With her user-friendly and practical guide, Employment Law for Non-Lawyers, Lori Rassas provides a comprehensive understanding of the legal issues that may arise in the employer-employee relationship. Employment Law: A Guide to Hiring, Managing, and Firing for Employers and Employees, 5th Edition, by Lori B. Rassas, serves as a practical resource for undergraduate, paralegal, and graduate-level employment law courses, including those offered in human resources and business school programs. This distinctive ebook addresses various areas of law and their practical applications from both employers’ and employees’ perspectives. The balanced approach is structured to follow the employer-employee relationship, focusing on hiring, managing, and firing practices.
End-of-chapter questions test key concepts and present hypothetical scenarios to evaluate students’ ability to master and apply these concepts, fostering the development of critical thinking and analytical skills.
New to the Employment Law Fifth Edition:
– Expanded discussion on hair discrimination
– Greater coverage of sex discrimination based on gender identity, transgender status, and sexual orientation
– Explanation of legislative efforts addressing broader pay equity issues among and between different protected classes
– Expanded coverage of the National Labor Relations Act and its impact on employers’ rights to regulate workplace conduct
– Recruiting strategies aimed at balancing employers’ interests in complying with anti-discrimination laws and achieving diversity and inclusion goals
– Analysis of legal developments that emerged during the pandemic, which continue to evolve and have widespread applicability, including updated guidance on medical inquiries, remote working arrangements, reasonable accommodations, and vaccine policies
Professors and students will benefit from:
– Practical information that assists law students in framing legally compliant interview questions
– Enforcement guidance and workplace posters from the agencies responsible for enforcing employment laws
– References to significant legal cases, including some lesser-known examples that highlight common themes
– Engaging real-life scenarios and humor to capture students’ attention and help them retain knowledge of key concepts
– Chronologically organized, clear, and concise explanations of complex legal concepts that follow the employer-employee relationship
– Definitions of key terms upon first introduction; intriguing “Check-It-Out” situations with employment implications; objective and analytical end-of-chapter questions; as well as a comprehensive glossary and index.
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