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Every employee's guide to the law : what you need to know about your rights in the workplace--and what to do if they are violated /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Joel, Lewin G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2001.
Edition:3rd ed., rev. and updated.
Subjects:
Labor laws and legislation > United States > Popular works.
Employee rights > United States > Popular works.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction/overview
  • Beginning before the beginning
  • So, how important is knowing your rights?
  • How to use this book
  • 1. 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.
  • 9. Workers' compensation
  • 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.