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Immigrant Workers And The Thirteenth Amendment, Maria Ontiveros

Maria L. Ontiveros

This chapter examines the treatment of immigrant workers through the lens of the Thirteenth Amendment. It examines how the intersection of labor and immigration laws impact immigrant workers in general, "guest workers" and undocumented immigrants. It argues that immigrant workers can be seen as a caste of nonwhite workers laboring beneath the floor for free labor in ways which violate the Thirteenth Amendment. Further, it suggests ways in which immigrant workers can use the Thirteenth Amendment to improve their situation and offers an analysis of how the Thirteenth Amendment can form a bridge for organizing between labor, civil rights, immigration …

Riley J., Le Risposte Del Diritto Del Lavoro Australiano Alla Crisi Finanziaria Globale, In Lavoro E Diritto, No. 1/2010, Andrea Iossa

Andrea Iossa

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Fifteen Years With The Norma Research Programme, Ann Numhauser-Henning

Ann Numhauser-Henning

The Norma Research Programme started out fifteen years ago – in 1996 – at the Law Faculty of Lund University with funding from the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation. The programme was initiated by me and my former colleague Professor Anna Christensen, who sadly passed away in March 2001. Norma is short for ‘Normative Development within the Social Dimension, Studies on the Normative Patterns and Their Development in the Legal Regulation of Employment, Housing, Family and Social Security from a European Integration Perspective’. The purpose of the programme was to create a research environment where basic normative patterns and their …

A Study In Ideal Anti-Types: Executive Status And Labor Market Regulation In Comparative Perspective, Thomas Kohler

Thomas C. Kohler

Comparative study and assessment of legal protections afforded leading management personnel in several leading European nations, Japan and the United States, including historical background of regulatory schemes and their impact.

Exploring The Ethicality Of Firing Employees Who Blog, Sean Valentine, Gary Fleischman, Robert Sprague, Lynn Godkin

Robert Sprague

This exploratory study evaluates the ethical considerations related to employees fired for their blogging activities. Specifically, subject evaluations of two employee-related blogging scenarios were investigated with established ethical reasoning and moral intensity scales, and a measure of corporate ethical values was included to assess perceptions of organizational ethics. The first scenario involved an employee who was fired because of innocuous blogging, while the second vignette involved an employee who was fired because of work-related blogging. Survey data were collected from employed college students and working practitioners. The findings indicated that the subjects’ ethical judgments that firing an employee for blogging …

The Gender Pay Gap In Europe From A Legal Perspective, Ann Numhauser-Henning

Ann Numhauser-Henning

No abstract provided.

Present At The Creation: Clyde W. Summers And The Field Of Union Democracy Law, Michael J. Goldberg

Michael J Goldberg

This article describes and analyzes the contributions of Professor Clyde W. Summers to the development of union democracy law in the United States and his contributions to the movement dedicated to bringing more democratic practices to American unions. The first part of the article evaluates Summers' writings on the importance of democracy in the labor movement. The second part describes Summers' work as both a scholar and public policy activist shaping the law of union democracy, including his critical role in the drafting of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959. The final part of the article examines Summers …

Solving “The Burklow Problem”: Federal Question Jurisdiction Of Tucker Act And Labor-Management Relations Act Cases After Textron Lycoming V. Uaw, Jennifer E. Spreng, Roberto J. Escobar

Jennifer E Spreng

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Labour Law, Ann Numhauser-Henning

Ann Numhauser-Henning

No abstract provided.

Åldersdiskriminering Och Några Anställningsskydssrelaterade Frågor, Ann Numhauser-Henning

Ann Numhauser-Henning

No abstract provided.

Extending The Scope Of Application Of Labour Laws To The Informal Economy”, Digest Of Comments Of The Ilo Supervisory Bodies Related To The Informal Economy, Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry

Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry

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Multi-Level Marketing And Its Brethren: The Legal And Regulatory Environment In The Down Economy, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

This article explores the legal and regulatory environment of multi-level marketing companies also known as MLM. Legal research is lacking in this area of business law though the regulatory environment involves a combination of federal and state laws including administrative agencies such as the FTC and SEC. In the current down economy, criminal enterprises such as Ponzi schemes have been exposed. MLMs are often compared to Ponzi and pyramid schemes and do share similarities. The article offers that personal responsibility is vital when determining whether to join any MLM in light of the volume of resources available on the internet.

Professional Sports League Commissioners' Authority And Collective Bargaining, Matthew J. Parlow

Matthew Parlow