THE LAW AT WORK

EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR MANAGERS

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE WHARTON SCHOOL LGST 208-401/MGT 247-401 SPRING 2013 Location:JMHHG50 Wednesday:3:00P.M.6:00P.M. Professor:DeborahWeinstein,Esquire JohnM.HuntsmanHall,LegalStudiesandBusinessEthicsDepartment Officehours:Wednesday,2:003:00P.M.,afterclassorbyappointment, JMHH,5thFloor,Room652,orat TheWeinsteinFirm,1880JohnF.KennedyBoulevard,Suite703,Philadelphia,PA19103 dweinstein@weinsteinfirm.com[students,pleaseusethisemailaddress] Telephone:2156360616(office);2154986338(mobile) Description Thiscourseisbasedontheprinciplethatknowledgeandunderstandingofemployment law facilitate (1) promotion of a workforce with a high degree of commitment to reachingbusinessgoals,(2)thedevelopmentofpracticalbusinesssolutionstoproblems arising in the workplace, (3) effective human resources policies and procedures that comply with applicable laws. This course provides future business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, managers and students interested in going to law school or intendingtoentertheworkforcewithanintroductiontothelawoftheworkplace.The courseexaminesthevariousemploymentlawswithwhichbusinessesmustcomplyand the legal rights and responsibilities of employees and employers. Balancing employer legal compliance and equal employment opportunity imperatives with dynamics conducive to a successful enterprise is a significant theme throughout the course. Emphasis is on laws concerning equal employment opportunity with respect to discrimination and harassment because of sex, race, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, veterans status and other characteristics protected by laws; workrelated security and privacy including investigations, drug testing, violence, safety, social media and electronic communications; employee misclassification; affirmative action; and the legal and regulatory environment
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regarding immigration, wage and hour, leaves of absence, hiring, the nonemployee workforce,labor/managementrelationsandcollectivebargaining. AssignedReadings Course materials will be posted on Canvas throughout the semester. Readings are court opinions, laws and regulations, articles from the media and outlines of particular topicsinemploymentlawformanagers. Many oftheReadingslistedonthe Syllabus willnotbeassigned.Thereisnotextbookforthecourse. ExamsandGrading Class participation counts for 15% of your grade. There will be one midterm examination counting 30% and a final examination counting 30% of your grade. In addition,youwillberesponsibleforapresentationtotheclass,eitherindividuallyoras a group assignment, concerning a court opinion that addresses an employment law issue(counting25%of yourgrade).A list of opinions from which you may choose will bedistributedinclass. ClassPreparation The readings listed on the syllabus are subject to change. MANY of the readings listed willNOTbeassigned.Finalassignmentswillbeannouncedpriortotheclassforwhich they are assigned. Final reading assignments for each class are mandatory. Any handout provided before class must be read before class because the discussion will focusonthismaterial.Classpreparationiscrucialtomeaningfulclassparticipation. TopicalAssignments The assignments listed for each date are also subject to change as a result of course pacing,schedulechangesordevelopmentsinthelaw.Sometopicsmaynotbecovered.

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COURSE SYLLABUS1

Session#1 Jan.9

Introduction:TheNewAmericanWorkplace

CourseIntroductionandExpectations,EmploymentatWillRule,SourcesofEmploymentLaw, Employee/EmployerRelationship&TheChangingLegalLandscape2013. READING2:Woodsonv.AMFLeisurelandCtrs.,Inc.,842F.2d699(3dCir.1988) (bartenderfiredforrefusingtoservevisiblyintoxicatedpatron);HatedMusicasJob Harassment?JusticesConsiderHypoinCaseonWhoQualifiesasSupervisor,ABA Journal,Nov.27,2012(U.S.SupremeCourt[SCOTUS]hearsoralargumentonVance v.BallStateUniversity);YouHaveaNewRighttoComplainaboutYourJobon Facebook,Slate,Jan.3,2012(NLRBrulingonfiringemployeesforonlinecomplaints); Abercrombie&FitchSuedOverHeadScarfFiring,SiliconValleyBusinessJournal, June30,2011;CityofOntariov.Quon,130S.Ct.2619(2010)(SCOTUSrulesagainst employeeprivacyoftextingonemployerissueddevices);PrivateSectorBiasCharges HitAllTimeHigh,EEOCPressRelease,Jan.25,2012.

