Labor and Employment Law Books

This is a handy and practical book for corporate counsel. It analyzes employment law issues in thirteen countries by examining a typical corporate transaction -- from hiring (and firing) a workforce, dealing with possible union issues, restrictive covenants, wage and benefits issues, discrimination claims, and employment law issues on the horizon.

It's not an encyclopedia nor does it try to be one. It will answer your questions in a practical way.

This book is a practical tool for legal practitioners and in-house counsel advising clients on their foreign operations in the new EU. The book begins with an introduction to EU legislation, EU directives, and the enlargement of the European Union. Each chapter provides an overview of labor law, hiring, terms and conditions, termination, discrimination, and business transfers in the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Turkey. A table of statutes and EU legislation completes the book.

Steinfeld's book challenges the usual view of the history of American employment law. The usual nutsell account goes: For centuries there was laissez faire; now we at least partly protect worker's rights.

Steinfeld stresses that the at-will rule is a ninetheenth century invention and a radical one at that. He examines the period before the at-will rule to show that the background of modern employment doctrine is the quasi-feudal master-servant relationship, reflected in institutions like 18th century indentured servitude. Steinfeld's achievement is to pull together relatively well known facts and show step by step, how 19th century individualism reacted to prior law by creating the otherwise puzzling body of law known as the at-will rule. A must read for any labor scholar.

Broder and Schur combine their talents and experience to produce a book which is interesting and useful. Too many HR people react without the right tools to problems of drug abuse at work, and this book steers them around the rocky hazards in dangerous waters. The text shows how to eradicate the drug problem and still keep out of litigation, and it is a fast read. I say, get it!

John David Skrentny has written a profound and deeply enlightening look at the development of affirmative action. His examination of the co-option of the race and quota issues by the right wing in the early 1970's is a must read for any student of history, politics, and American culture. A gifted and highly readable author, Mr. Skrentny takes the reader on a cook's tour of the social and political development of affirmative action. An excellent compoanion volume to Hugh Graham's civil rights work. Highly recommended.

This book is a translation of the second edition of "Roudou-hou" by Kazuo Sugeno, Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo (Tokyo: Koubundou Publishing Co., 1991). As the translator's note says, this book "is the standard work on Japanese Labor Law, and is greatly relied on by the Bench, the Bar, Business and Labor in Japan .... His Work is not only comprehensive in scope, but also reflects a detailed knowledge and understanding of the law and practice in his own and other countries." I believe none of you disagree that this book is most deserving of a five-star rating. Since this translation was conducted, this original book in Japanese has undergone three additional revisions to cover bunch of later issues and is now at the second revised version of the fifth edition. It verifies most eloquently that this book is in great demand by the readers. I wish the publisher reprint this great works to be available to the non-Japanese readers. A real must-read book!!

A useful, practical guide to labor and employment laws in Massachusetts.

John C. Unkovic sure is an awesome writer!!! He is great!!! Five stars!!! A++++

As a law student, this book was clear, effective, and always reliable. This is the definite book on compliance and litigation for employment lawyers. Golder's experiences as an arbitrator, lawyer, and professor shine through and serve his readers well.

This book is exactly what I thought it was. It is a concise synopsis of labor laws in the U.S. I wanted such a guide to help in my research on this subject. My first disappointment was that it didn't go back into the Colonial period but as I think about it that would be a whole other book entirely. This book deals with the actual laws that were made and describes them briefly. It is a good reference book and that is what I wanted.