Chart of Assignments
Employment Law, Spring 2013
Eric E. Johnson, Texas Tech Law
Wednesday-Thursday-Friday, 10:00-10:50 a.m.
Room 106 (Wednesday), Room 109 (Thursday & Friday)

Updated as of: April 26, 2013

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Day by Day
Week No 1
THURSDAY January 10 No 1
Carlson: pp. 1-20 (stop at the beginning of the notes)
FRIDAY January 11 No 2
Lindstrom's Summary: I & II.A-C (pp. 1-7)
Week No 2
WEDNESDAY January 16 No 3
No new reading. Continue with Lindstrom's Summary: I & II.A-C (pp. 1-7)
THURSDAY January 17 No 4
Lindstrom's Summary: II.D-I (pp. 7-20)
Read the syllabus, if you haven't already
FRIDAY January 18 No 5
[Finished Chapter II.]
Week No 3
WEDNESDAY January 23 No 6
Lindstrom's Summary: III (pp. 21-27)
Lindstrom's Summary: IV (pp. 28-41)
THURSDAY January 24 No 7
[Continue with Lindstrom's Summary: IV (pp. 28-41)]
Lindstrom's Summary: V (pp. 42-70)
FRIDAY January 25 No 8
[Continue with Lindstrom's Summary: V (pp. 42-70)]
Week No 4
WEDNESDAY January 30 No 9
[Continue with Lindstrom's Summary: V (pp. 42-70)]
THURSDAY January 31 No 10
Lindstrom's Summary: VI (pp. 71-81)
FRIDAY February 1 No 11
Lindstrom's Summary: VII (pp. 81-89)
Lindstrom's Summary: VIII (pp. 90-95)
Week No 5
WEDNESDAY February 6 No 12
Lindstrom's Summary: IX (pp. 81-89)
Lindstrom's Summary: X (pp. 90-95)
THURSDAY February 7 No 13
Topic 1: The Employee / Independent Contractor Problem
Carlson: 2.A.: 25-40 (stop @ nn.); 43-45
Re-review LS: I.
FRIDAY February 8 No 14
Topic 2: Who Can Be Employed? Children
Carlson: 2.B.1.: 45-46 (start @ B.1., stop @ blockquote); 51-53 (stop @ BILA report)
Re-review LS: VI.C.5
Topic 3: Who Can Be Employed? Aliens
Carlson: 2.B.2.: 57-65 (skip nn.3-4); 65-76 (skip nn.5-7,9)
Week No 6
WEDNESDAY February 13 No 15
Topic 5: Duties to Third Parties in the Selection of Employees
Carlson: 3.A. & B.: 103-114 (only nn. 1,3,4,7,8,9)
THURSDAY February 14 No 16
Topic 6: Discrimination in Hiring
Carlson: 3.C.: 115-121 (stop @ nn.); 125-134 (stop @ case)
Re-review LS: V.
FRIDAY February 15 No 17
Topic 6: Discrimination in Hiring (continued)
Carlson: 3.C.: 138-157
Week No 7
WEDNESDAY February 20 No 18
Topic 7: Inaccuracy and Intrusion in Selecting Employees
Carlson: 3.D.1-2.: 169-180 (skip nn.) 180-202 (stop @ next §)
Re-review LS: IV.
THURSDAY February 21 No 19
Topic 7: Inaccuracy and Intrusion in Selecting Employees (continued)
Carlson: 3.D.3.: 210-227 (to bottom of page)
FRIDAY February 22
No class meeting this day
Week No 8
WEDNESDAY February 27 No 20
Topic 8: Wages and the Labor Market
Carlson: 4.A.: 233-242
Topic 9: Contractual Rights: Individual Bargaining
Carlson: 4.B.1.: 243-251 (stop @ nn.); 253-257 (start after nn.)
