Summary. Beginning before the beginning -- So, how important is knowing your rights? -- How to use this book -- 8. The hiring process -- Job advertisements -- Preemployment inquiries -- References/recommendations -- Preemployment tests -- Employment verification (I-9 forms) -- A word about employment agencies -- Summary -- 2. The employment relationship -- Employment at will -- "Probationary status" -- Summary -- 3. Wages and hours -- Fair Labor Standards Act -- Minimum wage -- Overtime -- Limits on hours of work -- Jury duty, witness duty, and voting time -- Child labor laws -- Payment of wages -- Withholdings and deductions from wages -- Court-ordered judgments against your wages -- Summary -- 4. Fringe benefits -- Group health insurance -- Paid days off -- Maternity and pregnancy leave -- Family and medical leave -- Military leave -- Retirement plans -- Summary -- 5. Discrimination and related issues -- Civil rights -- Discrimination generally -- Race discrimination -- Sex discrimination -- Equal Pay Act -- Handicap discrimination -- Age discrimination -- National origin (ethnic) discrimination -- Religious discrimination -- Affirmative action/reverse discrimination -- Summary -- 6. Right to privacy/access to records -- Access to personnel files -- Search and seizure -- Surveillance and monitoring -- Lie detector (polygraph) -- Drug and alcohol testing -- Summary -- 7. Health and safety -- Occupational Safety and Health Act -- Safety and health standards -- Working conditions -- OSHA inspections -- Accident reports -- OSHA reporting requirements -- Keeping medical records -- Posting requirements -- Right-to know laws in general -- Employee complaints -- OSHA violations and penalties -- State smoking laws -- Summary -- 8. Discipline and discharge -- Wrongful discharge (and discipline) -- "Rightful" discharge and discipline (just cause) -- After-acquired evidence -- What attorneys tell their employer-clients -- Statements in employee handbook -- Maintaining disciplinary records -- Final paycheck and continuation of insurance -- Unemployment compensation -- Blacklisting -- Plant closings and layoffs -- Summary. appendixes -- Index. Introduction -- Administration -- Employers' insurance requirements -- Employers' obligations -- Eligibility for benefits -- Occupational illness or disease -- Preexisting conditions -- Workplace violence -- Filing a claim -- Civil lawsuits -- On-the-job injuries and ADA -- Summary -- 10. Unemployment compensation -- Introduction -- administration -- Unemployment compensation coverage -- Eligibility for benefits -- Disqualifications -- Remaining eligible -- Filing a claim -- Amount and duration of benefits -- Summary -- 11. I'm getting screwed; so what can I do about it? -- Government agencies -- Preparing your case -- Filing charges with a government agency; private lawsuits -- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) -- Hiring legal counsel -- Summary -- Epilogue : Unions and other final thoughts -- Unions -- A look back -- The last word -- appendixes -- Glossary of employment law terms -- Summary of federal labor law -- Common questions (with answers) -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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