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Employment Law

by: Moran, John Jude

Employment Law

by: Moran, John Jude

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9780130896070
ISBN 10:
0130896071
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/2002
Publisher: Pearson College Div
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Summary

For courses in Employment Law, Labor Law, and Human Resource Management. Using cases and examples in every chapter, the second edition of Employment Law deals with this complex and controversial subject by making it easy to understand. The text is a simple approach to employment law, with a foundation of legal principles explained in the layperson's language. The principles, once learned, can be applied to understand the judges' opinions in the cases presented.

Preface

xiii

Foreword

xvii

About the Author

xviii

PART I EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND PROCEDURE

(152)

Employment Relationship

(33)

Introduction

(10)

Elements of an Employment Contract

(1)

Proper Application of State Laws

(1)

Types of Authority

(1)

Duties of Employees and Independent Contractors

(2)

Employer's Duties

(3)

Breach of Contract

(1)

Liability of Employees and Independent Contractors

(1)

Liability of Employers

(10)

Review Questions

(3)

Web Sites

(1)

Selection

(25)

Introduction

(1)

Discrimination in Selection

(2)

Advertising and Recruiting

(8)

Discrimination in Promotions

(12)

Review Questions

(2)

Web Sites

(1)

Testing

(35)

Introduction

(1)

Aptitude Tests

(2)

Residency Tests

(2)

Honesty Tests

(3)

Polygraph Test

(5)

Drug Testing

(20)

Review Questions

(1)

Web Sites

(1)

Privacy, Theft, and Whistle-blowing

(33)

Introduction

(1)

Privacy Act of 1974

(1)

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act

(1)

Electronic Communications Act

(1)

Fair Credit Reporting Act

(1)

Defamation

(4)

Invasion of Privacy

100

(5)

Interference with Business Relations

105

(1)

Employee Theft

106

(11)

Surveillance

117

(1)

Security

117

(1)

Office Searches

118

(2)

Company Policy

120

(1)

Whistle-blowing

120

(5)

Review Questions

125

(1)

Web Sites

126

(1)

Termination

127

(26)

Introduction

127

(1)

Termination of Employment

128

(8)

Model Employment Termination Act

136

(1)

Contesting the Termination

136

(2)

Retaliatory Discharge

138

(13)

Review Questions

151

(1)

Web Sites

152

(1)

PART II EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION

153

(304)

Civil Rights Act

153

(25)

Introduction

153

(5)

Disparate Treatment

158

(3)

Disparate Impact

161

(4)

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

165

(2)

Civil Rights Act of 1991

167

(7)

Exemptions

174

(2)

Review Questions

176

(1)

Web Sites

177

(1)

Affirmative Action

178

(32)

Introduction

178

(1)

History of Affirmative Action

179

(2)

Title VII Violators

181

(3)

Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972

184

(2)

Affirmative Action Plan Guidelines for the Private Sector

186

(1)

Reverse Discrimination

187

(19)

Conclusion

206

(2)

Review Questions

208

(1)

Web Sites

209

(1)

Racial Discrimination

210

(25)

Introduction

210

(14)

Racial Harassment

224

(5)

Color Discrimination

229

(1)

Reconstruction Act

229

(1)

U.S. Constitution

230

(3)

Review Questions

233

(1)

Web Sites

234

(1)

Sex Discrimination

235

(32)

Introduction

235

(15)

Sex Plus Discrimination

250

(3)

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)

253

(1)

Equal Pay

254

(5)

Comparable Worth

259

(1)

Grooming

259

(3)

Customer Preferences

262

(2)

Review Questions

264

(2)

Web Sites

266

(1)

Sexual Harassment

267

(49)

Introduction

267

(14)

Quid Pro Quo

281

(2)

Hostile Work Environment

283

(23)

A Model Sexual Harassment Policy

306

(6)

Review Questions

312

(3)

Web Sites

315

(1)

Family Leave and Pregnancy Discrimination

316

(26)

Introduction

316

(1)

Family Leave

317

(9)

Pregnancy Discrimination

326

(5)

Fetal Protection Policies

331

(9)

Review Questions

340

(1)

Web Sites

341

(1)

Sexual Orientation

342

(25)

Introduction

342

(23)

Review Questions

365

(1)

Web Sites

366

(1)

Religious Discrimination

367

(18)

Introduction

367

(4)

Accommodating Religious Beliefs

371

(3)

Bona Fide Occupational Qualification

374

(7)

First Amendment Protection

381

(2)

Review Questions

383

(1)

Web Sites

384

(1)

National Origin

385

(22)

Introduction

385

(13)

Immigration Reform and Control Act

398

(6)

Review Questions

404

(2)

Web Sites

406

(1)

Age Discrimination

407

(19)

Introduction

407

(16)

Review Questions

423

(2)

Web Sites

425

(1)

Disability Discrimination

426

(31)

Introduction

426

(1)

Reasonable Accommodations

427

(18)

AIDS Discrimination

445

(6)

Workers with Contagious Diseases

451

(1)

A Model for a Company Policy on AIDS

452

(1)

The Future for Disabled Workers

453

(1)

Review Questions

454

(2)

Web Sites

456

(1)

PART III EMPLOYMENT REGULATION

457

(84)

Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements

457

(15)

Introduction

457

(1)

Sherman Act

458

(1)

Clayton Act

459

(1)

Railway Labor Act

459

(1)

Norris LaGuardia Act

459

(1)

National Labor Relations Act

460

(1)

Taft Hartley Act

460

(1)

The Future for Unions

460

(3)

Collective Bargaining

463

(7)

Review Questions

470

(1)

Web Sites

471

(1)

Wage and Hour Regulation

472

(13)

Introduction

472

(1)

Fair Labor Standards Act

473

(9)

Child Labor

482

(1)

Review Questions

483

(1)

Web Sites

484

(1)

Occupational Safety and Health Act

485

(18)

Introduction

485

(1)

Administrative Agencies

486

(1)

Secretary of Labor

486

(1)

Permanent Standards

487

(6)

Emergency Standards

493

(3)

Partial and Permanent Disability

496

(5)

Review Questions

501

(1)

Web Sites

502

(1)

Workers' Compensation

503

(16)

Introduction

503

(1)

Purpose

504

(2)

Reporting a Claim

506

(5)

Workers' Compensation Board

511

(1)

False Representations

512

(1)

Employer Defenses

512

(5)

Review Questions

517

(1)

Web Sites

518

(1)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act

519

(22)

Introduction

519

(1)

Defined Benefit Plan

520

(1)

Defined Contribution Plan

520

(10)

Purpose

530

(4)

Fiduciary Duties

534

(4)

Inflation

538

(1)

Tax Incentives

538

(1)

Review Questions

539

(1)

Web Sites

540

(1)

Case Index

541

(4)

Subject Index

545

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