A review of wrongful discharge litigation in California, and of the judicially-recognized exceptions to the common-law principle of employment at will. Unfair dismissal legislation is advocated as serving the interests…
Howard Block proposes that courts should no longer adhere to the employment-at-will doctrine in the private sector; that legislation protecting private sector employees against unfair dismissal is overdue; and that…
The author discusses the likely growth of employment arbitration, and the matters yet to be resolved for the labor arbitrator as a practitioner of employment arbitration….
Employee empowerment – Collective bargaining’s future role
Benjamin Aaron, Richard Epstein, Thomas Geoghegan, Thomas A. Kochan, Calvin William Sharpe
March 16, 1997 Proceedings Database
A debate about the efficacy of organized labor as opposed to freedom of individuals to contract.
A historical perspective of labor law during the 50-years of the Academy’s existence, including the Taft-Hartley Act; the publication of arbitrators’ awards; The Proceedings of the Academy; the development of…
Is it time for a national unfair dismissal statute?
Hugh Beins, Jack Gallagher, George Nicolau, James C. Oldham, Richard T. Seymour, Alan A. Symonette
January 16, 2006 Proceedings Database
George Nicolau presents the benefits of a national unfair dismissal statute and how it might function. The panelists discuss possible the possible beneficial and harmful consequences of such a statute….