LAW 7540 — Employment Law—Compensation, Benefits, and Retirement
3 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: M/WBostonTraditional
Surveys legal, economic, and social policy issues concerning wages and working time, leave, unemployment insurance, and retirement income. Covers the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the Unemployment Insurance program. Presents retirement and survivor income under the Social Security Act and pension regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Examines problems faced by low-wage workers and women workers as well as tensions between the design of the older, statutory schemes and contemporary trends in business and work organization.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 50% | 16.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: MW (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Ryan Quinn (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
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