Employment Law: A Guide to Hiring, Managing, and Firing for Employers and Employees, Fourth Edition is a practical text for undergraduate, graduate, and paralegal employment law, human resources, and business school courses. This unique book approaches each area from the perspective of both employees and employers. The balanced approach is organized to track the employer-employee relationship focusing on day-to-day hiring, managing, and firing practices. After an overview of discrimination laws and a discussion of different types of employment relationships the text moves chronologically from the recruitment of candidates through all aspects of employment to the conclusion of the employment relationship. Each chapter begins with clear chapter objectives. A list of key terms ends the chapter followed by basic questions to ensure students master the key concepts and fact patterns, which test student’s ability to apply the concepts to workplace matters. These fact-based scenarios promote critical thinking and develop analytical skills. New to the Fourth Edition: New coverage of the balancing of employer and employee interests in regard to political expression and social media use Expanded discussion of employer and employee rights with respect to medical marijuana Focus on the heightened attention paid to policies related to workplace romances due to the #MeToo movement Enhancement of the materials related to the prohibition of sex discrimination and compensation discrimination materials, including the comparing and contrasting of employee rights under Title VII and the Equal Pay Act Introduction of Check it out! —a teaching tool based on real-life scenarios. These sidebars raise thought-provoking questions designed to initiate both legal and policy discussions and reinforce legal concepts and stakeholder considerations. Professors and students will benefit from: Materials are chronologically organized and track the employer–employee relationship. Complicated information is presented in a clear and concise manner. Guidance from the very agencies that are ultimately responsible for the laws that regulate the employment relationship is included. Tackling of serious workplace matters is paired appropriately with the injection of humor to increase the attention of students and the likelihood that they retain the knowledge related to key concepts. Students who work in human resources, employment law are provided with sample forms, enforcement guidance, and workplace posters that they need to know. Practical information within the context of interviewing provides students with a wealth of information and issues that help them frame interview questions that are legally compliant. References to the most significant legal cases, as well as some lesser-known cases represent common themes. End-of-chapter questions ensure students master key concepts. Numerous fact patterns test whether students not only understand these concepts but also can apply them to workplace matters. These fact-based scenarios promote critical thinking and develop analytical skills so that the knowledge can be used by students. Key terms appear in the margins where a term is first introduced and in the glossary at the end of the book. This comprehensive glossary of key terms provides students with an additional opportunity to review important terms.

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The signs of discontent are all there, yet they are ignored. Workplaces are suffering from unnecessary turnover, unfilled positions, lost customers, overworked staff, and compromised profit. Taking the guesswork out of engagement and retention, EmployER Engagement is the fresh and dissenting voice on the employment relationship. You’ve heard it too many times: “I’ve got to update my résumé.” “I can’t work for that jerk anymore.” “I’m sick of having that carrot dangling in my face.” “This is a dead-end job; I’m out.” It happens every day. The signs of discontent are all there, yet they are ignored. Workplaces are suffering from unnecessary turnover, unfilled positions, lost customers, overworked staff, and compromised profit. Employee morale is flat, clever but empty perks continue to fail, and everyone knows that employee engagement scores are a joke. Poaching is the new best practice, and employees are bailing. Like it or not, employees have control in this high-stakes, employee-in-control market. And this employee market will continue for some time. It’s simple demographic science. US workers will hold the hammer for years to come. Here’s the deal, employer: There are plenty of people to do all the work that needs to be done; they’re just working somewhere else. Employees don’t need you; you need them. So how can you recruit the best employees and keep them working for you? The answer is clear: companies CAN and MUST become better employers. Taking the guesswork out of engagement and retention, EmployER Engagement is the fresh and dissenting voice on the employment relationship.

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

A less-expensive grayscale paperback version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680923018. Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner, and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. The textbook follows a traditional approach to the study of business law. Each chapter contains learning objectives, explanatory narrative and concepts, references for further reading, and end-of-chapter questions. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.

On the laws of the commonwealth concerning the legal relations of employer and employee, and especially concerning liability of employer for injuries received by employee, the conduct of strikes and lockouts, the authority of the courts to issue injunctions in cases of strikes, the creation of a disability or pension fund, and other like matters.

The New York Times Bestelling guide for managers and executives. Introducing the new, realistic loyalty pact between employer and employee. The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment defined by continuous change, but neither does a system in which every employee acts like a free agent. The solution? Stop thinking of employees as either family or as free agents. Think of them instead as allies. As a manager you want your employees to help transform the company for the future. And your employees want the company to help transform their careers for the long term. But this win-win scenario will happen only if both sides trust each other enough to commit to mutual investment and mutual benefit. Sadly, trust in the business world is hovering at an all-time low. We can rebuild that lost trust with straight talk that recognizes the realities of the modern economy. So, paradoxically, the alliance begins with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the company, and with employees being honest about their own career aspirations. By putting this new alliance at the heart of your talent management strategy, you’ll not only bring back trust, you’ll be able to recruit and retain the entrepreneurial individuals you need to adapt to a fast-changing world. These individuals, flexible, creative, and with a bias toward action, thrive when they’re on a specific “tour of duty”—when they have a mission that’s mutually beneficial to employee and company that can be completed in a realistic period of time. Coauthored by the founder of LinkedIn, this bold but practical guide for managers and executives will give you the tools you need to recruit, manage, and retain the kind of employees who will make your company thrive in today’s world of constant innovation and fast-paced change.