Argues that the test of employer motivation in firings used by the Supreme Court in the case of Mount Healthy City School District Board v. Doyle and by the National Labor Relations Board in its Wright Line decision is inappropriate when an employer's alleged anti-union animus is involved. (Author/RW)

It is submitted that, in the court decision on Yeshiva University and collective bargaining, the court failed to provide the National Labor Relations Board with any clear guidelines for applying its managerial context test. The decision's consistency with the National Labor Relations Act's intent is questioned. (MSE)

The decision will have little impact on public universities in those states that have public employee bargaining statutes expressly including university faculty members. However, it may provide ammunition for anticollective bargaining forces in states where the legislatures are considering whether to extend collective bargaining to university…

Reviews the origin and evolution of special protection laws in France for employed women, describes those measures that still exist, and explains what employers, unions, and the authorities think of them. Discusses pregnancy, family responsibilities, and technological progress. (CT)

Reflects the special considerations in affecting, rather than merely evaluating, the outcome of constitutional litigation over federal regulation of state and local government labor relations. (Author/IRT)

Addressed are the procedural requirements of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which prohibits discrimination against public and private employees on the basis of age. These requirements are examined in the light of the relevant statutory language, the legislative history of the act, and its remedial purposes. (JMD)

Major labor cases decided during 1976 did not project a clear or simple path for further Constitutional and statutory interpretation, but the year's labor decisions did reveal a new willingness on the part of the U.S. Supreme Court to depart from earlier views of Constitutional law. (JT)

Examines the court's decision on mandatory retirement and addresses the question of whether the transition from worker to retiree--essentially a twentieth century phenomenon--can occur without mandatory retirement policies. (WL)

A panel comments on the book, Working in America, and implications for the U.S. labor market, including declining traditional internal labor markets, the need for private versus public policy interventions, international labor policy, and value-based policy. Commentators include David Neumark, Peter Cappelli, Sanford M. Jacoby, Rebecca M. Blank,…

Defines telework as online or offline electronic work performed at home or in central offices, customer sites, and satellite centers. Examines the nature, extent, and impact of telework on working conditions, work organization and explores the legal status of teleworkers, changing attitudes of employers and trade unions, and government…

Urban agriculture in Dar es Salaam was found to use child labor of both children with parents of higher and lower socioeconomic status (SES). Discusses policy implications and calls for the education of parents of lower SES not to expect an economic contribution from their children's labor, and the education of children about their rights. (LZ)

This article describes the Japanese quota system for the employment of people with disabilities and assesses the potential of a quota law that includes financial incentives for compliance. It concludes that laws to compel the employment of people with disabilities are unlikely to be effective and may be counterproductive. (Author/DB)

Incorporating moral, ethical, and political issues into the teaching of labor law is discussed, highlighting seven different perspectives on lawyering that can be brought into classroom discussion of these issues. It is argued that once the differing perspectives are presented, it is up to the student to find an appropriate one for himself. (MSE)

Presents four lessons focusing on the laws, institutions, programs, and policies affecting students as minors, the shifts in the policies toward children in industrial societies, examining the changing policies using primary and secondary sources, and forming arguments on the policies using historical evidence. Describes an additional comparative…

Discusses the worldwide problem of child labor and efforts to advocate for the welfare of these impoverished children. Considers factors that contribute to the continued use of child labor and the resistance of these labor practices to reform. Discusses child labor in the United States, and urges public advocacy for labor reform within child…