Twomey and Greene’s Labor and Employment Law Text and Cases 16th Edition By David Twomey, Stephanie Greene ISBN 0314167491 9780314167491

Chapter 1 Perspectives; Early Doctrines; Current Applications

Section 1:1 Introduction: Perspectives

Section 1:2 Historical Context: The Criminal Conspiracy Doctrine

Section 1:3 Historical Context: The Contractual Interference Doctrine

Section 1:4 Historical Context: Early Applications of the Sherman Act

Section 1:5 Injunctions and the Clayton and Norris-LaGuardia Acts

Section 1:6 Continuing Impact of Antitrust Laws

Chapter 2 Congress, Administrative Agencies, and the Courts

Section 2:1 Introduction

Section 2:2 Open Operations of Administrative Agencies

Section 2:3 Agency “Regulations” as Law

Section 2:4 The Adjudicatory Function

Section 2:5 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies

Section 2:6 Court Review of Agency Findings of Fact

Section 2:7 Court Review of Agency Determinations on Law and Policy: The Chevron Framework

Section 2:8 The Federal Court System

Chapter 3 Railway and Airline Labor Relations Law

Section 3:1 Introduction

Section 3:2 Bargaining Representation

Section 3:3 Mediation, Arbitration, and Emergency Boards

Section 3:4 Major and Minor Disputes

Section 3:5 Railroad and Airline Boards of Adjustment

Section 3:6 The Surface Transportation Board

Section 3:7 Strike Injunctions

Section 3:8 Jurisdictional Issues: The RLA and the NLRA

Chapter 4 The National Labor Relations Act

Section 4:1 Introduction

Section 4:2 Historical Development

Section 4:3 Administration

Section 4:4 Procedures

Section 4:5 Jurisdiction: Employers Under the Act

Section 4:6 Agency Law, Independent Contractors, “Contingent” Workers

Section 4:7 Jurisdiction: Employees Under the Act

Section 4:8 Jurisdiction: Preemption

Section 4:9 Majority Bargaining Rights

Section 4:10 The Appropriate Bargaining Unit

Section 4:11 Multiemployer Bargaining Units

Section 4:12 Craft Severance and Micro Units

Section 4:13 Determining Employees’ Choice

Section 4:14 Election Conduct and Free Speech

Section 4:15 Election Propaganda and Misrepresentations

Section 4:16 Bargaining Rights Based on Authorization Cards

Section 4:17 Remedial Powers

Chapter 5 Employer Unfair Labor Practices

Section 5:1 Protection of Employee Rights

Section 5:2 Freedom from Interference

Section 5:3 Domination of Labor Organizations

Section 5:4 Discrimination as to Hire and Tenure

Section 5:5 Discriminatory Lockouts

Section 5:6 Permanent Shutdowns

Section 5:7 Discrimination for Concerted Activities

Section 5:8 Union Security and “Right-to-Work” Laws

Section 5:9 Discrimination for NLRB Action

Section 5:10 Duty of Employer to Bargain

Section 5:11 Successor Employers’ Obligations Under the NLRA

Section 5:12 Rejection of Labor Contracts Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code

Chapter 6 Regulation of Union Activities

Section 6:1 Union Unfair Labor Practices

Section 6:2 Picketing: Types and Constitutional Parameters

Section 6:3 Mass Picketing

Section 6:4 Union Access to Private Property

Section 6:5 Organizational and Recognitional Picketing: Informational Picketing

Section 6:6 Jurisdictional Disputes

Section 6:7 Secondary Activity: “Ally” and “Common Situs” Doctrines

Section 6:8 Secondary Activity: Consumer Product Picketing, Handbilling, and Bannering

Section 6:9 Hot Cargo Agreements

Section 6:10 Damages from Boycotts and Picketing

Chapter 7 Legality of Strikes

Section 7:1 Types of Stoppages

Section 7:2 Employer Unfair-Labor-Practice Strikes

Section 7:3 Permanent Replacement of Strikers

Section 7:4 Unprotected Strike Activity

Section 7:5 Effects of Strikes in Violation of NLRA Notice Requirements

Section 7:6 No-Strike Agreements

Section 7:7 Norris-LaGuardia and No-Strike Injunctions

Section 7:8 National Emergency Strikes

Chapter 8 Dispute Settlement Law

Section 8:1 Introduction

Section 8:2 Definitions and Terms

Section 8:3 Assisting Negotiations

Section 8:4 Grievance Arbitration and the NLRA

Section 8:5 The Courts and the Arbitration Process

Section 8:6 Labor Arbitration of Statutory Discrimination Claims

Section 8:7 Judicial Review of Arbitration Decisions

Section 8:8 Arbitration for Non-Union Employees

Chapter 9 Regulating Internal Union Conduct: DFR, ERISA, and RICO

Section 9:1 Introduction

Section 9:2 Union’s Duty of Fair Representation (DFR)

