Employment and Labor Law

Gain a thorough understanding of today's employment and labor-relations laws with a text written specifically for you, if you are majoring in business or other non-legal studies -- Cihon/Castagnera's EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW, 10E. This comprehensive, engaging introduction uses excerpts from real case law to illustrate how labor-related disputes arise and are resolved in the courts. Eye-opening features, such as The Working Law and Ethical Dilemmas, demonstrate how labor legislation and ethical decision-making impact employees at all levels of organizations -- from hourly workers to owners. You review the most up-to-date information on significant topics, such as the NLRB and EEOC, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the president's executive orders for undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ rights, Obamacare, the Defense of Marriage Act, and other employee-benefits developments. You also study issues relevant to you, such as FLSA and NLRB rights for unpaid interns, teaching assistants, and student-athletes. No other book combines such balanced coverage with an exceptional reader-friendly approach.

Patrick J. Cihon is an associate professor of law and public policy at Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management. His research interests include employment law, employment discrimination, labor relations and dispute resolution. Professor Cihon is the co-author of "West's Termination of Employment" as well as a number of books and articles in the field of employment law. After a career with the Ontario Ministry of Labor, Professor Cihon joined Syracuse where he has received the Outstanding Faculty Member Award from both the Syracuse University Association of Graduate Business Students and the Syracuse Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma. Professor Cihon earned his BA from Pennsylvania State University, an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto and an LL.M. from Yale Law School.

James Ottavio Castagnera holds an MA in journalism from Kent State University, and a J.D. and Ph.D. (American Studies) from Case Western Reserve University. He worked 10 years as a labor, employment and intellectual-property attorney with Saul Ewing, a major law firm headquartered in Philadelphia, and 23 years as the associate provost and legal counsel for academic affairs at Rider University, where in 2018 he received the university’s highest annual award for distinguished service. He also did stints as a full-time law professor at UT-Austin and Widener University Law School and as an adjunct professor of law at Drexel University. Having retired from Rider in 2019, he now devotes his time to writing. He is the author or a co-author of a total of 25 books. He writes a monthly “Labor Pulse” article for the Labor & Employment Law Daily and co-edits “I Am Not Content: A Critique of AI in the Arts and Education” on Substack.