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Employment Law for Human Resource Practice

Name: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice
Author: David J. Walsh
ISBN: 9781111972196

by David J. Walsh

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Overview

EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE, 4TH EDITION explains the major issues and rules of employment law and how they apply to your human resource career. Clippings of current news stories and events, hypothetical situations, and real cases help you understand how the law applies to each stage of employment—from hiring, to managing, to firing—and emphasize the application of legal concepts to future business situations. Practical advice for what to do as a manager is conveniently summarized at the end of each chapter.

Synopsis

This text addresses human resource practices associated with each stage of the employment process--from hiring, to managing, to firing--and emphasizes the application of legal concepts to future business situations. Various features throughout the text offer students opportunities to develop issue spotting, critical thinking, and legal reasoning skills that will be integral in their future careers as human resource managers. EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE, 4TH EDITION empowers students to understand the difference between what is legal and what is not, see and avoid potential problems, and know when to turn to a lawyer. While continuing its coverage of all the most important employment law topics, this edition has been updated to include extended coverage of a number of areas reflecting recent legislation, the issuance of new regulations, and recent case law. Some of these topics include: class action lawsuits, use of independent contractors, human trafficking, and the use of credit histories and criminal backgrounds when hiring.
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About the Author, David J. Walsh

David Walsh received his Ph.D. from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1991. Since then, he has been on the faculty of the Management Department at Miami University. Dr. Walsh teaches and conducts research in the areas of employment law, labor relations, and human resource management. He has authored a book on airline labor relations (On Different Planes. Cornell University ILR Press, 1994), contributed chapters to a number of edited volumes (most recently a chapter in The Encyclopedia of Strikes in American History. M.E. Sharpe, 2009), and published articles in journals including the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, American Business Law Journal, Law & Society Review, and the Industrial & Labor Relations Review.