The Authors
List of Abbreviations
General 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
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 (OSHA)
Chapter 11. Enforcement of Equal Employment Opportunity
Chapter 12. Enforcement of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act
Chapter 13. Enforcement of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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 US Borders
Chapter 5. US Court Application of the Law of Nations
Selected Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index