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Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws,
this monograph on labour law in the USA not only describes and analyses
the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations
practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is
both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely
to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour
relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and
pervasive factors employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal
laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law.
The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and
wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity,
employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining,
industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law
and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound
preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among
lawyers representing parties with interests in the USA, and academics
and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends
in laws affecting labour and labour relations.
The Authors
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. General Observations
Chapter 2. General Background
Chapter 3. Special Definitions and Concepts
Chapter 4. Historic Background
Chapter 5. The Role of Government in Shaping and Administering Employment Law
and Labor Relations Policy
Chapter 6. Sources of Labor and Employment Law
Selected Bibliography
Part I. The Individual Employment Relationship
Chapter 1. Concepts
Chapter 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties under Individual Employment
Contracts
Chapter 3. Remuneration and Benefits
Chapter 4. Equal Employment Opportunity
Part II. Collective Labor Relations
Chapter 1. The Impact of Collective Bargaining on Worker Benefits
Chapter 2. Freedom to Organize and Obtain Mutual Aid
Chapter 3. Labor Unions, Employee Associations and Employer Organizations
Chapter 4. Worker Participation in Management Through Collective Bargaining
Chapter 5. Industrial Action
Part III. Machinery for Enforcing Labor Laws
Chapter 1. The National Labor Relations Act
Chapter 2. Labor Management Relations Act’s Preemption of Suits Affecting
Collective Activities
Chapter 3. Resolution of Disputes that Threaten National or Local Welfare
Chapter 4. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Chapter 5. Enforcement of Prohibitions Against Certain Union–Management
Transactions and Statutory Protections of Union Members
Chapter 6. Railway Labor Act Enforcement Machinery
Chapter 7. Arbitration of Disputes Arising under Collective Agreements
Chapter 8. Regulation of Collective Representation of Federal Workers
Chapter 9. Enforcement of Federal Wage-Hour Laws
Chapter 10. Enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Act
Chapter 11. Enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunities
Chapter 12. Enforcement of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act
Chapter 13. Enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Act
Part IV. Extraterritoriality (Choice of Law)
Chapter 1. Problems of Extraterritoriality among the States
Chapter 2. The Law of Other Nations Applied in the US
Chapter 3. Applying US Law beyond its Borders
Chapter 4. Applying US Law to Foreign Nationals within its Borders
Chapter 5. US Court Application of the Law of Nations
Table of Cases
Index