This course surveys and examines that multitude of important legal doctrines, statutes and rules that regulate those rights and responsibilities of employers and workers which are not controlled by collectively bargained agreements. The structures for administering the more important areas of such regula- tion are also studied. The subject matter of this course affects most dimensions of the manner in which over three quarters of our Gross National Income is distributed. Course coverage includes: the law of individual employment contracts, special employment relations such as civil service, the employer's right to various forms of work products, the employer's responsibility for job health and safety, protection of the worker's property, worker responsibility for wrong-doing, wage-hour laws, vacation benefits, bonuses, retirement benefits, health insurance benefits, and unemployment compensation.

This course surveys and examines that multitude of important legal doctrines, statutes and rules that regulate those rights and responsibilities of employers and workers which are not controlled by collectively bargained agreements. The structures for administering the more important areas of such regula- tion are also studied. The subject matter of this course affects most dimensions of the manner in which over three quarters of our Gross National Income is distributed. Course coverage includes: the law of individual employment contracts, special employment relations such as civil service, the employer's right to various forms of work products, the employer's responsibility for job health and safety, protection of the worker's property, worker responsibility for wrong-doing, wage-hour laws, vacation benefits, bonuses, retirement benefits, health insurance benefits, and unemployment compensation.