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Class description
A critical look at the current state of public and private sector labor laws, workers’ rights under the laws, and participant exercises to prepare for worker-initiated enforcement. Topics include:
- National Labor Relations Act
- Collective protected activity
- Anti-discrimination statutes
- Worker’s compensation
- Wage and hour laws
- Health and safety in the workplace
About online institutes
Online institutes are offered as an accessible and flexible learning opportunity wherever you are. The high-quality, noncredit courses are developed and supported by university faculty. School for Workers faculty and staff are available and active throughout the course to ensure participant success along the way. The asynchronous online institute is structured into weekly instructional units. Each unit contains readings, short videos, activities, and student discussion boards with weekly deadlines that explores a given topic. Participants may access the course anytime 24/7 to complete the weekly units whenever it fits their schedule.
Registration and payment
Tuition: $210 | Register by: Apr 22
Register by phone at 608-262-2112 or online at schoolforworkers.wisc.edu/register. Credit card payments can be made at charge.wisc.edu/schoolforworkers or send a check payable to UW-Madison to: School for Workers, 610 Langdon St., Rm 229, Madison, WI 53703
Cancellation policy
To receive a full refund, cancellation notification must be received 48-hours before an online institute start date. Notification can be made by calling 608-262-2112 or by emailing schoolforworkers@dcs.wisc.edu. When the enrollment criterion is not met or conditions beyond control intervene, School for Workers reserves the right to cancel the institute. If the school cancels an institute, registrants will be notified, and tuition is refunded in full; participants will be responsible for all their personal traveling arrangement costs.
Accessibility
UW-Madison provides equal opportunities in programming. If you are in need of an interpreter or have a disability and would like accommodations, contact the School for Workers office. Requests are confidential.