Health Care Institution Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act: an analysis.

Ira M. Shepard, J.D. herein analyzes the legislative history and the substantive provisions of the 1974 Health Care Institution Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act. The Amendments bring private, non-profit health care institutions and their employees under the coverage of the NLRA, the goal of Congress being to reach a successful compromise of the public's right to receive uninterrupted health care; the health care institution's obligation to provide these services to the fullest extent possible; and the right of health care employees to have the same voice in the determination of their wages, hours, and working conditions accorded other workers under the NLRA.     

The National Labor Relations Act and health care institutions: the persistent paradox.

In the wake of 1974 amendments to the NLRA, nonprofit health care institutions have been involved in a steady stream of labor relations cases. This article examines some of the new labor relations problems facing these institutions, and it provides valuable information and analysis to help administrators keep abreast of the legal and practical developments stemming from the cases.     

The New York State Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1980: a legislative experiment

Through a statistical analysis of major changes in postacquittal procedures of the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1980 (IDRA 1980), the study reveals the Act's success in formalizing, regularizing, juridicizing, accelerating, and extending to all acquittees psychiatric examinations and review and release procedures. Although more persons are reviewed and released at postacquittal hearings than in the matched pre-1980 cohort, fewer enter nonsecure facilities at commitment or during first 18 months of hospitalization, and fewer are released at the six-month review. After 18 months more acquittees remain inmates in secure facilities. Interviews with leading figures in the formulation and enactment of IDRA provide retrospective and prospective judgments on insanity defense reform issues.     

《劳动合同法》中工会的职权分析

维护职工合法权益既是工会的基本职权,也是工会的基本职责。在新的历史条件下,构建工会的职权体系是有效防范和化解劳资双方矛盾的一条切实可行的路子。我国新近颁布的《劳动合同法》赋予工会的职权可以概括为5个方面的内容,即协商权、异议权、签约权、起诉权和监督权。工会的这一职权体系是一个整体,但这些规定也存在一些问题和不足,尤其是关于签约权、监督权和起诉权的规定均需要进一步完善。     

试论劳动教养制度的改革与完善

劳动教养制度是中国独具特色的法律制度。随着历史的发展 ,劳动教养这一法律制度亟待改革与完善。     

中国的劳动教养制度及其改革

劳动教养制度在中国实施 40多年来 ,在维护社会治安 ,稳定社会秩序 ,预防和减少犯罪 ,教育和挽救轻微违法犯罪人员等方面起到了积极的作用。但是 ,随着中国法制建设的发展进步和社会政治、经济、文化等各方面的深刻变革 ,特别是“依法治国”方略的确立和对人权保障的日益重视 ,中国已签署《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》并有待全国人大的批准。现行的劳动教养制度已逐渐显露出一些与现代法治和社会发展不相适应的问题与弊端。因此 ,认真考察劳动教养制度的历史发展与现状 ,仔细分析其利弊缘由 ,探讨劳动教养制度存在的主要问题 ,寻求改革的…     

The Contradictions of Immigration Lawmaking: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

This paper argues that the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is a composite of contradictory measures. On one hand, employer sanctions are meant to curtail the employment of undocumented workers and preserve the U.S. labor market for legal residents and citizens; on the other hand, special foreign worker programs are designed to enhance the supply of immigrant workers. In an effort to make sense of these contradictions, the author places the legislation in historical context and proposes a dialectical model of immigration policymaking.