Your Rights in the Workplace
An easy-to-read guide to the laws that protect you in the workplace!\ \ Your Rights in the Workplace is the most complete guide to workplace laws ever published -- it's essential to any one who is an employees.\ \ In plain English, Your Rights in the Workplace covers everything from hiring and getting paid through privacy and firing. Get the facts on:\ \ illegal firings and layoffs\ challenging a job loss\ wages and hours\ privacy on your email and voice mail\ family and medical...
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The most complete guide available to workplace laws, Your Rights in the Workplace is essential for every employee. In plain English, the handbook covers your rights on the job, from hiring and getting paid through privacy and firing. Learn everything you need to know about: illegal firings and layoffs challenging a job loss wages and hours, including overtime & leave privacy on your e-mail and voice mail family and medical leave on the job safety and health health insurance and retirement plans workplace testing sexual harassment sex, race and age discrimination discrimination against workers with disabilities unemployment, disability and workers' compensation insurance The 6th edition of Your Rights in the Workplace has been completely updated to provide current state and federal laws and regulations.About the Author Barbara Kate Repa is an attorney and expert on employment rights. She has been a guest on national radio and television including The Today Show, ABC News, NPR, CNBC, Court TV, KFI and KGO radio and has been quoted in a number of publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today and more. Author of Avoid Employee Lawsuits, Your Rights in the Workplace and Sexual Harassment on the Job, Ms. Repa is an author and editor at Nolo. She has 20 years of experience working as a legal journalist covering workplace issues, and more recently, as a consultant on workplace discrimination. She currently lives in San Francisco. U.S. News & World Report Offers both a general and state-by-state guidance on how ... employees can protect themselves against illegal staff cuts and make the most of compensation programs if let go.
1. Your Rights in the WorkplaceAnalyzing Your OptionsTalking It Over With Your EmployerDocumenting the ProblemConsidering Legal Action2. Wages and HoursThe Fair Labor Standards ActRights Under the FLSACalculating Your PayCalculating WorkhoursState and Local LawsState Minimum Wage Laws for Tipped and Regular EmployeesPayroll Withholding and DeductionsEnforcing Your Right to Be Paid FairlyFiling a Complaint or LawsuitViolations of State and Local Laws3. Health InsuranceNo Legal Right to CoverageCoverage for Current EmployeesCoverage for Former EmployeesIndividual Health InsuranceState Laws on Insurance ContinuationUtilization Review4. Family and Medical LeaveThe Family and Medical Leave ActState Laws on Family LeaveThe Pregnancy Discrimination ActWork/Life Balance5. Privacy RightsYour Personnel RecordsWorkplace TestingSurveillance and MonitoringSearches and SeizuresClothing and Grooming CodesConduct Codes6. Health and SafetyThe Occupational Safety and Health ActEnforcing OSHA RightsCriminal Actions for OSHA ViolationsState and Local Health and Safety LawsTobacco Smoke in the WorkplacePesticide LawsHazardous Substances LawsViolence in the Workplace7. Illegal DiscriminationTitle VII of the Civil Rights ActState Laws Prohibiting Discrimination in EmploymentState and Local Anti-Discrimination LawsThe Equal Pay ActThe Age Discrimination in Employment ActThe Older Workers Benefit Protection ActThe Americans With Disabilities ActDiscrimination Against Workers WithHIV or AIDSDiscrimination Against Gay and Lesbian Workers8. Sexual HarassmentThe Effects of Sexual HarassmentFederal LawState LawsTaking Steps to End Sexual HarassmentWhere to Get More Information9. Losing or Leaving a JobThe Doctrine of Employment at WillWhen a Firing May Be IllegalEmployees' RightsFinding Out the ReasonGetting DocumentationWaiving Your Right to SueTaking Action Against Your DismissalPlant Closings10. After a Job LossYour Final PaycheckSeverance PayState Laws That Control Final PaychecksGetting ReferencesCollecting Fringe BenefitsOutplacement ProgramsReplacing Your IncomeAgreements Not to CompeteBlacklisting11. UnemploymentWho Is CoveredBeing Disqualified for BenefitsCalculating Your BenefitsFiling a ClaimAppealing Benefit Decisions12. Workers' CompensationWho Is CoveredConditions CoveredThe Right to Medical CareFiling a Workers' Compensation ClaimCalculating BenefitsState Workers' Compensation OfficesRelated Lawsuits for Work Injuries13. Social Security Disability InsuranceWho Is CoveredDisabilities CoveredDependents Entitled to BenefitsFiling a Social Security ClaimAppealing a Denied ClaimCollecting Other Benefits14. Retirement PlansSocial Security Retirement BenefitsPrivate Pensions401(k) Deferred Compensation Plans15. Labor UnionsFederal LawsState LawsThe Bargaining UnitTypes of Union Work SituationsUnion ElectionsThe Right to UnionizeThe Right to De-UnionizeWhere to Get More Help16. Immigration IssuesFederal LawDocumentation Required to Work in the USIllegal DiscriminationEnglish-Only Rules17. Lawyers and Legal ResearchMediation and ArbitrationSmall Claims CourtClass Action LawsuitsHiring a LawyerLegal ResearchAppendixResourcesAdvocacy, GenerallyAIDS-HIVCivil RightsDisabled WorkersDiscriminationGay and LesbianImmigrationLabor DepartmentsState Labor DepartmentsLegal ReferralsMediation and ArbitrationOlder WorkersRetirement Plans and PensionsSafety and Health IssuesUnionsWomen's IssuesWork/Life IssuesIndex
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