Publisher's Synopsis
Featuring a new chapter on Procedure, Evidence and Jurisdiction in EEO Lawsuits, the new "Employment Law Yearbook" is an indispensable resource in your efforts to reduce your clients legal exposure in a workplace rife with liability traps. With the Yearbook, you will get clarifying new coverage of the complex legal theories and evidentiary issues most common to employment discrimination litigation 'new analysis of the impact of the amended Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on class-action employment discrimination suits' and new insight into whistleblower protections offered by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, you will understand the legal challenges facing employers who cut costs by using temporary workers and independent contractors and by exempting workers from overtime compensation 'the latest judicial action on sex discrimination, equal pay issues, pregnancy discrimination, and physical and testing requirements' implications of the most recent cases on age, race, religion, and national origin discrimination' and the latest developments in domestic employment laws affecting the international operation of US-based companies.
