Employment Law and Employment Discrimination
EMPLOYMENT LAW AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION: Essential Terms and Concepts has more depth than the 'dictionary-type' references, but is intended for use alongside any of the leading casebooks. This succinct but substantive overview will be welcomed by students and instructors alike for its: concise and practical account of employment law and employment discrimination lucid explanations of essential terms, concepts, and doctrines helpful examples that clarify important concepts realistic hypotheticals Organized to parallel current casebooks, The book covers: basic concepts, such as job security, privacy interests, health and safety, wages, hours and benefits, employees' obligations, and preemption of state law claims the Employment-at-Will doctrine, As well as contract erosions and tort law erosions of the doctrine other tort claims arising from employment, such as fraud, The intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, and negligent hiring federal statutory protection against on-the-job discrimination the National Labor Relations Act: Collective Rights -- Occupational Safety and Health Act arbitration. This comprehensive overview supplies enlightening explanations of a wide range of subjects -- from implied-in-faith contracts to trade secrets and everything in between--without getting lost in the complexities of the details of cases and legislation.