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Breaching The Union Constitution: Can A Member Make A Federal Case Of It? An Analysis Of Wooddell V. Ibew Local Union No. 71, Barbara J. Fick

Journal Articles

This article previews the Supreme Court case Wooddell v. IBEW Local Union No. 71, 502 U.S. 93 (1991). The author expected the Court to address whether Section 301 of the Labor Relations Management Act creates a federal cause of action under which a union member can sue his union for breach of the union's constitution.

Don't Throw The Price Waterhouse Baby Out With The Bath Water: Age Discrimination And The Direct Evidence/Mixed Motive Puzzle, Mary L. Beyer

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment examines why Washington should place a higher burden on employers in direct evidence and mixed motive age discrimination cases. Because Washington courts follow federal case law in interpreting state anti-discrimination legislation, Section II examines relevant federal statutes and the history of their interpretation by federal courts. Section III explores the courts' modification of the traditional federal approach found in direct evidence and mixed motive cases. Section IV discusses Washington's anti-discrimination statute and Washington's judicial interpretation of that statute. Section V demonstrates Washington's insufficient response to federal developments in direct evidence and mixed motive cases. Finally, Section VI identifies …

Enhanced Monitoring Of White Collar Employees: Should Employers Be Required To Disclose?, Jeff Kray, Pamela Robertson

Seattle University Law Review

This Comment presents a five part legal and economic analysis of enhanced monitoring of white collar employees. Section I defines the employment contract. Section II provides an overview of the legal issues raised by enhanced monitoring of white collar employees. Section III discusses the economics of enhanced monitoring. Section IV presents an analysis of the legal and economic effects of an employer's enhanced monitoring of white collar employees. Finally, Section V describes and evaluates proposed federal legislation that would require employers to disclose the use of enhanced monitoring to employees.

Labor Relations - Third Circuit Adopts Exception To Parker-Robb Rule - Unfair Labor Practice To Discharge Supervisor In Retaliation For Relatives' Pro-Union Activity, Karen D. Mcdonnell

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Model Uniform Employment Termination Act, National Conference Of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws

Other Publications

The Scope and Program Committee, at its meeting on January 11-12, 1985, recommended to the Executive Committee that it appoint a Committee to draft a Uniform Wrongful Termination Act. The recommendation was based in part on studies indicating that recent judicial modifications in the doctrine of employment at will had created great uncertainty for both employers and employees. (That uncertainty has grown. See infra.) Members of the Scope and Program Committee stressed that uniformity would be desirable because employees might be hired in one state, work in another, and be fired in a third, and that the subject gave the …

Parental Leaves And Poor Women: Paying The Price For Time Off, Maria O'Brien

Faculty Scholarship

This Article presents a critique of unpaid "parental" leaves and the parental leave legislation recently passed by Congress.1 Eight states have already enacted parental leave statutes of various kinds.' For the sake of simplicity and uniformity, however, this Article focuses on the proposed federal legislation3 and its anticipated effects on unemployed and underemployed women.4 Specifically, this Article argues that the debate about parental leave 5 has ignored the possibility that the cost of this mandated benefit is likely to be borne by poor, low-skill working women6 who will find that their job opportunities narrow as employers try to shift some …

Constitutional Values In The Private Sector Workplace, Joseph R. Grodin

Faculty Scholarship

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Time For A New Approach: Why The Judiciary Should Disregard The "Law Of The Circuit" When Confronting Nonacquiescence By The National Labor Relations Board, Rebecca H. White

Scholarly Works

The National Labor Relations Board has been criticized for its nonacquiescence policy, under which the Board interprets the national Labor Relations Act, issues an order, and then defends this order before a circuit court that previously had rejected the Board's interpretation of the Act. In this Article, Professor Rebecca White begins by stating that the NLRB's nonacquiescence policy is both lawful and proper. From this basic premise, White then argues that courts of appeals should abandon the "law of the circuit" doctrine when confronting Board nonacquiescence. She contends the policy concerns that justify application of the "law of the circuit"-- …

Inherently Discriminatory Conduct Revisited: Do We Know It When We See It?, Barbara J. Fick

Journal Articles

"This article traces the development of the inherently discriminatory doctrine, proposes some guidelines for determining when employer conduct falls under the rubric of the inherently discriminatory doctrine, and analyzes two cases dealing with employer use of temporary replacements during offensive lockouts in light of the proposed guidelines."

Does Title Vii Apply In Saudi Arabia? An Analysis Of Eeoc V. Arabian American Oil Co., Barbara J, Fick

Journal Articles

This article previews the Supreme Court case EEOC v. Arabian American Oil Co., 499 U.S. 244 (1991). The author expected the Court to decied whether Congress intended the mandates of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting employment discrimination to extend extraterritorially.

Recent Supreme Court Employment Law Decisions, 1990-91, Terry A. Bethel

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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The Interplay Of Civil Service And Collective Bargaining Law In Public Sector Employee Discipline Cases, Ann C. Hodges

Law Faculty Publications

This article undertakes such a review with respect to one aspect of the potential conflict between merit systems and collective bargaining- employee discipline and the appeal of discipline decisions. Protection from arbitrary or unjust discipline is a primary motivation for employee unionization. As a result, achieving protection from unjust disciplinary action becomes a fundamental goal of unions in collective bargaining. Public sector unions in the United States are particularly interested in "discipline, grievance procedures and organizational due process"....

