The Catholic University of America

Employment Law ( 3 hrs.)

Academic Programs | Advanced Courses

The theme of the course is the protection of the individual employee by statute, administrative rule or through judicial decision. Among the major topics to be covered are wage and hour legislation; occupational safety and health; workers’ compensation; workplace torts; reconsideration of the employment-at-will doctrine; and protection against unemployment. There also will be a discussion of recent legislative developments in Congress and the states. 

Upper-level course for:
I. Administrative and Legislative Law
XV. General Practice