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Employment Law 2009

Introduction

Riley's Request Free

The nature of employment markets.

Employment at will

1.0

Value Fresh Markets Free

Just cause in collective bargaining agreements.
1.1

Who Does the Pastry? Free

Fixed-term employment contracts
1.2

Sara's Syrups

Job security by express terms.
1.3

Catwell, Ryan & Fulton

Implied-in-fact and reliance contracts.
1.4

HandyMan; Jimmy Jones & Co.

Public policy exception.
1.5

Karlton College Assistant Athletic Director

Public policy exception.
1.6

Female Prosecutors

Discipline of a tenured employee.

Employee right to privacy

2.0

How old are you?

Employer's disclosure of personal information.
2.1

How often do you make your bed?

Paper and pencil honesty testing.

Defamation

3.0

I say lose no time hiring her.

Letters of recommendation.

Trade Secrets

4.0

Fisher's list

Customer lists.
4.1

Thomas Covenant

Non-compete clauses.

Inventions

5.0

Springing or Shifting

Ownership of employee inventions.
5.1

Home Use-Investigators

Cosmo & Topper & home-use investigators.

Discrimination in employment, general

6.0

DelRay Stucco

Disparate treatment.
6.1

Kelley Pipe and Supply

Disparate impact.
6.2

Better Pans Retaliation

Retaliation for raising claim of discrimination.
6.3

Civil Rights Arbitration

Arbitration of discrimination claims.
6.4

Southwest Arizona Law School

Affirmative action.

Discrimination in employment, gender

7.0

MSU Basketball

Equal pay.
7.1

Cynthia Sherman

Harassment by a supervisor or fellow employee.
7.2

Ten Vignettes

Hostile environment.
7.3

Life Partners

Sexual orientation.

Discrimination in employment, disabilities

8.0

Jack & Jill Gyms

What is a disability?
8.1

Alt's Back

Accommodation.

Discrimination in employment, religious

9.0

The Handshake

What is a religion? Accommodation.

Discrimination in employment, age

10.0

National RIF

Evidence required to make out a violation.

Wages and hours

11.0

Ambush Adventures, Inc

Minimum wage and overtime.
11.1

Palmer's Predicament

Bankruptcy of employer.
11.2

Nights at the Strudel Factory

Unemployment benefits, generally.
11.3

Cratchit Strike

Unemployment benefits, misconduct and refusals to work.

COBRA

12.0

Beth's Operation

Right to insurance continuation coverage.

ERISA

13.0

MinCom

Nature of pension plans.
13.1

Collegiality at the Law School

What is a "plan"?
13.2

Kyle's Denial

Health plans and cost containment.
13.3

Clifton Clowers

Summary plan descriptions.
13.4

CTD

Fiduciary obligations.
13.5

Thompson Consulting

Health plans, coverage.

Workers' compensation

14.0

The Stress of Practice

Scope of employment.
14.1

Lucky Charms

What is an accident?

Injuries to third-parties, employer liability for

15.0

Crystal Pure Water

Injury from careless transportation, who is the employer?
15.1

Let No Good Deed Go Unpunished

Respondent superior and negligent hiring.

OSHA

16.0

I Can't Hear the Play

Scope of OSHA authority.
16.1

Finish Your Backswing

OSHA and state law.

Insurance

17.0

You're in Good Hands

Can an employer insure against the intentional act of an employee?

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