Employment and Labor Law

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.

• Part I: COMMON-LAW EMPLOYMENT ISSUES.1. First the Forest, Then the Trees: An Overview of Employment and Labor Law.2. Employment Contracts and Wrongful Discharge.3. Commonly Committed Workplace Torts.4. Employee Privacy Rights in the 21st Century.5. The Global Perspective: International Employment Law and American Immigration Policy.Part II: EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.6. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Race Discrimination.7. Gender and Family Issues: Title VII and Other Legislation.8. Discrimination Based on Religion and National Origin and Procedures under Title VII.9. Discrimination Based on Age.10. Discrimination Based on Disability.11. Other Equal Employment Opportunity and Employment Legislation: Federal and State Laws.Part III: LABOR RELATIONS LAW.12. The Rise of Organized Labor and Its Regulatory Framework.13. The Unionization Process.14. Unfair Labor Practices by Employers and Unions.15. Collective Bargaining.16. Picketing and Strikes.17. The Enforcement and Administration of the Collective Agreement.18. The Rights of Union Members.19. Public Sector Labor Relations.Part IV: EMPLOYMENT LAW ISSUES.20. Occupational Safety and Health.21. The Employee's Safety Nets: Unemployment and Workers' Compensation, Social Security, and Retirement Plans.22. The Fair Labor Standards Act.Glossary.Case Index.Subject Index.