Employees' Rights [[electronic resource] ] : Your Practical Handbook to Workplace Law

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450473603321
• Autore: Busse Richard C
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Naperville, : Sourcebooks, Incorporated, 2004
• ISBN: 1-4175-5343-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.7301
• Soggetti: Electronic books. -- local; Employee rights; Labor laws and legislation; Employee rights - United States; Labor laws and legislation - United States; Law - U.S; Law, Politics & Government; Labor Law - U.S; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Section One: Understanding Employment Law""; ""Chapter 1: Our Legal System""; ""The Law""; ""Stages of Litigation""; ""Chapter 2: Discrimination""; ""The Legal Framework""; ""Proving Discrimination""; ""Federal Remedies""; ""Procedural Hurdles""; ""State Law Protection""; ""Chapter 3: Wrongful Discharge""; ""Protection for Private Employees""; ""Public Policy""; ""Proving Wrongful Discharge""; ""Wrongful Constructive Termination""; ""Remedies""; ""Chapter 4: Tort Claims""; ""Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress""""Fraud""; ""Intentional Interference with Economic Relations""; ""Invasion of Privacy""; ""Defamation""; ""Negligence""; ""Chapter 5: Employment Contracts""; ""Contract-Making Opportunities""; ""Enforcing Contracts""; ""Employee Handbooks""; ""Past Practice""; ""Duration of Employment""; ""Contracts Implied by Law""; ""The Covenant of Good Faith""; ""The Problem With ; Contract Claims""; ""Negotiated, Written Contract""; ""Termination Provisions""; ""Compensation""; ""Special Clauses""; ""Chapter 6: A Closer Look at Title VII""; ""Race Discrimination""""National Origin Discrimination""; ""Gender Discrimination""; ""Sexual Orientation Discrimination""; ""Religious Discrimination""; ""Chapter 7: Sexual Harassment""; ""Supervisors""; ""Coworkers""; ""Identifying Sexual Harassment""; ""Chapter 8: Age and ERISA Discrimination""; ""Age Discrimination""; ""Employee's Remedies""; ""ERISA Discrimination""; ""Chapter 9: Federal Rights of Disabled Workers""; ""The Rehabilitation Act""; ""The Americans With Disabilities Act""; ""Chapter 10: Whistleblowing and Retaliation Statutes""; ""Opposition Statutes""; ""Statutes Relating to Protected Activities""""State Laws""; ""Chapter 11: Employee Benefits and Working Conditions""; ""The Family and Medical Leave Act""; ""Retirement Legislation (ERISA)""; ""COBRA Rights""; ""The Fair Labor Standards Act""; ""The Davis-Bacon Act""; ""Plant Closure Legislation""; ""Occupational Safety and Health Act""; ""Workers' Compensation Laws""; ""Unemployment Compensation""; ""Drug Testing Laws""; ""Employee Polygraph Protection Act""; ""Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act""; ""Garnishment""; ""Immigration Laws and the Workplace""; ""Rights to Unionize""""Chapter 12: Employee Privacy""; ""Expectation of Privacy""; ""Telephone Monitoring""; ""Email Monitoring""; ""Chapter 13: Distinct Employee Groups""; ""Government Employees""; ""Union Employees""; ""Section Two: Using Employment Law""; ""Chapter 14: Reasons For Discrimination""; ""Prejudice""; ""Resentment Due to Affirmative Action""; ""Frustration Due to Accommodations""; ""Anger""; ""Greed""; ""Fear""; ""Chapter 15: Workplace Harassment""; ""Reporting Illegal Harassment""; ""Retaliation for Reporting Illegal Harassment""; ""Cooperating With the Investigation""; ""The Reporting Aftermath""