Section 9:3 Members’ Rights Under the Union’s Constitution

Section 9:4 Union Discipline: Section 8(b)(1)(A)

Section 9:5 Rights of Members

Section 9:6 Union and Management Reporting Requirements

Section 9:7 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Section 9:8 Political Contributions and Expenditures

Section 9:9 Antiracketeering Laws

Chapter 10 Public Employment and Labor Law

Section 10:1 Introduction

Section 10:2 Federal Employment

Section 10:3 State and Local Employment

Section 10:4 Congressional Power over State Employment Standards

Chapter 11 Occupational Safety and Health Law

Section 11:1 Purpose and Scope

Section 11:2 Administration

Section 11:3 Standards

Section 11:4 Employer Duties

Section 11:5 Protection from Retaliation

Section 11:6 Inspection

Section 11:7 Citations and Penalties

Section 11:8 Overlapping Jurisdiction

Section 11:9 Violence in the Workplace

Section 11:10 State Programs

Section 11:11 State “Right-to-Know” Legislation

Chapter 12 Discrimination Laws: Protected Classes Under Title VII and the Constitution

Section 12:1 Introduction

Section 12:2 Title VII as Amended

Section 12:3 Race and Color

Section 12:4 Religion

Section 12:5 Sex

Section 12:6 Employer Liability for Sexual Harassment

Section 12:7 Employer Liability for Coworker and Nonemployee Sexual Harassment

Section 12:8 National Origin Discrimination and “English Only” Rules

Section 12:9 Protection Against Retaliation

Section 12:10 Title VII: Section 703 Exceptions

Section 12:11 Selected Constitutional Theories on Discrimination

Chapter 13 Procedures and Remedies

Section 13:1 Mixed-Motive Cases

Section 13:2 Statistical Cases

Section 13:3 Title VII Court-Ordered Remedies

Section 13:4 Consent Decrees and Voluntary Affirmative Action Plans

Section 13:5 Reverse Discrimination and Affirmative Action Plans

Section 13:6 The Arbitration Option

Section 13:7 Executive Order 11246: Affirmative Action Programs

Section 13:8 Other Remedy Options

Chapter 14 Pay Equity; Age Discrimination

Section 14:1 Equal Pay for Equal Work

Section 14:2 The Gunther Decision and Comparable Worth

Section 14:3 Age Discrimination

Section 14:4 Prohibited Practices and Damages

Section 14:5 The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act; ADEA Exemptions and Defenses

Chapter 15 Disability Discrimination Laws—Workers’ Compensation, SSDI and the ADA—Medical and Military Leaves

Section 15:1 Discrimination Against Disabled Workers

Section 15:2 The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Section 15:3 The Amended Americans with Disabilities Act

Section 15:4 Workers’ Compensation: Relationship to the ADA

Section 15:5 Accommodation Between SSDI and the ADA

Section 15:6 Family and Medical Leaves of Absence

Section 15:7 Military Leaves and Reemployment Rights

Chapter 16 Employment Relationships: Contractual and Tort Theories

Section 16:1 Employment at Will, Exceptions, and Discrimination Claims

Section 16:2 Whistleblower Protection Under the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd- Frank Acts

Section 16:3 Noncompetition Agreements

Section 16:4 Employer Liability for Torts of Employees

Section 16:5 Proper Classification of Workers

Section 16:6 Negligent Hiring and Retention of Employees

Chapter 17 Employee Privacy Topics

Section 17:1 Historical Background, Introduction to Employee Privacy

Section 17:2 Public Employees’ Privacy Rights

Section 17:3 Private-Sector Employees: Property Searches

Section 17:4 Invasion of Privacy

Section 17:5 Monitoring Employee Telephone Conversations and E-Mail

Section 17:6 Drug Testing

Section 17:7 Alcohol Abuse and Employee Assistance Programs

Section 17:8 Polygraph Examinations

Section 17:9 Employee Defamation Claims

Section 17:10 Developing Law: Protection of Employee Data

Chapter 18 Wage and Hour Law—Plant Closings and Unemployment—Foreign Workers

Section 18:1 Developing Law Regulating Wages and Hours

Section 18:2 Plant Closing Laws: The Warn Act

Section 18:3 Unemployment Compensation

Section 18:4 Employment-Related Immigration Laws: Introduction

Section 18:5 Employer Sanctions and Verification Responsibilities

Section 18:6 Employer Discrimination

Appendices

Appendix A Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, as Amended by Public Laws 86–257, 1959 and 93–360, 1974

Appendix B Excerpts from the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

Glossary

Table of Cases

Index