Employment Regulation in the Workplace : Basic Compliance for Managers / Robert K. Robinson and Geralyn McClure Franklin.
This textbook acquaints readers with the major federal statutes and regulations that control management and employment practices in the American workplace. The material is presented from the perspective that the human resource professional is the employer's representative and is, therefore, res...
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Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Part I. Regulatory Impact; 1. Impact of Regulation on Human Resource Practices; Learning Objectives; Opening Scenario; Are Employment Laws Being Broken?; Union Versus Nonunion Work Environments; A Brief History of Government Regulation of the Workplace; The First Period of Federal Regulation; The Second Period of Federal Regulation; Costs of Compliance; Fines or Loss of Contract; Litigation Costs; Opportunity Costs; Corporate Legitimacy; Government Laws and Regulations; Statutory Law.
- Classes of Employees Protected by the ActAdministrative Regulations; The Regulatory Agencies; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; National Labor Relations Board; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; Office of Labor Management Standards; Wage and Hour Division; The Federal Judicial System; Federal District Courts; U.S. Courts of Appeal; The Supreme Court; Case Law; Understanding Legal Citations; Managing Risk in a Legal Environment; Summary; Key Terms and Concepts; Discussion Questions; Notes.
- Part II. Regulation of Equal Employment Opportunity2. Equal Employment Opportunity: Regulatory Issues; Learning Objectives; Opening Scenario; The Historical Background of Equal Opportunity; Executive Orders; The Civil Rights Act of 1964; The Purpose of Title VII; Employers Covered by Title VII; Arbaugh v. Y & H Corporation and the Numerosity Requirement; Employees Not Protected by Title VII; Filing Complaints and Charges; Filing a Charge with the EEOC; Deferral to a State Agency; Timeliness for Compensation Matters: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009; Investigation Outcomes.
- Reasonable CauseNo Cause; Dismissal; Conciliation; Litigation; Who Litigates?; Frivolous Appeals; Two Theories of Discrimination; Disparate Treatment Theory of Discrimination; Steps in Conducting Case Analysis; Summary; Key Terms and Concepts; Discussion Questions; Case; Notes; 3. Intentional Discrimination: Disparate Treatment; Learning Objectives; Opening Scenario; Intentional Discrimination; The Prima Facie Case; Member of a Protected Class; Was Qualified and Applied; Suffering an Adverse Employment Action; Different Treatment for Different Classes; Less Qualified Members of the Same Class.
- Respondent's RebuttalBFOQs; Legitimate Nondiscriminatory Reasons; Complaining Party's Rebuttal; Remedies Under Disparate Treatment; Compensatory and Punitive Damages; Other Issues in Disparate Treatment; Mixed-Motive Decisions; Mixed Motive and Age Discrimination; The Legal Standing of Testers; Retaliation; Title VII's Retaliation Clause; Establishing a Prima Facie Case of Retaliation; Indirect Retaliation; Employer Practices and Retaliation; Common Myths About Title VII; You Must Hire Unqualified Protected Group Members; You Cannot Discipline or Discharge Protected Group Members.