Employment law and the labor market
By: Christine Jolls.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 13230.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13230.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Employee fringe benefits -- Law and legislation -- Economic aspects
Description: Legal rules governing the employer-employee relationship are many and varied. Economic analysis has illuminated both the efficiency and the effects on employee welfare of such rules, as described in this paper. Topics addressed include workplace safety mandates, compensation systems for workplace injuries, privacy protection in the workplace, employee fringe benefits mandates, targeted mandates such as medical and family leave, wrongful discharge laws, unemployment insurance systems, minimum wage rules, and rules requiring that employees receive overtime pay. Both economic theory and empirical evidence are considered.
Notes: "July 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50-54).

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