Cox, Bok & Gorman's Labor Law (University Casebook Series)

The Eighteenth Edition aligns the teaching of labor law with the rapidly changing legal environment. It contains new decisions of the National Labor Relations Board appointed by President Biden, which has departed in important ways from the approach of the Board under the Trump Administration and overturned precedents on key issues, such as accountability for employers in “fissured” enterprises, treatment of various employer restrictions on collective employee activity, and the mechanisms for securing bargaining rights. This comprehensive revision notably includes The Atlanta Opera, addressing the distinction between employees and independent contractors Revised NLRB representation election rules Stericycle, adopting a markedly different framework from that the Trump Board’s articulation for analyzing whether facial neutral workplace rules interfere with Section 7 rights, including rules addressing matters such as workplace civility standards The NLRB’s new rule on the scope of joint employer status Cemex Construction and its new approach to securing bargaining rights following a union’s request for voluntary recognition Miller Plastic Products, reversing Alstate Maintenance(more...)