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Due Process Review Under The Railway Labor Act, Chris Sagers
Due Process Review Under The Railway Labor Act, Chris Sagers
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The federal government regulates disputes between organized labor and management in a wide range of private industries. Most disputes are governed by the Labor-Management Relations Act (LMRA), which both protects the rights of management and organized labor and establishes a comprehensive scheme of dispute resolution. The Railway Labor Act (RLA), however, creates a regime unique to the railroad and airline industries. It requires that certain claims between the covered employers -- known in the RLA as “carriers” -- and their employees be settled by submission to the RLA statutory arbitration scheme. Under this scheme, parties must resolve disputes “in the …
Confusion In The Courts: What To Do With Hiv-Positive And Aids-Infected Public Employees , Erika J. Crandall
Confusion In The Courts: What To Do With Hiv-Positive And Aids-Infected Public Employees , Erika J. Crandall
Journal of Law and Health
This paper is divided into five sections. Part one deals with background information on AIDS. Part two discusses current federal legislation. Part three examines how AIDS falls under federal legislation and case law, including the resulting impact of hiring AIDS-infected individuals. Part four evaluates possible violations of the Fourth Amendment resulting from the federal legislation and from an employer's mandatory testing of employees for the HIV virus. The last section discusses the government's liability when a public employee transmits AIDS to another individual during the course of employment.