Session#2 Jan.16

WhoisWorkingHere?

Employee?IndependentContractor?Consultant?Intern?Volunteer?WhyDoesItMatter? READING:IndependentContractororEmployee,IRSPub.1779,Rev.32012; DeterminationofWorkerStatusforPurposesofFederalEmploymentTaxesand IncomeTaxWithholding,FormSS8,Rev.Aug.2011;UniversalAmCanLtd.v.WCAB, 563Pa.480(2000)(aretruckersemployeesorcontractors?);StrippersSuetoBe ClassifiedasEmployees,NotIndependentContractors,NLJ,June9,2009;Kirleisv. DickieMcCamey&Chilcote,,PC,No.094498(3dCir.July15,2010)(areshareholders protectedemployeesbydiscriminationlaws?);StatementofSethD.Harrisbeforethe CommitteeonHealth,Education,LaborandPensions,U.S.Senate,June17,2010 (proposedEmployeeMisclassificationActandsteppedupenforcement);FactSheet#71: InternshipProgramsUndertheFairLaborStandardsAct,U.S.Dept.ofLabor,Wage andHourDiv.,April2012;CharlieRoseShowAgreestoPayUpto$250,000toSettle InternsLawsuit,N.Y.Times,Dec.20,2012.

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Readings for each session will be selected from the materials listed herein. ForSession#1,theonlycourtopinionreadingassignmentisWoodsonv.AMFLeisurelandCtrs.,Inc.,

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5345229437303352235&q=%22woodson+v.+amf+leisureland %22&hl=en&as_sdt=2003.TheQuonopinionisassignedreadinglaterinthecourse. Page3of8

Session#3 Jan.23 PartI.HelpWanted:FillingthatJob

Recruiting,Advertising,Applications,References,CreditandCriminalBackgroundChecks, DiscriminatoryHiring,UseofSocialMedia,MedicalExamsandDrugTesting. READING:EEOCv.ConsolidatedServiceSystems,989F.2d233(7thCir.1993)(recruiting bywordofmouth);Section704(b)ofTitleVII(nondiscriminationinjobadvertising); ProhibitedEmploymentPolicies/Practices,EEOC,Dec.31,2010;Employer ImmunityfromLiabilityforDisclosureofEmployeeInformation42Pa.C.S.8340.1 (2006)(PAjobreferenceimmunitylaw);WhatYouShouldKnowAbouttheEEOCand ArrestandConvictionRecords,EEOC,April2012;N.Y.CLSCorrec752(2006);ADA, Sections10204(preemploymentmedicalinquiriesanddrugtests);Scrub,Inc.ToPay 3MilliontoSettleEEOCRacialDiscriminationSuit,EEOCPressRelease,Nov.9,2010 (allegingjanitorialservicefailedtorecruit/hireAfricanAmericans);EEOCFiles NationwideHiringDiscriminationLawsuitAgainstFreeman,EEOCPressRelease, Oct.1,2009;ASummaryofYourRightsUndertheFairCreditReportingAct,2013; NoticetoUsersofConsumerReports:ObligationsofUsersUndertheFCRA,2013; TitleVII:PregnancyDiscriminationinJobInterviews,EEOCInformalDiscussion Letter,Feb.2,2007.

PartII.ImmigrationLawsandEmployment
SteppedupEnforcement,UnauthorizedWorkers,NonimmigrantStatus,TemporaryVisas, GreenCards,Citizenship,I9s,EVerifyandSocialSecurityNoMatchLetters). GuestLecturer:JenniferA.Hermansky,Esquire,ImmigrationAttorneyKlasko,Rulon, Stock&Seltzer,LLP Readingstobeannounced.

Session#4 Jan.30

CivilRightsinEmployment

IntroductiontoEqualEmploymentOpportunityLaw:ProtectedClasses,WhattheLaw ProhibitsandRequires;Procedure/Jurisdiction,ProvingDiscrimination,Managements Defenses(BusinessNecessity,BFOQ,RFOA),DisparateTreatmentandImpact,Retaliation, CivilRightsActof1964asamended,AgeDiscriminationinEmploymentAct. READING:TitleVIIoftheCivilRightsActof1964asamended,42U.S.C.2000eet seq.;EEOCPoster3:McDonnellDouglasCorp.v.Green,411U.S.792(1972)(burdenshifting methodofprooffordisparatetreatmentcasebasedoncircumstantialevidence);42U.S. C.2000e2(m)&5(g)(2)(B);Hodczakv.LatrobeSpecialtySteelCompany,No.111085(3d

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Cir.,Nov.17,2011)(workersexplicitemails,notage,ledtodischarge);Fuentesv.Perskie, 32F.3d759(3dCir.1994)(evidenceofpretextfornationalorigindiscrimination).

