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Packed with cutting-edge cases and hands-on applications, EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE, 5TH EDITION explains the major issues and rules of employment law and how they apply to your human resource career. The text addresses human resource practices associated with each stage of the employment process--from hiring, to managing, to firing. Clippings of current news stories, hypothetical situations, and real cases help you understand how legal concepts apply to business situations, while practical advice for what to do as a manager is summarized at the end of each chapter. Covering the most important employment law topics, the text is completely up to date with the latest legislation, new regulations, and recent case law. It includes extended coverage of the rights of vulnerable employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act, racial discrimination, the use of background checks, the Family Medical Leave Act, and more.

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Author:   David Walsh (Miami University)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   South-Western College Publishing
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.10cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 26.30cm
Weight:   1.678kg
ISBN:  

9781305112124

ISBN 10:   1305112121
Pages:   784
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781337555326
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYMENT LAW. 1. Overview of Employment Law. 2. The Employment Relationship. 3. Overview of Employment Discrimination. Part II: THE HIRING PROCESS. 4. Recruitment, Applications, and Interviews. 5. Background Checks, References, and Verifying Employment Eligibility. 6. Employment Testing. 7. Hiring and Promotion Decisions. Part III: MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE. 8. Affirmative Action. 9. Harassment. 10. Reasonably Accommodating Disability and Religion. 11. Work-Life Conflicts and Other Diversity Issues. Part IV: PAY, BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. 12. Wages, Hours, and Pay Equity. 13. Benefits. 14. Unions and Collective Bargaining. 15. Occupational Safety and Health. Part V: MANAGING PERFORMANCE. 16. Performance Appraisals, Training, and Development. 17. Privacy on the Job: Information, Monitoring, and Investigations. Part VI: TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT. 18. Terminating Individual Employees. 19. Downsizing and Post Termination Issues

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David Walsh received his Ph.D. from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1991. He served on the faculty of the management department at Miami University from 1991-2020. His teaching and research focused in areas of employment law, labor relations and human resource management. In addition to this text, Dr. Walsh has written an airline labor relations book ON DIFFERENT PLANES (Cornell University ILR Press, 1994) and has contributed chapters to a number of edited volumes, including THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STRIKES IN AMERICAN HISTORY (M.E. Sharpe, 2009). Dr. Walsh has also published articles in such journals as the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, American Business Law Journal, Law & Society Review and the Industrial & Labor Relations Review.

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