Section IV of this article reviews the approaches of the various states that have addressed the issue, analyzing them in light of …

Nevo V. National Labour Court, Gavriel Bach, Shoshana Netanyahu, Ariel Hanoch

Translated Opinions

Petitioner, Dr. Naomi Nevo, was employed for many years by the Jewish Agency for Israel as a sociologist. On reaching the age of 60, she received a notice from her employers that she was to retire on pension, in accordance with the provision in the Pension Rules relating to Jewish Agency employees. This stated that the retirement age for men was 65 and for women 60.

Petitioner brought an action in the Regional Labour Court asking for a declaration that the above provision was void as being discriminatory. Her action was dismissed and so was her appeal to the National …

Vol. 7, No. 4, Martin H. Malin

The Illinois Public Employee Relations Report

Contents:

Two Models of the Right to Strike, by Martin H. Malin

Recent Developments, by the Student Editorial Board

Announcements

Further References, compiled by Margaret A. Chaplan

Penalties Under The Occupational Safety And Health Act Of North Carolina, Michael R. Smith

North Carolina Central Law Review

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Hiv Positive Employees As Handicapped Persons Under State And Federal Law: West Virginia Follows The Trend To Cast Aside Irrational Fear And Prejudice In Favor Of Competent Medical Evidence And Sound Public Policy, Frank W. Volk

West Virginia Law Review

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More Lessons From Japan: End Industrywide Collective Bargaining?, Robert H. Lande, Richard O. Zerbe Jr.

All Faculty Scholarship

The number of books and articles discussing Japanese management techniques with an eye to transplanting them to the United States is staggering. Americans understandably are impressed by Japanese efficiency and like to think the adoption of some of their techniques will aid our own industries. Often these proposals seem fanciful and fail to recognize the many differences between the two countries, their economic systems and cultures.

Patterson V. Mclean Credit Union: A Narrowing Of Remedies For The Employment Discrimination Plaintiff

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Book Reviews, John M. Gleason

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Reviews of the books: Mark A. Rothstein, Medical Screening and the Employee Health Cost Crisis (BNA Books 1989). Foreword Edward L. Baker, MD, MPH. 296 pp. Notes, figures, tables, glossary of legal terms, glossary of medical and health care terms, table of cases and index. LC 89-977; ISBN 0-87179-628-7.

Robert Decresce, Mark Lifshitz, Adrianne Mazura, & Joseph Tilson, Drug Testing In The Workplace (ASCP Press and BNA Books 1989). Forewords by Edward Miller, JD and George Lundberg, MD. 278 pp. Notes, figures, tables, table of cases and index. LC 88-39191; ISBN 0-89189-260-5 (ASCP), 0-87179-588-4 (BNA). Both of these books deal …

Terminating At-Will Employment Contracts In Utah Subsequent To Berube V. Fashion Centre, George P. Barbaresi

BYU Law Review

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Re Memorial University Of Newfoundland Faculty Association And Memorial University Of Newfoundland, Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

Union grievance alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties in effect from April 1, 1988 to March 31, 1991 in that the Employer failed to act in accordance with Appendix F, Article 1.5.1 and other articles of the Collective Agreement which are alleged to apply to the grievor.

At the commencement of the hearing counsel agreed that I am properly seized of this matter and that I should remain seized after the issue of this award to deal with any matters arising from its application. They also agreed to waive any time limits, either pre-hearing or post-hearing, in …

Public Remedies For Private Wrongs: Rethinking The Title Vii Back Pay Remedy, Minna J. Kotkin

Faculty Scholarship

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Vol. 7, No. 3, Cheryl Blackwell Bryson

The Illinois Public Employee Relations Report

Contents:

Health Care Cost Containment: Legal Guidelines under IELRA and IPLRA, by Cheryl Blackwell Bryson

Recent Developments, by the Student Editorial Board

Further References, compiled by Margaret A. Chaplan

The Ultimate Injustice: When A Court Misstates The Facts, Anthony D'Amato

Cardozo Law Review

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Federal Black Lung Update, Allen R. Prunty, Mark E. Solomons

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Article Ii Of The National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement Of 1988: Contractual Antecedents And Current Issues, Ronald E. Meisburg

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Reopenings And Modifications In West Virginia Workers' Compensation Claims: A Practitioner's Guide, Bradley A. Crouser

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

In Defense Of Union Involvement In Worker Ownership, Toni Delmonte

In the Public Interest

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The Defense Case For Rico Reform, Terrance G. Reed

Vanderbilt Law Review

Frequent use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1970 (RICO)' by government and private litigants has prompted a chorus of criticism during the last five years. This criticism has not been restricted to the narrow confines of the legal profession;many respectable newspapers recently have issued calls for the outright repeal of RICO. Attorneys who regularly defend against criminal or civil RICO allegations cannot take credit for the increasing dissatisfaction with RICO. Rather, it is the successes, and indeed the excesses, of RICO's proponents that have tarnished the statute's image. RICO's revolutionary application to increasingly broad areas of …

Vol. 7, No. 2, Thomas F. Sonneborn, Carl S. Tominberg, Jane E. Shaffer

The Illinois Public Employee Relations Report

Contents:

Police and Fire Interest Arbitration in Illinois, by Thomas F. Sonneborn

Trends in Illinois Interest Arbitration, Carl S. Tominberg, Jane E. Shaffer

Recent Developments, by the Student Editorial Board

Further References