TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hogler,Raymond L.
TI  - Employee relations: legal and political foundations 
T2  - Human resource management and organizational behavior collection,
SN  - 9781631571961
AV  - HD8066 
PY  - 2015///.]
CY  - New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Industrial relations
KW  - United States
KW  - Labor laws and legislation
KW  - [genre]
N1  - 2; 1. Legal and political origins of the American employment system --; American "exceptionalism" briefly explained --; Major judicial developments --; Workers' compensation laws --; 2. Watershed legal developments in modern employment regulations --; Overview of the chapter --; From the great depression to the great recession: causes and consequences --; The National Labor Relations Act and collective bargaining practices --; Wage and hour laws --; Social security and unemployment --; 3. Workplace rights and regulation: safety and individual health care --; The Occupational Safety and Health Act --; Will the United States have a national health insurance program?; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; 2; b
N2  - This book is designed as a supplement to courses in employment relations and human resource management. The book uses a historical perspective to study American employment. Chapter 1 focuses on the background prior to the New Deal revolution. An important part of that background was the idea of "employment-at-will," which permitted an employee without a fixed contract to quit work at any time, and permitted the employer to fire the employee at any time. This idea was so important that the U.S. Supreme Court created a constitutional rule prohibiting any legislative attempt to regulate work relations. The law now recognizes a number of exceptions to employment-at-will, and the Constitution has been reinterpreted to allow both state and federal laws regulating employment in many ways. Insurance to protect workers against on-the-job injuries came into existence in the 1920s, and its birth and development offer an interesting variation on modern regulation
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