What is Employment Law?
Employment law is the area of law dealing with the relationships between employees and their employers with the exception of workers’ compensation issues. It includes all aspects of the employment relationship whether public sector or private. These issues include employment discrimination, occupational safety and health, wage and hour, sexual harassment and racial harassment, disability discrimination, employee benefits such as insurance and pensions, contract and other “tort” type claims that arise form the workplace setting.
employment law is different than labor law. Labor law focuses on the election of a union as a representative for employees. The National Labor Relations Board is charged with the enforcement of the laws that govern the collective bargaining relationship, the organizing of unions, and the enforcement of collective bargaining rights.