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Lessons From The Efforts To Manage The Shift Away From Defined Benefit Plans To Defined Contribution Plans In Australia, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Elizabeth F. Brown Jan 2016

Lessons From The Efforts To Manage The Shift Away From Defined Benefit Plans To Defined Contribution Plans In Australia, The United Kingdom, And The United States, Elizabeth F. Brown

Elizabeth F Brown

This is an earlier version of this Article that was published in the 53 American Business Law Journal 315 (Summer 2016). Please see that journal for the final version of this Article. This Article examines what lessons may be learned from examining how Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have tried to manage the shift away from defined benefit plans towards defined contribution plans. This shift has fundamentally changed the relationship between workers and the financial industry. While defined contribution plans provide employees with some advantages over defined benefit plans (e.g., portability, early vesting, greater autonomy), they also …


Can't Escape From The Memory: Social Media And Public Sector Labor Law, William A. Herbert Dec 2012

Can't Escape From The Memory: Social Media And Public Sector Labor Law, William A. Herbert

William A. Herbert

The Web 2.0 communicative revolution is impacting many fields of law, including labor and employment law. This article focuses upon the application and impact of statutory and constitutional doctrines on the use of social media in public employment in the United States. As part of that analysis, it will compare and contrast developments under the National Labor Relations Act, state collective bargaining and tenure laws and the First Amendment concerning social media. Through this comparative analysis, the article will highlight the distinctions and similarities of public sector labor law and their implications for the future.


Education, Labor Rights, And Incentives: Contract Teacher Cases In The Indian Courts, Varun Gauri, Nick Robinson Jul 2011

Education, Labor Rights, And Incentives: Contract Teacher Cases In The Indian Courts, Varun Gauri, Nick Robinson

Varun Gauri

Since the liberalization of India\'s economy beginning in the early 1990\'s, the government has increasingly employed contract workers to perform various state functions, including in the education sector. Yet, little research has been done to examine how courts have reacted to this shift in government labor policy. This paper looks at all reported cases involving contract teachers in the Indian Supreme Court and four High Courts over the last thirty years. It finds that although almost never explicitly overturning precedent, the judiciary in India has increasingly become less sympathetic to contract teachers demands, particularly at the Supreme Court level. The …


Invited Comparative Commentary To The 67th Biennial German Jurists Meeting, Thomas Kohler Dec 2007

Invited Comparative Commentary To The 67th Biennial German Jurists Meeting, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

No abstract provided.


Comparative Advantages? The Protection Of The Employment Bond In German And American Law, Thomas Kohler Dec 2002

Comparative Advantages? The Protection Of The Employment Bond In German And American Law, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

No abstract provided.


Comparative Labor Law: Some Reflections On The Way Ahead, Thomas C. Kohler Dec 2002

Comparative Labor Law: Some Reflections On The Way Ahead, Thomas C. Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

No abstract provided.


Kündigungsschutz In Deutschland Und Den Usa, Thomas Kohler, Michael Kittner Mar 2000

Kündigungsschutz In Deutschland Und Den Usa, Thomas Kohler, Michael Kittner

Thomas C. Kohler

No abstract provided.


Labor Law And Labor Relations: Comparative And Historical Perspectives, Thomas Kohler Dec 1997

Labor Law And Labor Relations: Comparative And Historical Perspectives, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

No abstract provided.