Work Law: Cases and Materials - 5th Edition - Marion G. Crain

Work Law: Cases and Materials 5th Edition Marion G. Crain ISBN 9781531031046

The fifth edition of Work Law: Cases and Materials reflects significant developments across the rapidly evolving landscape of employment and labor law. This edition updates and refines the text to ensure students engage with the most current legal doctrines, policy debates, and workplace realities.

The book features streamlined and updated coverage of the boundaries of the employment relationship, with particular attention to changes in the post-pandemic labor market. It includes expanded discussion of federal and state efforts to regulate non-compete agreements, along with a new case addressing trade secret protection, Allstate Insurance Co. v. Fougere. Materials addressing employee privacy have been carefully revised to reflect contemporary challenges arising from digital monitoring and data collection.

Responding to technological change, the fifth edition introduces new materials on algorithmic management, examining how data-driven decision-making tools affect hiring, supervision, discipline, and worker protections across multiple areas of work law. The text also updates its treatment of employee speech, incorporating recent case law and regulatory developments, and adds new problems exploring public employee speech and the academic freedom of university professors.

In addition, the book provides updated coverage of protections against sex discrimination, including the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. The discussion of wage-and-hour law has been revised with an updated treatment of the Fair Labor Standards Act, featuring a new case on off-the-clock work, Perry v. City of New York. Finally, the edition updates its materials on arbitration of employment disputes, including recent Supreme Court decisions interpreting the transportation worker exemption, such as Saxon v. Southwest Airlines and Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park Street.

Together, these updates ensure that Work Law: Cases and Materials remains a rigorous, contemporary, and pedagogically effective resource for understanding the legal regulation of work in a changing economy.

Work Law: Cases and Materials 5th Edition Marion G. Crain ISBN 9781531031046, 978-1531031046 & 9781531031053

Authors:
Marion G. Crain
Pauline T. Kim
Michael Selmi
Brishen Rogers