| Course ID: | LEGL 4500/6500. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Employment Law |
Course
Description: | Study of domestic laws, regulations, and policies affecting the employment relationship, with particular emphasis on legal risk for employers, including wage and hour issues, hiring and promotion decisions, use of background checks and references, issues of worker privacy, and employment discrimination. |
| Oasis Title: | Employment Law |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | LEGL 2700 or LEGL 2700E or LEGL 2800H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1. Develop an awareness of law and policy of the workplace.
2. Understand how employment laws affect business operations and decisions.
3. Identify instances of employment discrimination. |
| Topical Outline: | Topical Outline:
Employment Law Overview
The Employment Relationship
Wages, Hours, and Pay Equity
Background Checks and References
Employment Tests
Privacy on the Job
Employment Discrimination Overview
Hiring and Promotion Decisions
Harassment
Reasonably Accommodating Disability and Religion
Work-Life Conflicts and Other Diversity Issues |