Employment Law: The Workplace Rights of Employees and Employers, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-1-4051-3408-8
Paperback
464 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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Employment Law, 2nd edition examines the relevant statutes,
judicial decisions, executive orders, and administrative policies
that shape the respective rights of managers and workers at the
workplace. It goes well beyond simply stating what is legal and
what is illegal, assuming that the student or professional needs to
understand the principles underlying the law so that he or she can
evaluate an organization's decisions against those principles.
- A practical but rigorous guide to US employment law, thoroughly
updated for this second edition
- Includes wide use of case material and administrative
regulation, including new cases illustrating the continued
application of disparate treatment and disparate impact analysis,
and more current examples of grooming
- Each chapter covers historical, social and economic factors
giving rise to government intervention in employment relationship;
evaluates relevant law policy; discusses of basic legal principles;
and considers how law affects HR management
- Includes new material on gender and leave issues in employment;
EEO classifications; employment of the handicapped; courts and
affirmative-action; employer involvement in employee non-work
activities; drug testing and the law; and inclusion of recent legal
doctrine.
- Oriented both to students taking a course in employment law and to human resources professionals who need to deal daily with matters that have legal significance.