The Construction Lawyer's Guide to Labor & Employment Law, Second Edition, is practical guide designed to help the construction practitioner understand the basics of the often complex area of labor and employment issues which frequently arise in the practice of construction law. This book offers the construction practitioner a quick overview of the fundamental aspects of labor and employment law, helps the non-specialist spot key issues, and provides a framework so the lawyer facing these issues can appreciate the need for more detailed factual and legal research as those situations occur.Written by practitioners for practitioners, this valuable handbook has been tailored especially to meet the unique information needs of construction lawyers. The text provides information on those areas of labor and employment law that come up most frequently in these situations, beginning with an overview of the National Labor Relations Act. Other chapters focus on collective bargaining, immigration issues, discrimination, wage and hour law, family medical leave, and more.

The Construction Lawyer s Guide to Labor & Employment Law, Second Edition, is practical guide designed to help the construction practitioner understand the basics of the often complex area of labor and employment issues which frequently arise in the practice of construction law"

This Vault career guide provides an inside look at careers in the field of labor and employment law, including compensation and lifestyle information for the practice area.

The construction trades once provided unionized craftsmen a route to the middle class and a sense of pride and dignity often denied other blue-collar workers. Today, union members still earn wages and benefits that compare favorably to those of college graduates. But as union strength has declined over the last fifty years, a growing non-union sector offers lower compensation and more hazardous conditions, undermining the earlier tradition of upward mobility. Revitalization of the industry depends on unions shedding past racial and gender discriminatory practices, embracing organizing, diversity, and the new immigrant workforce, and preparing for technological changes. Mark Erlich blends long-view history with his personal experience inside the building trades to explain one of our economy’s least understood sectors. Erlich’s multifaceted account includes the dynamics of the industry, the backdrop of union policies, and powerful stories of everyday life inside the trades. He offers a much-needed overview of construction’s past and present while exploring roads to the future.

The law relating to employment and its procedures is becoming ever more complex. Completely revised and fully updated, this authoritative and practical guide continues to demystify employment law, explaining the technicalities in a clear and simple way. -- Provided by publisher.

This practical guide by a highly experienced lawyer identifies the role of the construction professional in a wider context, and looks beyond the immediate relationship between employers and employees.