Work Law

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).