The following papers were presented at programs sponsored by the Section of Labor and Employment Law at the 1999 ABA Annual Meeting. Clicking on the filename will open a PDF document in a new window.
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The Development and Application of the AMA's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
- The Illusion of Efficiency in Workers' Compensation "Reform"
- A Judicial Perspective
- Perspective of AFL-CIO on Development and Application of the AMA's Guides on the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
ADR in Labor and Employment Law Committee Program
- ADR in Employment Cases: A Plaintiff's Lawyer's Perspective
Employee Benefits Committee Program
- ERISA Remedies: ERISA Issues in Settling Employment Disputes
Equal Employment Benefits Committee Program
- Brief in the US Supreme Court in Murphy v. UPS
Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee
- Retaliation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
The Game of "Legal Twister:" Successfully Identifying and Handling Ethical Dilemmas in Employment Litigation
- Labor and Employment Law Ethical Twister
- Ethical Issues in Employment Litigation
- Concurrent Representation of Multiple Clients in the Same Matter
Suing the Mayor and City Hall Too! Litigation of Constitutional and Section 1983 Employment Issues
- Absolute Immunity in Section 1983 Cases Does Not Necessarily Mean all Employee Terminations are Exempt from Liability
- Current Case Law Developments in Procedural and Substantive Due Process Issues
- Procedural Issues and Defenses for 1983 Proceedings
- Developments in the Law Under the First Amendment
EEO Update
- Developments in Employment Discrimination Law: Emphasizing the Law of Sexual Harassment
- Federal Employment Discrimination Law
- Employment Discrimination Law Update: Circuit Update on Federal Law EEO Disparate Treatment Cases
- Disability Discrimination: Developments in Case Law Under the ADA
- How Have the Courts Interpreted the FMLA's Protections?
Is Anything Sacred? The Ever Expanding World of Employee Privacy Issues
- Privacy Limitations for Electronic Surveillance and Genetic Testing in the Workplace
- The Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Anticipated Legislation on the Confidentiality of Health Care Information
Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling: Opportunities for Women in the Practice of Labor and Employment Law
- Program Slides: Opportunities for Women in the Practice of Labor & Employment Law
ERISA Update
- ERISA Update: The Top Eleven Issues
EPLI and ERISA Fiduciary Insurance: An Informational Program for Attorneys Suing Employers and Employers Selecting Insurance Coverage
- Fiduciary Liability Coverage--An Overview
- Insurance Coverage for Employment Practices Claims/Suits
- ERISA Fiduciary Insurance: Common Exclusions and Other Considerations
More Than Just Lip Service: Developing and Enforcing Effective Sexual Harassment Policies
- More Than Just Lip Service
- Developing and Enforcing Effective Sexual Harassment Policies: A Union Perspective
- The Plaintiff's Perspective on Anti-Harassment Policies and the Ellerth and Faragher Affirmative Defense
Discipline and Discharge
- Arbitration Advocacy
- Can Unions Waive Individual Employees' Claims or Whose Rights Are They Anyway?
- The Absent Employee with a Psychiatric Disability Claimed as a Result of Disciplinary or Performance Improvement Action Taken by the Employer
The ADA and Psychological/Mental Disabilities
- Facilitation of ADA Reasonable Accommodation Disputes
- The Plaintiffs' Perspective on EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Psychiatric Disabilities: Are We Really Following?
Class Actions In Employment Law Basics
- Labor Unions and Class Actions: The Union Perspective on Collective Litigation
- Class Actions in Employment Law
- Title VII Class Actions after Allison v. Citgo Petroleum, Inc.
- Representative and Collective Actions Under the ADEA
Class Actions in Employment Law Breakout 1: How To File and Defend a Class Action
- Plaintiff's Perspective
- Class Action Issues in Retiree Health Care Litigation Under ERISA and Section 301
- Defending a Class Action
Class Actions in Employment Law Breakout 2: How To Settle a Class Action
- How to Settle a Class Action
- The Class Action Settlement
Gilmer Update
- Mandatory Arbitration: Recent Developments After Gilmer in the Evolving Area of Dispute Resolution Through the Use of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements
Preemption Under ERISA--A New World Order
- ERISA Basics: Preemption
- ERISA Preemption and State Insurance Regulation of Healthcare Arrangements
Negotiating Settlements Under Employment Claims
- Drafting Considerations in Employment Settlement Agreements
- The OWBPA and Issues Raised by the Regulations Both Past and Proposed: Impact of the Oubre Decision
- Negotiating Settlements of Employment Claims
- Settling Claims--The Plaintiff's View
Statutory Claims Under Collective Bargaining Agreements: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Is There a Wright Way?
Miscellaneous
- Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and The Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA")
- Basic Equal Employment Opportunity Practice
- Benefit Claims Procedure and Review
- Effective and Lawful Use of Releases and Waivers: Post-Oubre Implications, The
- Employment At Will: Overview and Recent Case Law Developments
- Equal Employment Opportunity in the Federal Sector
- EPLI Insurance Coverage--An Overview
- Fact Pattern I
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, The
- Federal Anti-Employment Discrimination Laws
- Federal Service Labor
- First Circuit's Astra Ruling: A Major Aid to Anti-Bias Efforts, The
- Merging of Federal Employee Labor Relations with the Standard for Private Sector Labor Relations: The Experience with the Postal Service, The
- 1998-99 Term of the U.S. Supreme Court: The Labor & Employment Cases, The
- Postal Employees Who are Entitled to Proceed Before the MSPB as Preference Eligibles
- Strategies for a Successful Mediation
- Trends in Workplace Litigation: The Rising Popularity of FLSA Class Actions
- U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB): Overview of Employee Rights and MSPB Procedure, The
- What You Don't Know Will Hurt: COBRA Litigation