LAW7540 (Employment Law—Compensation, Benefits, and Retirement) course reviews and ratings at Northeastern (NEU). Compare professors with RateMyProfessor reviews.
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.
Data updated October 2026.