This Comment examines Judge Papalia’s decision to suspend proceedings in the Chapter 11 corporate bankruptcy case In re Modell’s Sporting Goods, Inc. Controversially, this decision effectively postponed Modell’s commercial rent obligations during the COVID-19 economic shutdown. The Comment...

This chapter examines the labor supply effects of social insurance programs. We argue that this topic deserves separate treatment from the rest of the labor supply literature because individuals may be imperfectly informed as to the rules of the programs and because key parameters are likely to...

During the days of Covid-19, OSHA has been much in the news as contests surface over the boundaries of what risks of workplace harm are properly regulable by the federal government. Yet the original statute that created OSHA—the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970—was not exclusively...

This paper argues that employers should adopt practices that provide employees with opportunities to exercise voice. Time and time again, we see corporate scandals that could have been avoided if employees were encouraged to speak up when they saw problems in the workplace. Recent scandals...

This article outlines the current state of the law regarding conduct that, while otherwise protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, nonetheless involves workplace profanity or offensive speech that potentially violates employer civility rules and equal employment opportunity...

Market forces, supplemented by government policy, affect how firms and households jointly determine product and workplace safety levels. After developing the economic theory of how labor and product markets pair prices and health risks we then explain the effects of the relevant government...

Seit Bestehen des Kuendigungsschutzgesetzes wird in Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft ueber seine potenziellen Auswirkungen auf den Arbeitsmarkt und die Beschaeftigung diskutiert. Das Kernstueck und zugleich den zentralen Streitpunkt bei einer Vielzahl betriebsbedingter Kuendigungen bilden...