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California Federal Savings & (And) Loan Association V. Guerra: Supreme Court Affirms California's Efforts To Accommodate Pregnancy In Fair Employment Laws, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 181 (1987), Judith Gallo

UIC Law Review

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Herbester V. North American Company For Life And Health Insurance: Attorney's Retaliatory Discharge Action Unjustly Dismissed, 21 J. Marshall L. Rev. 215 (1987), Dennis M. Nolan

UIC Law Review

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The Twilight Of Employment At Will? An Update, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Articles

A 55-year-old white male, who has spent thirty years working his way up to a responsible middle-management position in his company, is asked for his resignation. No reason given. Even though the employee could demonstrate that he still is qualified to perform his duties, the employer's action in dismissing him would be quite unexceptionable under the conventional American common law doctrine of employment at will. The situation could be even more disturbing. If the employment-at-will principle were allowed its full scope, an employee would have no recourse even if he knew he was being discharged because he had refused to …

Pay Equity--The Minnesota Experience, Nina Rothchild

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The concept of comparable worth is simple: jobs should be paid according to their value, whether the jobs are performed by men or by women. It says that pay should be based on the level of skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions required to do the job. It is hard to believe that such a common sense idea could generate such an emotional reaction.

In this essay I will describe Minnesota's experience with pay equity at the state and local levels. Our experience leads us to believe that the arguments of the opposition are pure conjecture and that the scare …

An Overview Of Federal And State Whistleblower Protections, Stephen M. Kohn, Michael D. Kohn

Antioch Law Journal

The protection of employee whistleblowers is a controversial and developing area within employment discrimination law. There is no comprehensive law which prohibits employers from retaliating against employees who disclose potential corporate or governmental violations of law, or practices which may violate environmental standards or threaten the health and safety of employees and the public. Instead, over the past twenty-five years there has been a steady growth in common law and specific statutory protections for employee whistleblowers. This article is an introduction to the major statutory and common law provisions which concern whistleblower protection. It is not intended to present a …

Illinois' New Public Works Employment Residency Requirement: Is Life Boat Economic Policy A Constitutionally Permissible Response To The National Unemployment Problem, 19 J. Marshall L. Rev. 365 (1986), Mark P. Standa

UIC Law Review

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Nlra Preemption Of State Law Actions For Wrongful Discharge In Violation Of Public Policy, Thomas Bean

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Note considers the circumstances under which the NLRA should preempt state law tort suits for discharge in contravention of public policy by employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement, and by at-will employees. Part I discusses the rationale behind the preemption doctrine and outlines the tests the Supreme Court has adopted for determining when the NLRA preempts state laws. Part II argues that the specific rationale behind the Court's preemption tests are inapplicable to the typical public policy wrongful discharge action. Part III identifies the ways in which public policy wrongful discharge actions might infringe on the NLRA. It …

New York: The Right To Discharge At-Will Employees Post Weiner, John V. Dember

Touro Law Review

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Midgett V. Sackett-Chicago, Inc.: The Short-Sighted Use Of State Remedies To Protect Union Employees From Retaliatory Discharge, 18 J. Marshall L. Rev. 565 (1985), Benjamin P. Hyink, Lawrence M. Liebman

UIC Law Review

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Restrictions On Political Activities Of Government Employees, Elizabeth L. Crittenden

West Virginia Law Review

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Workers' Compensation In Michigan: Costs, Benefits And Fairness: A Report To Governor James J. Blanchard's Cabinet Council On Jobs And Economic Development From Theodore J. St. Antoine, Special Counselor On Workers' Compensation, Theodore St. Antoine

Other Publications

On September 14, 1983, Governor James J. Blanchard issued the following statement and charge in appointing Theodore J. St. Antoine as Special Counselor on Workers' Compensation:

In the past two decades, workers' compensation has been the subject of much discussion and debate among all segments of the industrial community and the several branches of state government in Michigan. During this period, three separate commissions have engaged in extensive analysis of the Michigan Workers' Compensation Law. In 1980, and again in 1981, substantial amendments were added to the statute. Nonetheless, the controversy over this system continues.

