Labor Law, Cases and Materials, 15th, 2015 Statutory Appendix and Case Supplement (University Casebook Series)

The 2015 Case Supplement to Cox & Bok – long the leading casebook in the field – will be available for your Fall Semester. The 2015 Supplement contains an in-depth treatment of major developments under the National Labor Relations Act including the following–

• the new NLRB representation election rules, now subject to judicial challenge
• Purple Communications, adopting new rules on employee use of employer email for concerted activity
• Murphy Oil, reiterating D.F. Horton, holding that the waiver of the capacity to participate in a group arbitration of an employment law claim violates of the Labor Act, with more detailed consideration of the judicial treatment of that question under the Norris-LaGuardia Act as well
• Fedex Home Delivery and more on the distinction between employees and independent contractors
• McDonald’s and more on the joint employer status of franchisors
• Babcock & Wilcox, announcing new arbitration deferral rules, and the explanation in G.C. Mem. 15-02 (Feb. 10, 2015)
• more on employer rules affecting concerted activity – against “gossip” or “threatening behavior” – and especially cases on use of social media
• the Board’s reformulation of “solicitation” in Conagra Foods

The Supplement provides additional treatment of the texture of the law and other developments concerning –

• the campaign to extend “right to work” law to municipal ordinances
• expanded Board remedies treated in three cases – HTH Corp., Hospital of Barstow, and Pressroom Cleaners
• Kroger LP’s gloss on Beck obligations
• Macy’s & Bergdorf Goodman’s treatment of bargaining unit determinations
• Ralph’s Grocery’s treatment of Weingarten in the context of submission to a drug test
• M&G Polymers’ gloss on Litton in how to determine if medical benefits for retirees survive contract expiration
• lockouts, secondary boycotts, and strikes
• and more of the latest on arbitration, pre-emption, and the duty of fair representation