PLST244 — Advanced Law: Paralegal Practice in Administrative and Employment Law
This course is an overview of the administrative procedures acts governing state and federal agencies, with special focus on employment law. Administrative law topics include creation of agencies, constitutional limits on agencies, agency rulemaking and authority to act, scope of judicial review, and legal procedures for administrative law cases. Employment law cases will be examined with a focus on the roles and responsibilities of the employers, employees, and labor unions. Topics include the laws governing health and safety in the workplace, labor unions and union-management relations, employment discrimination, wrongful employment termination, pension plans, workers’ compensation, retirement and disability income (Social Security), employee privacy rights, minimum wage, and overtime wages.
Prerequisites: PLST152, PLST153, PLST156