LAW607
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ADVANCED EMPLOYMENT LAW
Course Title
ADVANCED EMPLOYMENT LAW
Course Number
607
Min
2
Course Types
Letter Grading, Writing Requirement
Credit Type
GPA SEMINARS
Description
May satisfy Writing Requirement.
This seminar will provide an advanced understanding of the major employment law statutes (FMLA, Title VII, PDA, ADA, & FLSA), primarily through the study of cases and research concerning work-life conflict and discrimination against family caregivers. The course will also draw on the groundbreaking work of the Center for WorkLife Law to familiarize students with traditional and non-traditional forms of advocacy, examining the complexities and practical techniques of using the law to achieve desirable social and policy change. Students will examine cutting-edge issues in the employment law field, including claims by men alleging that employers retaliated against them for taking parental leave, discrimination against mothers based on gender stereotypes, workplace accommodations for pregnant women, fair scheduling for hourly workers, and independent contractor misclassification. Students will have an opportunity to improve their research, writing, and analysis skills by receiving close support and feedback throughout the semester on the writing of a research paper that may fulfill the writing requirement, and may be published as a report of the Center for WorkLife Law. Prior coursework in employment law is recommended, but not required.
This seminar will provide an advanced understanding of the major employment law statutes (FMLA, Title VII, PDA, ADA, & FLSA), primarily through the study of cases and research concerning work-life conflict and discrimination against family caregivers. The course will also draw on the groundbreaking work of the Center for WorkLife Law to familiarize students with traditional and non-traditional forms of advocacy, examining the complexities and practical techniques of using the law to achieve desirable social and policy change. Students will examine cutting-edge issues in the employment law field, including claims by men alleging that employers retaliated against them for taking parental leave, discrimination against mothers based on gender stereotypes, workplace accommodations for pregnant women, fair scheduling for hourly workers, and independent contractor misclassification. Students will have an opportunity to improve their research, writing, and analysis skills by receiving close support and feedback throughout the semester on the writing of a research paper that may fulfill the writing requirement, and may be published as a report of the Center for WorkLife Law. Prior coursework in employment law is recommended, but not required.