Empl&Lbr Law:Emplmnt Rltnship (LAW-664-001)
Seltzer
Meets: 09:30 AM - 10:50 AM (MW) - Room 503
Enrolled: 22 / Limit: 40
Notices
Class is CANCELLED for Wednesday, September 21. A make up class will be scheduled at a later date.
Description
Examines the legal issues that arise at various stages of the employment relationship. The course begins by considering the history of employment and labor law and the current economic, demographic, and technological developments that are changing the way work is organized and creating new challenges for the law. Following this introduction, students systematically proceed through the issues that arise in hiring; regulating the terms and conditions of employment during the employment relationship; and discharge and termination.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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First Class Readings
August 22, 2005: INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYMENT LAW AND THE CONCEPT OF EMPLOYMENT AT WILL: WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? WHO IS AN EMPLOYER? WHO IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR? WHAT ARE JOINT EMPLOYERS?
1) Read: Estreicher Text: pp. 9-41
2) Read:
- a) IRS Form SS-8 (available at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-fill/fss8.pdf)
b) Employee or Independent Contractor? (available at http://www.irs.gov/govt/fslg/article/0,,id=110344,00.html)