Online MJ in Labor & Employment Law Curriculum
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Semester 1
Students must take both of these required courses:
Legal Analysis I (2 credits)
Introduction to Employment Discrimination Law Principles and Strategies (3 credits)
Semester 2
Students must take both of these required courses:
Legal Analysis II (2 credits)
Introduction to Labor Law Principles and Strategies (3 credits)
This course concentrates on analyzing the issues surrounding the rights of workers to engage in collective activity and the relationship between employers and unions in such matters as collective bargaining, contract enforcement and contract implementation.
Semester 3
Students must take both of these required courses:
Employment Law (2 credits)
IP Issues in the Employment Context (3 credits)
Semester 4
Students must take this required course, plus one 2-credit elective:
Contemporary Sex and Gender Issues in the Workplace (3 credits)
Semester 5
Students must take this required course, plus one 2-credit elective:
Social Media Issues in the Workplace (3 credits)
Semester 6
Students must take this required course, plus one 2-credit elective:
Capstone (3 credits)
The philosophy behind the course is that to be an expert in the field you need three components: expertise (the paper) + demonstrating generalist knowledge in areas within the field (smaller papers and assignments) + networking/branding as an expert. We will be taking your expert paper and finding ways to apply generalist knowledge and networking/branding opportunities.
Elective Courses
Administrative Law (2 credits)
Contract Law Reading and Drafting (2 credits)
Introduction to Employee Benefits and Pensions (2 credits)
In this course we will examine the legal regulation of employee benefits with a focus on health care benefits, retirement benefits, employee stock options, and other employee welfare benefits. In addition to providing information about the legal operation of various types of employee benefits, we will also examine what such plans require in terms of fiduciaries and how these plans are to be regulated in the event of bankruptcy. The bulk of our engagement will be with the federal law. Throughout the course we will engage with the current legal and political frameworks, as well as legislative developments in this field and discuss where things are headed.
Negotiating Skills (2 credits)
Employee Medical Leaves of Absence (2 credits)
Developing and Managing the Workforce: Recruitment, Retention, Termination, Retirement and Turnover (2 credits)
To thrive in a competitive business environment, organizations need more than just strategic plans in place. They need the right talent to implement those plans. Those who manage human resources—not just HR departments, but all managers—have a critical task in front of them. They have to identify, recruit and retain employees who have both the skill sets and determination to effectively implement strategic objectives in their individual departments, so the business plan succeeds as a whole.
In this course, you’ll learn to align workforce management with the overall strategic goals of the business and how to navigate the opportunities and pitfalls that can arise from that challenge. You’ll also learn results-based strategies for finding, motivating and rewarding individual employees as well as successful work teams. With the skills developed through this course and through this master’s program at Tulane, you can better position yourself to manage human resources responsibilities and find employees who will positively impact your company.
Privacy in the Workplace (2 credits)
This course will cover both the general framework of privacy law and the most notable statutes addressing workplace privacy. The course begins with an overview of the origins and legal sources of privacy law. The course then covers specific areas of workplace privacy, including medical inquiries; background and misconduct investigations; monitoring and surveillance; honesty, psychological, drug and alcohol testing; medical and personnel records; off-duty conduct; employer information; and privacy tort claims. As to each topic, you will gain an understanding of governing legal standards and best practices through reading materials, examples, and when appropriate, checklists and sample policies.
Investigating, Mediating and Arbitrating Employee Complaints (2 credits)
Students will apply knowledge gained from the lecture presentations and readings to analyz hypothetical situations involving employee complaints. These hypothetical scenarios will be built upon each week, giving students the opportunity to guide fictional companies all the way through the investigative process, including EEOC investigations, mediation and arbitration. Heavy emphasis will be placed on studying and understanding the arbitration process in particular.
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