Topic Outlines
[Below are links to lecture notes, overheads, etc.--in other words, your virtual "course reader." Download these links before each class to help organize your thinking or annotation with your notes in class. Enjoy!!]
Topic (1):
Introduction to the Employment Relationship & Regulation of Employment: Significance of Employee and Employer Status; Independent Contractor/Outsourcing/Contingent Workforce issues; FLSA “Exempt/Non-exempt” Compensation issues
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 1
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Topic (2):
Employment at Will, Exceptions (Implied Contracts, Employee Handbooks, Public Policy, Whistle blowing), and Employment Contracts (Union, others); Privacy & related Employee Rights issues [electronic surveillance; workplace searches; monitoring of telephone, email, and internet usage; drug testing; regulation of off-work activity, social media issues]
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 2
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Topic (3):
The Employment Relationship and Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991; State Fair Employment Practices Acts (e.g., California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act); Disparate Treatment, Adverse Impact, proving and defending discrimination claims in general; Race Discrimination and Harassment
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 3
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How to analyze employment discrimination cases: disparate treatment vs. adverse impact
Topic (4):
Legal issues in establishing and managing the employment relationship [recruitment, affirmative action, selection testing, and performance appraisal]; Arbitration, Non-competition, and Trade Secrets Non-Disclosure Agreements [NDAs]
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 4
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Job Analysis, Validation, and Performance Appraisal in Discrimination Litigation
Topic (5):
Gender Discrimination under Title VII; Sexual Harassment and Sexual Affinity Orientation Discrimination under Title VII and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act [FEHA]
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 5
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Overview of harassment analysis--quid pro quo vs. hostile environment
AB1825—California Law Requires Sexual Harassment Training as of 2005
Topic (6):
Religion & National Origin Discrimination and related Immigration issues
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 6
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Topic (7):
Age Discrimination and related retirement and benefits issues [e.g., OWBPA; ERISA]
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 7
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Topic (8):
Disability Discrimination and related issues in Occupational Safety and Health (e.g., OSHA compliance, AIDS, Workplace Violence, Cumulative Trauma Disorders, Ergonomic Standards), Workers Compensation, and the federal Family & Medical Leave Act [FMLA] and state California Family Rights Act [CFRA]
Chapter Overheads and Discussion Outline—Topic 8
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