THURSDAY February 28 No 21
Topic 10: Contractual Rights: Collective Bargaining
Carlson: 4.B.2.: 257-263
Topic 11: Statutory Minimums and Remedies for Compensation
Carlson: 4.C.: 263-281 (skip nn. 1 & 2; stop @ §2)
Re-review LS: VI.
FRIDAY March 1 No 22
Topic 11: Statutory Minimums and Remedies for Compensation (continued)
Carlson: 4.C.: 281-304 (start @ §2; stop @ case)
Week No 9
WEDNESDAY March 6 No 23
Topic 11: Statutory Minimums and Remedies for Compensation (continued)
Carlson: 4.C.: 321-324 (start @ "Employee Liability ..."; stop @ §D)
Topic 12: Deferred and Contingent Compensation
Carlson: 4.D.: 324-329 (start @ §D; thru n. 3); 330-339 (start @ §2)
Re-review LS: VII.
THURSDAY March 7 No 24
Topic 12: Deferred and Contingent Compensation (continued)
Carlson: 4.D.: 354-374 (start @ n. 2; stop @ "HMO Physicians ...")
FRIDAY March 8 No 25
Topic 12: Deferred and Contingent Compensation (continued)
Carlson: 4.D.: 376-378 (start @ §e; stop @ case); 402-412 (start @ §3; stop @ n. 6)
Spring Break
WEDNESDAY March 13
No class – spring break
THURSDAY March 14
No class – spring break
FRIDAY March 15
No class – spring break
Week No 10
WEDNESDAY March 20 No 26
Topic 13: Historical Perspective on Workplace Health and Safety
Carlson: 5.A.: 415-418 (stop @ §B)
Topic 14: Compensation for Work-Related Injuries
Carlson: 5.B.: 424-431 (start @ "National Academy ..."; stop @ nn.); 432-438 (start @ n.3; skip n.1-2 on 436-437; stop @ case)
Re-review LS: IX.
THURSDAY March 21 No 27
Topic 14: Compensation for Work-Related Injuries (continued)
Carlson: 5.B.: 448-466 (start @ §4; stop @ §C)
FRIDAY March 22
No class meeting this day
Week No 11
WEDNESDAY March 27 No 28
Topic 15: Preventative Regulation: Occupational Safety and Health Law
Carlson: 5.C.: 466-480 (start @ §C; stop @ case)
Re-review LS: VIII.
THURSDAY March 28 No 29
Topic 15: Preventative Regulation: Occupational Safety and Health Law (continued)
Carlson: 5.C.: 480-494 (start @ case; stop @ case)
FRIDAY March 29 No 30
Topic 16. Rights and Duties of Supervision
Carlson: 6.A.: 525-534; 540-549 (start @ §b; stop @ §c)
Week No 12
WEDNESDAY April 3 No 31
Topic 16. Rights and Duties of Supervision (continued)
Carlson: 6.A.: 549-568 (start @ §c; skip nn. 8 & 11 on 560-561 and nn. 1-2 on 567)
Re-review LS: V.C.2.b.iv. & V.C.4.b.
THURSDAY April 4 No 32
Topic 17: Investigation of Employees
Carlson: 6.B-C.: 618-626 (start @ §; skip n. 2 on 625; stop @ §C); 634-635 (start @ §)
Re-review LS: IV.
FRIDAY April 5 No 33
Topic 18: Accommodating Personal and Family Needs
Carlson: 7.A-C.: 637-640; 651-658 (start @ §C; stop @ §5; skip n. 2 on 655 and nn. 1-2 on 656-657)
Re-review LS: VI.E.
Week No 13
WEDNESDAY April 10 No 34
Topic 19: Accommodating Civic Duties
Carlson: 7.D.: 669-672 (start @ §D; stop @ case); 680-681 (start @ §2)
Topic 20: At-Will Employment and its Subversion
Carlson: 8.A-B.: 683-693 (stop @ nn.)
Re-review LS: II.
