Work Law

Cases and Materials

Fifth Edition

by Marion G. Crain, Pauline T. Kim, Michael Selmi, Brishen Rogers

Forthcoming August 2025

Tags: Labor/Employment Law and Work Law

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Teacher's Manual forthcoming

1044 pp  $228.00

ISBN 978-1-5310-3104-6
eISBN 978-1-5310-3105-3

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Pre-ordering is enabled; however this title will not be available until mid-August. We anticipate having it in our warehouse by August 18th. Please note, if you place an online order, your credit card will be charged at the time the order is placed -- even though it may be several weeks before the book can be shipped to you.

The fifth edition of Work Law: Cases and Materials incorporates new developments in a variety of areas:

  • Streamlined and updated coverage of the boundaries of the employment relationship and developments in the post-pandemic labor market;
  • Coverage of federal and state regulatory efforts to rein in non-compete agreements and a new case on trade secrets (Allstate Insurance Co. v. Fougere);
  • Streamlined and updated materials addressing current issues surrounding employee privacy;
  • Materials on emerging algorithmic management practices and their implications across different areas of work law;
  • Updated coverage of cases and regulation affecting employee speech, and new problems on public employee speech and on the academic freedom of university professors;
  • Updated coverage of protections against sex discrimination, including the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia;
  • Updated treatment of the Fair Labor Standards Act, including a new case on off-the-clock work (Perry v. City of New York) ; and
  • Updated materials on arbitration of employment disputes, including coverage of the Supreme Court's treatment of the transportation exemption (Saxon v. Southwest Airlines, Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park Street).

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