The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws - Softcover

Guerin, Lisa; Barreiro, Sachi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413322816 ISBN 13: 9781413322811

Publisher: Nolo, 2016

Synopsis

Quick answers to questions about 20 Key Employment Laws

This book explains, in plain English, the 20 most important federal employment laws that come up in the workplace. You can look up what each law allows and prohibits, which businesses must comply, and how to fulfill record-keeping, posting, and reporting requirements. Each chapter covers one law, including:

• Americans with Disabilities Act
  
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act
  
• Fair Labor Standards Act
  
• Family and Medical Leave Act
  
• Immigration Reform and Control Act
  
• Fair Credit Reporting Act
  
• Pregnancy Discrimination Act
  
• Equal Pay Act
  
• Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, and
  
• Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

The 5th edition is updated to reflect the latest Supreme Court cases, government regulations, and state laws. Every employer and HR professional should keep it close at hand.

About this title

Review

"Compliance sections in each chapter help employers understand what they must report, the records they must keep, and what penalties might befall them if they fail to comply." Library Journal
"[This] clear, informative condensation of this vast and complex subject is probably the best available..." American Reference Books Annual
"A very thorough, very usable handbook for HR. " Attorney Maria Greco Danaher, Chair, Employment and Labor Law Group, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PC "Guerin and Barreiro present readers with a comprehensive examination of twenty key federal employment laws. Over twenty chapters, the authors cover twenty laws. Each chapter is devoted to one law. Laws examined include the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, the Equal Pay Act, and many others. Lisa Guerin and Sachi Barreiro are both former attorneys now devoting their time to writing legal texts." Eithne O'Leyne Editor, ProtoView

About the Author

Lisa Guerin is the author or co-author of several Nolo books, including The Manager's Legal Handbook, Dealing with Problem Employees, The Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws, Workplace Investigations, and Create Your Own Employee Handbook. Guerin has practiced employment law in government, public interest, and private practice where she represented clients at all levels of state and federal courts and in agency proceedings. She is a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Nolo
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1413322816
• ISBN 13: 9781413322811
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 498