THURSDAY April 11 No 35
Topic 20: At-Will Employment and its Subversion (continued)
Carlson: 8.A-B.: 704-709 (stop @ case); 712-730 (start @ §)
FRIDAY April 12 No 36
Topic 20: At-Will Employment and its Subversion (continued)
Carlson: 8.A-B.: 741-747 (start @ §4; skip n. 2 on 743; stop @ nn.); 755-758 (start @ §d; stop @ case); 766-769 (start @ §; stop @ problem)
Week No 14
WEDNESDAY April 17 No 37
Topic 21: Alternative Job Security Schemes
Carlson: 8.C.: 797 (start @ §C; stop @ case); 804-811 (start @ §2; skip n.1 on 810; stop @ §D)
Re-review LS: II.I. (starting on p.25)
THURSDAY April 18 No 38
Topic 22: Mitigations of Termination
Carlson: 8.D.: 826-832 (start @ §2; skip n.1 on 830; stop @ n.5); 841-843 (start @ §b; stop @ case)
Re-review LS: X. & II.H.
FRIDAY April 19 No 39
Topic 23: Implied Employer Rights and Employee Duties
Carlson: 9.A.1.: 859-874 (start @ §2; skip n.5 on 874; stop @ §B)
Re-review LS: III.A. & D.–E.
Week No 15
WEDNESDAY April 24 No 40
Guest speaker: Jarod S. Gonzales
Montgomery County Hospital v. Brown, 709-711 (start @ case; stop @ nn.)
THURSDAY April 25 No 41
Topic 24: Contractual Limits on Resignation and Competition
Carlson: 9.B.: 874-875 (start @ §B; stop @ case); 880; 890-891 (start @ §; stop @ problem); 892-901 (start @ §b; skip n. 2 on 896; stop @ §C)
Re-review LS: III.B. & C.
FRIDAY April 26 No 42
Topic 25: Interstate Enforcement Problems
Carlson: 9.B.: 901-906 (start @ §C)
Topic 26: Resolution of Employment Disputes
Carlson: 10.C.: 939-940 (start @ §C); 951-958 (start @ case; stop @ §D)
FRIDAY April 26 No 43
Special review session: 11:00-11:50 p.m., room 109
Item by Item
Part 1: Introduction
Carlson: pp. 1-20 (stop at the beginning of the notes)
Part 2: Blackletter Overview
Lindstrom's Summary: I–X
Part 3: Detailed Content
Topic 1: The Employee / Independent Contractor Problem
Carlson: 2.A.: 25-40 (stop @ nn.); 43-45
Re-review LS: I.
Topic 2: Who Can Be Employed? Children
Carlson: 2.B.1.: 45-46 (start @ B.1., stop @ blockquote); 51-53 (stop @ BILA report)
Re-review LS: VI.C.5
Topic 3: Who Can Be Employed? Aliens
Carlson: 2.B.2.: 57-65 (skip nn.3-4); 65-76 (skip nn.5-7,9)
Topic 4: Who is the Employer?
No reading.
Topic 5: Duties to Third Parties in the Selection of Employees
Carlson: 3.A. & B.: 103-114 (only nn. 1,3,4,7,8,9)
Topic 6: Discrimination in Hiring
Carlson: 3.C.: 115-121 (stop @ nn.); 125-134 (stop @ case)
Carlson: 3.C.: 138-157
Re-review LS: V.
Topic 7: Inaccuracy and Intrusion in Selecting Employees
Carlson: 3.D.1-2.: 169-180 (skip nn.) 180-202 (stop @ next §)
Carlson: 3.D.3.: 210-227 (to bottom of page)
Re-review LS: IV.
Topic 8: Wages and the Labor Market
Carlson: 4.A.: 233-242
Topic 9: Contractual Rights: Individual Bargaining
Carlson: 4.B.1.: 243-251 (stop @ nn.); 253-257 (start after nn.)