Session#5 Feb.6

CivilRightsinEmployment(Continued)

READING;Griggsv.DukePowerCo.,401U.S.424(1971)(testingsdisparateimpact discriminationonBlackemployees);Dothardv.Rawlinson,433U.S.321(1977)(business necessitydefenseforheight/weightstandards);Ashv.TysonFoods,546U.S.454(2006) (boyasevidenceofdiscrimination);BrianReidv.Google,Inc.,235P.3d988,50Cal.4th 512(Cal.2010)(strayremarks,allegeddiscriminatorycommentsmadebynon decisionmakersandcoworkers,asadmissibleevidence);ProposedH.R.3721,Protecting OlderWorkersAgainstDiscriminationAct(toamendADEAtoclarifystandardsof proof).

Session#6 Feb.13

OtherDiscriminationandDutytoAccommodate

READING:BergenCommercialBankv.Sisler,723A.2d944(N.J.1999)(discrimination becauseofyoungage);GotReligion?AccommodatingReligionintheWorkplace, DeborahWeinstein,PhiladelphiaLawyerMagazine,Fall2003;TWAv.Hardison,432 U.S.63(1977)(accommodatingreligion);BurlingtonNorthern&SantaFeRailwayCo.v. White,126S.Ct.2405(2006)(retaliation);Section2000e3ofTitleVII,Retaliation, ParticipationandOppositionClause;Suttonv.UnitedAirLines,527U.S.471(1999)(ADA disabilitydeterminationmadewithoutregardtomitigatingmeasures);2008 AmendmentstotheAmericansWithDisabilitiesAct(overrulingSutton);Proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)(to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity);4GAPUnlawfullyFiredEmployeeWith Disability,EEOCCharges,EEOCPressRelease,Nov.19,2010(allegingmanagerwith kidneydiseaseterminateddespiteexcellentperformance).

Session#7 Feb.20

BeingaJerkisNotUnlawfulHarassment:WhatIs?

READING:Faragherv.CityofBocaRaton,524U.S.775(1998)(employerdefensesto harassmentclaims);CommunicationisCriticaltoAvoidingSexualHarassment, DeborahWeinstein,PhiladelphiaBusinessJournal,April22,2005;Sampleanti harassmentpolicy;Investigationintoharassmentcomplaints;EEOCGuidance VicariousEmployerLiabilityForUnlawfulHarassmentBySupervisors,5Its

http://www.hrc.org/lawsandlegislation/federallegislation/employmentnondiscriminationact

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/harassment.html

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Complicated:MixingRomanceandWork,DeborahWeinstein,PhiladelphiaLawyer Magazine,Winter2011;Vancev.BallStateUniversity(forthcomingSCOTUSdecision).

MidtermExaminationHandedOutinClass.

Session#8 Feb.27 PartI:BeyondEquality:AffirmativeActionandReverseDiscrimination

READING:Taxmanv.BoardofEd.ofTnshpofPiscataway,91F.3d1547(3dCir.1996); DesperatelySeekingDiversity,DeborahWeinstein,PhiladelphiaLawyerMagazine, Summer2003;ExecutiveOrder11246;Ricciv.DeStefano,120S.Ct.2658(2009) (prohibitingNewHavenfromsettingasidefirefighterstestresultswhereallearning promotionswereCaucasian);OFCCPv.OMelveny&MyersLLP,DOLAOLJ,No.2011 OFC00007(October31,2011)(DOLadministrativelawjudgeconcludeslawfirmis federalcontractorsubjecttoOFCCPjurisdiction).

PartII:EqualPayforEqualWorkandotherGenderRelatedIssues
READING:LillyLedbetterv.GoodyearTire&RubberCo.,127S.Ct.2162(2007);Lilly LedbetterFairPayRestorationActof2009;Jespersenv.HarrahsOperatingCo.,444F.3d 1104(9thCir.2006)(requiringfemaleemployeestowearmakeup).

