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Full-Text Articles in Labor and Employment Law
Policing Employment Contracts Within The Nexus-Of-Contracts Firm, Katherine V.W. Stone
Policing Employment Contracts Within The Nexus-Of-Contracts Firm, Katherine V.W. Stone
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Restraints On Alienation Of Human Capital, Stewart E. Sterk
Restraints On Alienation Of Human Capital, Stewart E. Sterk
Articles
No abstract provided.
Coase's Twin Towers: The Relation Between The Nature Of The Firm And The Problem Of Social Cost, Stewart J. Schwab
Coase's Twin Towers: The Relation Between The Nature Of The Firm And The Problem Of Social Cost, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Ronald Coase's The Nature of the Firm (The Firm) may well be the second most cited article in law and economics. Usually, calling something second best is a backhanded compliment. But in this case the praise is sincere, for Coase also wrote the most cited article, The Problem of Social Cost (Social Cost). Much ink has been spilled over each article. Both are justly famous, and together they make Coase a richly deserving recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics.
The Firm, published in 1937, is most often studied by corporate law or industrial organization …
Labor Law Successorship: A Corporate Law Approach, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter
Labor Law Successorship: A Corporate Law Approach, Edward B. Rock, Michael L. Wachter
All Faculty Scholarship
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Section 1: Nuts And Bolts, David A. Santacroce
Section 1: Nuts And Bolts, David A. Santacroce
Other Publications
Workers facing plant closing and permanent or long-term layoffs now have a little more legal protection to give them some time to plan for retraining and to look for new jobs.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act provides for 60 days advance notice to certain workers affected by a plant closing or mass layoff. This law was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1988 after having been sought for many years by unions and other workers' rights advocates.
Vigorous action by the labor movement and strong public support led to passage of the WARN Act in spite of …
The Prospects Of Pension Fund Socialism, William H. Simon
The Prospects Of Pension Fund Socialism, William H. Simon
Faculty Scholarship
A substantial portion of corporate shareholdings in the United States is held by pension funds that secure retirement benefits for broad segments of the workforce. A number of commentators have argued that the assets secured by these pension funds should be used to promote the creation of a more democratic and egalitarian economy. Specifically, pension assets could be invested in projects that are deemed socially worthwhile, wielded in strategic "corporate campaigns" against companies resisting unionization, or directed toward allowing workers to obtain control over their own companies. This program of employing pension assets in the pursuit of a more democratic …