Topic 10: Contractual Rights: Collective Bargaining
Carlson: 4.B.2.: 257-263
Topic 11: Statutory Minimums and Remedies for Compensation
Carlson: 4.C.: 263-281 (skip nn. 1 & 2; stop @ §2); 281-304 (start @ §2; stop @ case); 321-324 (start @ "Employee Liability ..."; stop @ §D)
Re-review LS: VI.
Topic 12: Deferred and Contingent Compensation
Carlson: 4.D.: 324-329 (start @ §D; thru n. 3); 330-339 (start @ §2); 354-374 (start @ n. 2; stop @ "HMO Physicians ..."); 376-378 (start @ §e; stop @ case); 402-412 (start @ §3; stop @ n. 6)
Re-review LS: VII.
Topic 13: Historical Perspective on Workplace Health and Safety
Carlson: 5.A.: 415-418 (stop @ §B)
Topic 14: Compensation for Work-Related Injuries
Carlson: 5.B.: 424-431 (start @ "National Academy ..."; stop @ nn.); 432-438 (start @ n.3; skip n.1-2 on 436-437; stop @ case); 448-466 (start @ §4; stop @ §C)
Re-review LS: IX.
Topic 15: Preventative Regulation: Occupational Safety and Health Law
Carlson: 5.C.: 466-480 (start @ §C; stop @ case); 480-494 (start @ case; stop @ case)
Re-review LS: VIII.
Topic 16. Rights and Duties of Supervision
Carlson: 6.A.: 525-534; 540-549 (start @ §b; stop @ §c); 549-568 (start @ §c; skip nn. 8 & 11 on 560-561 and nn. 1-2 on 567)
Re-review LS: V.C.2.b.iv. & V.C.4.b.
Topic 17: Investigation of Employees
Carlson: 6.B-C.: 618-626 (start @ §; skip n. 2 on 625; stop @ §C); 634-635 (start @ §)
Re-review LS: IV.
Topic 18: Accommodating Personal and Family Needs
Carlson: 7.A-C.: 637-640; 651-658 (start @ §C; stop @ §5; skip n. 2 on 655 and nn. 1-2 on 656-657)
Re-review LS: VI.E.
Topic 19: Accommodating Civic Duties
Carlson: 7.D.: 669-672 (start @ §D; stop @ case); 680-681 (start @ §2)
Topic 20: At-Will Employment and its Subversion
Carlson: 8.A-B.: 683-693 (stop @ nn.); 704-709 (stop @ case); 712-730 (start @ §); 741-747 (start @ §4; skip n. 2 on 743; stop @ nn.); 755-758 (start @ §d; stop @ case); 766-769 (start @ §; stop @ problem)
Re-review LS: II.
Guest speaker: Jarod S. Gonzales; Montgomery County Hospital v. Brown, 709-711 (start @ case; stop @ nn.)
Topic 21: Alternative Job Security Schemes
Carlson: 8.C.: 797 (start @ §C; stop @ case); 804-811 (start @ §2; skip n.1 on 810; stop @ §D)
Re-review LS: II.I. (starting on p.25)
Topic 22: Mitigations of Termination
Carlson: 8.D.: 826-832 (start @ §2; skip n.1 on 830; stop @ n.5); 841-843 (start @ §b; stop @ case)
Re-review LS: X. & II.H.
Topic 23: Implied Employer Rights and Employee Duties
Carlson: 9.A.1.: 859-874 (start @ §2; skip n.5 on 874; stop @ §B)
Re-review LS: III.A. & D.–E.
Topic 24: Contractual Limits on Resignation and Competition
Carlson: 9.B.: 874-875 (start @ §B; stop @ case); 880; 890-891 (start @ §; stop @ problem); 892-901 (start @ §b; skip n. 2 on 896; stop @ §C)
Re-review LS: III.B. & C.
Topic 25: Interstate Enforcement Problems
Carlson: 9.B.: 901-906 (start @ §C)
Topic 26: Resolution of Employment Disputes
Carlson: 10.C.: 939-940 (start @ §C); 951-958 (start @ case; stop @ §D)




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