Foundations of labor and employment law /

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Imprint:New Providence, N.J. : LexisNexis/Matthew Bender, c2006.
Description:xv, 416 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Series:Foundations of law series
Foundations of law series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8684615
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Other authors / contributors:Estreicher, Samuel.
Schwab, Stewart J.
Eigen, Zev J.
ISBN:9781422498842
1422498840
Notes:Previous ed.: New York : Foundation Press, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • pt. 2. Regulation of labor relations. Goals and instituational features of federal labor laws ; The law and economics of federal labor laws
  • pt. 3. Legal regulations of employment contracts. Mandating minimum terms ; Employment at will ; Topics in employment regulation : minimum wages and pensions
  • pt. 4. The future of labor and employment law. Looking abroad ; Reforming unions and labor law ; Models for an individualistic future
  • Appendix A. Union members in the United States, 1930-1979
  • Appendix B. Union membership density among U.S. wage and salary workers, 1973-97
  • Appendix C. Union density rates, 1900-1989, eighteen and twenty-four countries
  • Appendix D. Alternative unemployment indicators, ten countries, 1983-93
  • Appendix E. Indexes of hourly manufacturing compensation costs, 1975-94
  • Appendix F. Business sector productivity growth
  • Appendix G. Indexes of manufacturing price levels, labor productivity and unit labor costs, selected years, 1970-93.