Description
The Employment Law Fundamentals course is designed to provide students a basic understanding of some of the contemporary issues in U.S. Employment Law. Students will study and analyze major employment laws at both the federal and state levels including statutory, regulatory and common law. Specific topics will include, at a minimum, the following areas: distinctions between labor law and general employment law; contractual and “at-will” employment relationships; compensation and benefits; equal employment opportunity, discrimination, and sexual harassment; wage and hour laws; the interactive process under the ADA and ADAAA including assessment of disabilities and reasonable accommodations within that process; and Family and Medical Leave.