Foundations of labor and employment law
By: [edited by] Samuel Estreicher, Stewart J. Schwab, Zev J. Eigen
Series: Foundations of law series; Foundations of law series
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Providence, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781422498842
Subjects: Labor laws and legislation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Frameworks for analyzing labor markets. Models of the labor market ; Models of unions ; The changing face of industrial relations : decline of private sector unionism; title: pt. 2. Regulation of labor relations. Goals and instituational features of federal labor laws ; The law and economics of federal labor laws; title: pt. 3. Legal regulations of employment contracts. Mandating minimum terms ; Employment at will ; Topics in employment regulation : minimum wages and pensions; title: pt. 4. The future of labor and employment law. Looking abroad ; Reforming unions and labor law ; Models for an individualistic future; title: Appendix A. Union members in the United States, 1930-1979; title: Appendix B. Union membership density among U.S. wage and salary workers, 1973-97; title: Appendix C. Union density rates, 1900-1989, eighteen and twenty-four countries; title: Appendix D. Alternative unemployment indicators, ten countries, 1983-93; title: Appendix E. Indexes of hourly manufacturing compensation costs, 1975-94; title: Appendix F. Business sector productivity growth; title: Appendix G. Indexes of manufacturing price levels, labor productivity and unit labor costs, selected years, 1970-93.