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The fifth edition of Work Law: Cases and Materials incorporates new developments in a variety of areas: Streamlined and updated coverage of the boundaries of the employment relationship and developments in the post-pandemic labor market; Coverage of federal and state regulatory efforts to rein in non-compete agreements and a new case on trade secrets (Allstate Insurance Co. v. Fougere); Streamlined and updated materials addressing current issues surrounding employee privacy; Materials on emerging algorithmic management practices and their implications across different areas of work law; Updated coverage of cases and regulation affecting employee speech, and new problems on public employee speech and on the academic freedom of university professors; Updated coverage of protections against sex discrimination, including the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia; Updated treatment of the Fair Labor Standards Act, including a new case on off-the-clock work (Perry v. City of New York); and Updated materials on arbitration of employment disputes, including coverage of the Supreme Court's treatment of the transportation exemption (Saxon v. Southwest Airlines, Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park Street).