Employment and Labor Law

During the past decade, American businesses have shifted their focus in human resource management and labor relations to employment issues such as wrongful discharge, sexual discrimination, and other employee rights. This employment law emphasis is reflected in the new title of Cihon and Castagnera: EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW, 3e.

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, and 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 came to Syracuse where he 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 received a B.A. 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 is the Associate Provost and Associate Counsel at Rider University in Lawrenceville and Princeton (NJ), where he oversees international and honors programs, regulatory matters, labor relations with the faculty union, and other legal affairs in the Academic Affairs Division. He is also president of K&C Human Resource Enterprises, a freelance writing and editing organization. In addition to EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR LAW, Dr. Castagnera has published 16 other books, including AL QAEDA GOES TO COLLEGE: IMPACT OF THE WAR ON TERROR ON AMERICAN HIGHER EDUCATION (Praeger, 2009) and NED MCADOO AND THE MOLLY MAGUIRES, a self-published novel of 19th and 21st century domestic terrorism. He holds a J.D. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University and has been a member of the Pennsylvania Bar for twenty-eight years.