Important and deserving interests are …

A Survey Of Illinois Employment Discrimination Law, 31 Depaul L. Rev. 323 (1982), Susan Marie Connor

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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Federalism As A Fundamental Value: National League Of Cities In Perspective, Robert F. Nagel

Publications

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Providing Municipal Services In New York State: The "Private Contract" Alternative, Thomas J. Kelly Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

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Holland V. Boeing Co.--Extending Protection Against Employment Discrimination To Transfers Of Handicapped Employees, Joanne Whitehead

Seattle University Law Review

In Holland v. Boeing Co., the Washington Supreme Court considered for the first time a handicap discrimination case under the unfair employment practices section of the Washington Law Against Discrimination. In construing the statute, the Holland court emphasized that the handicapped are inherently different from other classes antidiscrimination legislation traditionally protects. The court then imposed upon the defendant-employer a high duty of accommodating the disabilities of handicapped employees. Thus, the decision provides important recognition of disabled workers' civil rights.

United States V. City Of Chicago: Impact Standard Applicable To State And Local Governments Under Title Vii, Lydia C. Taylor, Francis C. Bagbey

William & Mary Law Review

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Florida Public Employees: Is The Solution To The Free Rider Problem Worse Than The Problem Itself?, Curtis L. Mack, Ezra D. Singer

Florida State University Law Review

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Prohibiting Bnding Arbitration: The Proposed Change In Article I, Section 6, Terri Jo Kennedy

Florida State University Law Review

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The Florida Experience In Public Employee Collective Bargaining, 1974-1978: Bellwether For The South, William F. Mchugh

Florida State University Law Review

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City Of Bartow V. Public Employees Relations Commission, 341 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 1st Dist. Ct. App. 1976), Mary Eleanor Sweet

Florida State University Law Review

Labor Law- PUBLIC RECORDS ACT- DOCUMENTS ACCUMULATED DURING PRELIMINARY UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICE PROCEEDINGS NEED NOT BE DISCLOSED, UNDER PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, UNTIL SUCH TIME AS CHARGES ARE EITHER FORMALIZED OR DISMISSED.

Federalism And Federal Regulation Of Public Employers: The Implications Of National League Of Cities V. Usery, W. Harding Drane

Cleveland State Law Review

The purpose of this Note is to examine the limits of the federal commerce power when applied to the states as states, using as a focal point, the controversies which have arisen in the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA).

Resolving Public Employment Disputes: A Guide For West Virginia, Charles Matthew Kincaid

West Virginia Law Review

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Constitional Basis And Implications Of Federal Collective Bargaining Legislation For State And Local Employees, Ronald C. Brown

Faculty Publications

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Hortonville Joint School District No. 1 V. Hortonville Education Association, Lewis F. Powell Jr

Supreme Court Case Files

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The Authority Of The Public Employer To Engage In Collective Bargaining In The Absence Of A State Statute: Ohio, A Case In Point, Karen Berns Newborn

Cleveland State Law Review

This comment will discuss the traditional arguments against public sector collective bargaining, suggest answers to those arguments, and analyze the Dayton Classroom Teachers Association decision. It will conclude with an analysis of how the issues should be considered and suggest the problems which are presented by Ohio's case law.

Impasse In North Carolina: The Need For A Viable Public Employees Labor Relations Act, William G. Haemmel

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Rights Of The Public Employee Under The Illinois Civil Service System: A Progression Of The Law, 8 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 53 (1974), Rea T. Markin

UIC Law Review

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Impasse Resolution Mechanisms And Teacher Strikes, Diane L. Kaye

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Public school teachers have no right to strike under Michigan law, but the power to strike exists. Michigan residents witnessed forty teacher strikes in the autumn of 1973 alone. Among them was the forty-four-day strike by Detroit teachers. The strikes during the past fall were not an unfortunate aberration. Ninety percent of the strikes in Michigan are by school teachers. In the public education context, the threat of a strike no longer brings negotiating parties together. A new mechanism for resolution of deadlocks in teacher-school board contract disputes is needed. This article describes the problem, outlines impasse resolution procedures presently …

Guidelines For Alleviating Local-Emergency Work Disruptions, Joshua Greene

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The first section of this article summarizes the vast differences between the rights of public and private employees to strike. The second section focuses on likely obstacles to a governmental suit to enjoin shutdowns in the broadest segment of American private industry-the segment in which labor relations are governed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The final section of the article suggests a legislative solution to the problem, fashioned after existing statutory remedies for limiting certain strikes by public employees.

Political Subdivisions-Qualifications For Exclusion From The Labor-Management Relations Act

Washington and Lee Law Review

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