This course will focus on the
statutory, judicial, and administrative law
governing the individual Employment Law
and the collective organization of workers
and the interaction between such collective
organizations and employers. The course will
introduce students to the basics of traditional
Labor Law and will explore how Labor Law
is evolving both to innovate forms of labor
management relations and to changes in the
composition of the Lebanese labor force.
The class will consider the legal status of
privately negotiated processes for organizing
and recognizing unions, state, and local
approaches to Labor Law innovation, and
new forms of workplace organization. This
course will explore the intersection of Labor
and Immigration Law, union participation
in the political process, emerging forms of
worker organization, and security of tenure.
The course will study the regulations of
Social Security in Lebanon and abroad.
Language of Instruction: English (legal terms,
however, are also given in Arabic and French).