MidtermExaminationDueinClass.

March6

NoClass[vacation]

Session#9 March13 WhentheEmploymentRelationshipEnds Tobeannounced. Session#10 March20 WhatIfFollowingManagementandCustomer PreferencesWouldCauseaDisparateImpactonaProtectedClass?

READING:PlayboyBunny&Hooters;ManSuesTheApprenticeandTrumpover AllegedAgeDiscrimination,UPI,Jan.1,2007;TheLookofAbercrombie&Fitch, cbsnews.com;Abercrombie&FitchEmployeesAllegePromotionsBasedonLooks, DallasMorningNews,Aug.27,2008;Wilsonv.SouthwestAirlines,517F.Supp.292(N.D. Tex.1981)(LoveAirlines);CastingCallsMayViolateFederalLaw,L.A.Times,Nov. 30,2006;Diazv.PanAmWorldAirways,Inc.,442F.2d385(5thCir.1971)(customer preferenceonlywhereitaffectscompanysabilitytoperformprimarynecessary functionorservice,nottangentialaspects);Bradleyv.PizzacoofNebraska,Inc.d/b/a/ DominosPizza,7F3d795(8thCir.1993)(requiringmaleemployeestobecleanshaven maybediscriminatory).
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Session#11 March27 TheWiredWorldatWork

EmployeePrivacy,EmployerSecurity,SurveillanceandMonitoring(phone,emailandInternet Use),Facebook,Blogging,Texting;EmployersSocialMediaPolicies READING:Smythv.ThePillsburyCo.,914F.Supp.3d97(E.D.Pa.1996)(noexpectation ofprivacyincontentsofemployeesemailsentovercompanyemailsystem);Cityof Ontariov.Quon,130S.Ct.2619(2010)(noemployeeprivacyfortextingonemployer issueddevices);AcquisitiveCraigslistPostReddensFacesAllAround,NewYork Times,Oct.8,2007;GoogleAdmitsItMistakenlyCapturedEMails,EMail Addresses,Passwords,CorporateCounsel,October25,2010. GuestLecturer:MargaretDiBianca,Esquire,LaborandEmploymentLawAttorney, Young,Conway,Stargatt&TaylorLLP

Session#12April3TheOrganizedWorkforce:UnionsinAmerica
OverviewofCollectiveBargainingandUnionizedEmployees READING:HowtheNationalLaborRelationsActAffectsNonunionEmployees, DeborahWeinsteinandRobertJ.Haurin,TheLegalIntelligencer,July17,2009;An EmployersGuidetoRealPoliticalActivityatWork,DeborahWeinsteinandRobertJ. Haurin,PhiladelphiaBusinessJournal,October24,2008.UpdatedReportfromLafeS. Solomon,NLRBActingGeneralCounsel,ConcerningRecentSocialMediaCases,May 30,2012.Otherreadingtobeannounced. GuestLecturer:RobertJ.Haurin,Esquire,LaborandEmploymentLawAttorney, NachmiasMorris&Alt,PC

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Session#13 April10

MoreLawsProtectingWorkers

PartI FairLaborStandardsActandPayIssues READING:DepartmentofLabor(DOL)FLSASummary;DOLFairPayFactSheet #17A:ExemptionsforExecutive,Administrative,Professional,ComputerandOutside SalesEmployees;DOLFairPayFactSheet#17M:FinancialServicesIndustry EmployeesandPart541Exemptions;IBP,Inc.v.Alvarez,126S.Ct.514(2005)(when doesworkbeginandend?) GuestLecturer:PeteWinebrake,Esquire,EmploymentLawAttoney,Winebrake& Santillo,LLC

Session#14 April17
PartII

MoreLawsProtectingWorkers

LeavesofAbsence,PregnancyDiscriminationandEmployeeswith CaregivingResponsibilities READING:DOLFactSheet#28:TheFamilyandMedicalLeaveActEnforcement Guidance:UnlawfulDisparateTreatmentofWorkerswithCaregivingResponsibilities, EEOCNoticeNo.915.002,May23,2007;RemarksoftheHonorableHildaL.Solis, SecretaryofLabor,TreatingInHomeCaregiversasProfessionals,Dec.15.2011; UAWv.JohnsonControls,499U.S.187(1991)(pregnancydiscrimination).

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