1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783790603321

Autore

Busse Richard C

Titolo

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

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

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""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974679703321

Autore

Ho Alfred Kuo-liang <1919->

Titolo

China's reforms and reformers / / Alfred K. Ho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2004

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

9798400625763

9786612408687

9781282408685

1282408682

9780313056802

0313056803

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Disciplina

951.05/092/2

Soggetti

Communists - China

China Politics and government 1949-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The revolution -- The wars -- Development under Mao -- On the eve of the reforms -- Deng's economic reforms -- Deng's political reforms -- Military modernization -- Reforms in foreign affairs -- Loss of the leader.

Sommario/riassunto

Ever since the death of Mao, China has undergone a transformation almost as radical as the Communist Revolution that Mao instigated. This book tells the stories of the many difficult economic, political, and social struggles that have taken place in post-Maoist China. Using both Chinese and non-Chinese sources, Alfred K. Ho unravels the complexities of life in China during the past generation. As Ho explains, contemporary Chinese are seeking to find solutions to their problems that reflect their own cultural values. As such, reform in China cannot be seen solely as an effort to emulate the Wes