Second edition of the acclaimed Washington Public Sector Labor Relations handbook.

Practical handbook for working public sector labor relations professionals in Washington State.

Revised and updated, incorporating the latest decisions and rulings relating to the employer/employee relationship. In today's economy Human Resource Professionals, Managers and Supervisors are required to make decisions faster and provide rapid turnaround of information regarding employees. Information will come from the many stakeholders in the organization, such as customers, employees, unions and governmental agencies, all this requiring these individuals to collect and distill the salient points quickly in order to reinforce employee behavior. Human Resource Professionals, Managers and Supervisors must also provide employees with the proper information required of them to accomplish their assigned tasks. Today's Human Resource Professionals, Managers and Supervisors are therefore required to be knowledgeable of the laws that affect human resource and/or labor management regardless of her/his degree of experience in human resource matters. This knowledge forms the structure that they must operate within when dealing with the employees in their care.This third edition brings in one place the general knowledge to accomplish this difficult task.That is why this volume is a must for any individual who is in Human Resources or has those supervisory responsibilities.This volume contains the laws that must be followed in a concise and readable format.