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I’M Shocked, Shocked To Find That Politics Is Going On In Here, Anne M. Lofaso Dec 2013

I’M Shocked, Shocked To Find That Politics Is Going On In Here, Anne M. Lofaso

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Permanent Replacements: Organized Labor’S Fall, Employment Law’S (Incomplete) Rise, And The Way Forward, Alexander T. Macdonald Oct 2013

Permanent Replacements: Organized Labor’S Fall, Employment Law’S (Incomplete) Rise, And The Way Forward, Alexander T. Macdonald

W&M Law Student Publications

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Collective Representation And Employee Voice In The U.S. Public Sector Workplace: Looking North For Solutions?, Martin H. Malin Oct 2013

Collective Representation And Employee Voice In The U.S. Public Sector Workplace: Looking North For Solutions?, Martin H. Malin

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Legislation enacted in many states following the 2010 elections in the United States strengthened unilateral public employer control and weakened employee voice. This rebalancing of power occurred in the context of state public employee labour relations acts modeled on the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), but with a narrower scope of bargaining than in the private sector. This narrow scope channels unions’ voice away from the quality of public services and towards protecting members from the effects of decisions unilaterally imposed by management. The Supreme Court of Canada has held that the freedom of association guaranteed by the Charter of …


The Vulnerable Subject At Work: A New Perspective On The Employment At-Will Debate, Jonathan Fineman Jan 2013

The Vulnerable Subject At Work: A New Perspective On The Employment At-Will Debate, Jonathan Fineman

Journal Publications

This article applies recent "vulnerability" scholarship to employment law issues. A vulnerability approach argues that the autonomous liberal legal subject at the heart of much of political and legal thought fails to capture the material, social, and developmental realities of the human condition and thus should be replaced with a "vulnerable subject." Importantly, and in contrast to the autonomous, independent, and self sufficient abstraction of the liberal legal subject, the vulnerable legal subject is theorized as embodied and as embedded in social contexts. The idea of the vulnerable subject has been described as providing a needed intervention into U.S. policy …


The Roberts Court And The Law Of Human Resources, Matthew T. Bodie Jan 2013

The Roberts Court And The Law Of Human Resources, Matthew T. Bodie

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The rise of human resources departments parallels the increase in the myriad statutory and regulatory requirements that govern the workplace. The Supreme Court's decisions in labor and employment law cases are largely monitored and implemented by HR professionals who must carry out these directives on a daily basis. This article looks at the Roberts Court's labor and employment law cases through the lens of human resources. In adopting an approach that is solicitous towards HR departments and concerns, the Roberts Court reflects a willingness to empower these private institutional players. Even if labor and employment law scholars do not agree …