EMPLOYMENT LAW

Book Title: The Employee Rights Handbook: The Essential Guide for People on the Job (Paperback) by Steven Mitchell Sack Editorial Reviews: Book Description For Everyone – Workers, Managers, Employers – and You! (Revised and Updated) The one book you should keep in your top desk drawer! Everyone knows what it means to have a job, but few […]

Book Title: Fired, Down-Sized, or Laid-Off: What Your Employer Doesn’t Want You to Know About How to Fight Back (Paperback) by Alan L. Sklover Editorial Reviews: Book Description All the legal facts, negotiating strategies, and coping tips anyone just dismissed from a job needs from an expert on employment law. Job security has disappeared. Even […]

Book Title: Manager’s Legal Handbook (Paperback) by Lisa Guerin, Amy Delpo Editorial Reviews: Book Description The quick reference to employment law for anyone who oversees workers. Whether you’re managing workers or working in the HR department, The Manager’s Legal Handbook is the perfect introduction to supervising employees and independent contractors safely and legally. Need some […]

September 22, 2000 – The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission determined this week that when the Allstate Insurance Company forced more than 6,000 agents to sign away their rights to sue the company in order to keep their jobs, it violated federal law. Last year, Allstate said that it would convert its employee sales force – most […]

Considering the recent terrorist attacks, must I travel for my employer? There is no fixed rule. You and your employer must both balance the needs and risks and then decide; in the immediate time period, it is not likely that you could be fired. You could be dismissed however if your services are not needed […]

Set forth below is general information about employees’ rights to overtime pay. INTRODUCTION The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that requires overtime pay to be paid to most employees at the rate of one and one-half times their regular rate of pay when employees work more than 40 hours in a […]