Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-141) and index.
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- The common law of employment termination -- The English law of employment termination -- The American rule of employment at-will -- Critics of at-will employment -- The failed promise of statutory protection -- The promised lands of protected -- Bargaining -- Concession bargaining and job security -- Unions versus the "core of managerial control" -- Preserving managerial power -- Unjust dismissal litigation -- The "erosion" of at-will employment -- The state and unjust dismissal litigation -- Geographic diffusion and conceptual consolidation -- Unjust dismissal litigation and job security -- Conclusion -- An excurse on the economics of dismissal restriction -- Afterword -- List of works cited -- Index.
Series:
Economic issues, problems and perspectives American political, economic, and security issues
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