Human Resource Management Laws Sources of Employment Law Constitutions Constitutions are the most basic source of law in that all other laws must conform or risk being struck down as unconstitutional. Constitutions address the relationships between different levels of government (e.g., states and the federal government) and between governments and their citizens. A legal claim based on a constitution must generally assert a violation of someone’s constitutional rights by the government (in legal parlance, the element of “state action” must be present). In practical terms, this means that usually only employees of government agencies—and not employees of private corporations—can look to the U.S. Constitution or state constitutions for protection in the workplace.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:15:34 +0000
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