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Advance Notice Provisions In Plant Closing Legislation: Do They Matter?, Ronald Ehrenberg, George Jakubson
Advance Notice Provisions In Plant Closing Legislation: Do They Matter?, Ronald Ehrenberg, George Jakubson
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
This paper evaluates the cases for and against plant closing legislation. In spite of the growth of legislative efforts in the area, there has been surprisingly little effort devoted to analyzing what the effects are of existing plant closing legislation, of provisions in privately negotiated collective bargaining agreements that provide for advance notice in case of plant shutdowns and/or layoffs, and of voluntary employer provision of advance notice. The paper summarizes the results of previous research, and our own empirical analyses that used the January 1984 Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Displaced Workers, on the effects of advance notice …
Workers’ Rights: Rethinking Protective Labor Legislation, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Workers’ Rights: Rethinking Protective Labor Legislation, Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
This paper focuses on a few directions in which protective labor legislation might be expanded in the United States over the next decade and the implications of expansion in each area for labor markets. Specifically, it addresses the areas of hours of work, unjust dismissal, comparable worth, and plant closings. In each case, the discussion stresses the need to be explicit about how private markets have failed, the need for empirical evidence to test such market failure claims, the need for economic analysis of potential unintended side effects of policy changes, and the existing empirical estimates of the likely magnitudes …
The Legislative History Of Fefcwa And Feptcea, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
The Legislative History Of Fefcwa And Feptcea, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
Charts and Summaries of State, U.S., and Foreign Laws and Regulations
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Proposed Legislation On Short Term Time Off In The 108th Congress, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
Proposed Legislation On Short Term Time Off In The 108th Congress, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
Charts and Summaries of State, U.S., and Foreign Laws and Regulations
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Legislation Proposed In The 108th Congress Relating To The Family And Medical Leave Act, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
Legislation Proposed In The 108th Congress Relating To The Family And Medical Leave Act, Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
Charts and Summaries of State, U.S., and Foreign Laws and Regulations
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State-Court Injunctions And The Federal Common Law Of Labor Contracts: Beyond Norris-Laguardia, Howard Lesnick
State-Court Injunctions And The Federal Common Law Of Labor Contracts: Beyond Norris-Laguardia, Howard Lesnick
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