Some people use these terms interchangeably, while others will make a distinction. Those in the latter camp typically understand “employment law” to refer to the two-way legal obligations between an employer and an individual employee, while “labor law” is more commonly used in reference to issues of workplace organizing, collective bargaining, and unionization. Whether you distinguish between the two terms or not, there is a great deal of overlap and interconnectivity between the two concepts, both philosophically and legally.