC
Love v. Southern Bell
Restrictive Covenants and Non-Compete Clauses
Restrictive Covenants and Non-Compete Cases
 Intro: Links to  EEO Legislation
Equal Employment Opportunity Legislation

Chapter 6 Notes Title VII and Discrimination
 Albemarle Paper Co. v. Moody (case)
 Washington v. Davis (case)
 Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection
Link to Uniform Guidelines for Employment Selection
 Notes on Albemarle Paper v. Moody and Washington v. Davis and Uniform Guidelines
Seniority
Affirmative Action
Burden of Proof
Labor Market Definition
Use of Statistics

Chapter 7 Notes:  Sex Discrimination
The Equal Pay Act
Family & Medical Leave Act
Sexual Harassment

 Chapter 8 Notes: Religious & National Origin Discrimination, Procedures
Partnership and Title VII
Discrimination Based on Religion
Arbitration and EEO Claims
Armendariz v. Foundation Health Psychcare Services 99 Cal. Rptr.2d 745 (2000)

Chapter. 9 &10  Age & Disability Discrimination
   ADEA & ADA Notes

2008 Amendments to the ADA
Waivers under ADEA
   Link to Justice Dept.’s ADA Home Page
Link to IBM’s Webpage for Adaptive Technology
Chap. 11:  Other Legislation
   Notes
Polygraph case
NYS Whistleblower Law (private sector employees)
NYS Whistleblower Law (public sector employees Civil Service Law S.75-b)
NY Whistleblower Case
Pa Whistleblower Law
Pa Human Relations Law
Labor Relations Law:
Labor Relations and the NLRB
NLRB