Labor Law

Introducing "Navigating Labor and Employment Law," your ultimate guide to understanding and mastering the complex world of labor laws in the United States! This comprehensive eBook is perfect for anyone seeking to gain valuable insights into the intricacies of labor and employment law, whether you're an employee looking to know your rights, an employer aiming to maintain a compliant work environment, or just someone interested in grasping what lies beneath the legal landscape of the American workplace. Embark on a fascinating journey through 20 well-structured chapters that systematically ...

Extensively revised, the second edition of The Manager's Guide to HR covers all the key areas and brings listeners up to speed on current developments in employment law, including: how social media is changing the recruitment landscape; shifting labor standards regarding compensation and benefits; the National Labor Relations Board's stance on work-related employee speech on social media; and much more. Featuring step-by-step guidance on everything from COBRA compliance to privacy issues, this trusted resource is now - once again - the most up to date.

Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement.

Labor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law, its opinions betray a profound ignorance of labor relations along with a persisting bias against unions.

Discover the keys to navigating the complex world of employee law with "Employment Law and Regulations: A Comprehensive Guide." This empowering guide provides invaluable information, empowering employers and employees to create fair, inclusive, and thriving workplaces. Unravel the intricacies of employment law as you explore essential topics such as anti-discrimination laws, wage and hour regulations, workplace safety, employee benefits, and more. Written by Dr. Raul Dominguez, a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology specializing in employment law and workplace behavior, this guide ...

This book explores five different organizational topics including legal teams, labor unions, negotiation, record keeping, and employee reviews. Each topic is described and exemplified for better comprehension of the subject matter. The text is informative and educational, and it is written for easy reader understanding at all levels.

"Strike Back: A Guide to Organizing Workplace Actions" is a comprehensive guide that provides practical advice to help workers organize successful strikes and other collective actions. From assessing workplace conditions and readiness to building momentum and advocating for workers' rights, this book offers guidance to help readers achieve their goals. Whether you are a seasoned labor organizer or a first-time strike participant, this book is an essential resource for anyone looking to make a positive change in their workplace.

In this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in 20 years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America. Unlike recent books that have covered labor in the 20th century, Labor's Story in the United States looks at the broad landscape of labor since before the Revolution. Throughout, the audiobook focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a vivid picture of the strength of labor movements.

In this long-out-of-print oral history classic, Alice and Staughton Lynd chronicle the stories of more than two dozen working-class organizers who occupied factories, held sit-down strikes, walked out, picketed, and found other bold and innovative ways to fight for workers' rights. Rank and File brings the militancy of these firebrand organizers to life - whether it was in founding unions, challenging sexism and racism, safety violations, and management intimidation, or working for broader social changes.

It's about the stuff you learn when you've worked for a boss you'd swear jumped out of a Dilbert cartoon; worked in a business whose performance careened up and down like a runaway clown car; faced legal or ethical problems that needed the wisdom of Solomon to sort out while they roiled your guts at night; and sat on the stand across from some third-rate Perry Mason or tried to be one yourself.

When the local iron mine began hiring women in 1975, Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, didn't think twice about accepting the grueling but well-paid job. What she hadn't considered was that she was entering a male-dominated society that fiercely resisted the inclusion of women, a prejudice born out in the brutal harassment of every female miner.

Oliver Haag erklärt Ihnen, was Sie für Ihr Studium über Arbeitsrecht wissen sollten. Er führt Sie in die juristische Denk- und Arbeitsweise ein und erklärt Ihnen die allgemeinen Grundlagen des Arbeitsrechts. Sie erfahren außerdem, was es mit den Details des Individualarbeitsrechts und des Kollektivarbeitsrechts auf sich hat. Zum Abschluss lernen Sie anhand von Übungsfällen, wie Sie sich mit dem Arbeitsrecht in Klausuren auseinandersetzen sollten. So ist dieses Buch unverzichtbar bei Ihren ersten Schritten in diesem wichtigen, aber manchmal auch recht komplizierten Thema.

Lady Beatrice Gregory should have been introduced to Society years ago, should have made a brilliant match, and should now be managing her own household. But her brother, the Earl of Melton, has gambled away his fortune, leaving no money to fund her first London Season, much less a dowry. With no hope of finding true love, Beatrice must accept a position as lowly companion to wealthy Mrs. Parton, who introduces her to handsome, appealing Viscount Greystone. But Beatrice quickly learns that the elegant peer’s goodwill seems to extend to everyone but her. After a severe illness, Viscount ...

Cobalt Red is the searing first-ever exposé of the immense toll taken on the people and environment of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by cobalt mining, as told through the testimonies of the Congolese people themselves. Activist and researcher Siddharth Kara has traveled deep into cobalt territory to document the testimonies of the people living, working, and dying for cobalt.

Conquer the Class A Contractor Exam: Your Guide to Business and Law for Professional Contractors is a comprehensive study guide designed to help aspiring contractors navigate the complexities of the Class A Contractor Exam. This guide covers essential topics such as business structures, licensing requirements, contractor law, project management, safety regulations, financial management, and dispute resolution, equipping readers with the knowledge and strategies needed to pass the exam and thrive in the construction industry. Each chapter delves into the practical and legal aspects of ...

Conquer the Class B Contractor Exam: Your Guide to Business and Law for Professional Contractors is a comprehensive study guide designed to help aspiring contractors pass the Class B Contractor Exam and succeed in their careers. This guide covers essential topics such as business structures, legal responsibilities, construction contracts, employment law, and risk management, providing detailed explanations and real-world examples tailored to the construction industry. With chapters on project management, bidding and estimating, building codes, safety regulations, and financial management, ...

Best known as a monumental achievement of the civil rights movement, the 1964 Civil Rights Act also revolutionized the lives of America's working women. Title VII of the law made it illegal to discriminate "because of sex". But that simple phrase didn't mean much until ordinary women began using the law to get justice on the job - and some took their fights all the way to the Supreme Court.

Win Your National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Case, God Willing: A Booklet for Third Party Unionists leverages Andrew Bushard's experiences and insights to empower you to win. This booklet invites you to reflect on what it takes to a win a NLRB case. This booklet calls you to act to advance your interests and the labor movement.

In this book, Arun Sundararajan, an expert on the sharing economy, explains the transition to what he describes as "crowd-based capitalism" - a new way of organizing economic activity that may supplant the traditional corporate-centered model. As peer-to-peer commercial exchange blurs the lines between the personal and the professional, how will the economy, government regulation, what it means to have a job, and our social fabric be affected?

The law of attraction is based on the idea that everything in the universe has a polarity, meaning that everything - from the food you eat to the people you talk to to the things you say to the things you think - contains either a positive or a negative kind of energy. Notice that being with people who complain or rant a lot tends to make you feel bad, even though you're not exactly experiencing what they're going through - that's the law of attraction working its magic. When you focus on negative stuff, then more negative stuff will happen to you.