Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal has issued a call for papers on The Workplace Law Agenda of the Obama Administration. Abstracts are due by May 15, 2011.
The record of President Obamas Administration on workplace law is like many of its other domestic priorities a work in progress. While health care and financial regulation occupied much of the space in the public mind, labor and employment law changes were actually one area where the new administration exerted relatively quick change in the first two years of his presidency. Indeed, the first bill that was signed by the President soon after his inauguration was the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, a bill intended to reverse the results of a Supreme Court decision on the statute of limitations for a Title VII gender pay disparity case. Since then, there have been some executive and regulatory initiatives. With the Lily Ledbetter Act being the rare piece of workplace legislation passed in the last two years, however, the time is right to assess the Obamas Administration record and agenda for workplace law.
In a special issue of the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Journal (EREPJ), we seek to assess the record of the Obama administration in its first two years and the future of workplace law as the 2012 election approaches. We seek submissions in all areas of workplace law, including Labor Law, Employment Law, Employment Discrimination, Employee Benefits, and related fields. As usual, the EREPJ offers authors the opportunity to work with faculty editors rather than law students. If you are interested in participating, please send your abstracts to Ruben Garcia, Symposium Editor, no later than May 15, 2011. Final papers will be due January 31, 2012.
Contact Information:
Professor Ruben Garcia
rjg365@gmail.com
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