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Description

Bennett-Alexander and Hartman's Employment Law for Business, 6/e addresses law and employment decisions from a managerial perspective. It is intended to instruct students on how to manage effectively and efficiently with full comprehension of the legal ramifications of their decisions.

Students are shown how to analyze employment law facts using concrete examples of management-related legal dilemmas that do not present clear-cut solutions. The methods of arriving at resolutions are emphasized, so that when the facts of the workplace problem are not quite the same, the student can still reach a good decision based on the legal considerations required by law, which remain relevant.

Table of Contents

PART ONE
The Regulation of the Employment Relationship
1. The Regulation of Employment
2. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
3. Legal Construction of the Employment Environment
PART TWO
The Regulation of Discrimination in Employment
4. Affirmative Action
5. Race Discrimination
6. National Origin Discrimination
7. Gender Discrimination
8. Sexual Harassment
9. Affinity Orientation Discrimination
10. Religious Discrimination
11. Age Discrimination
12. Disability Discrimination
PART THREE
The Regulation of the Employment Environment
13. The Employee’s Right to Privacy and Management of Personal Information
14. Labor Law
15. Selected Employment Benefits and Protections

About the Authors

Dawn D. Bennett - Alexander is a tenured associate professor of Employment Law and Legal Studies at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business and an attorney admitted to practice in DC and six federal jurisdictions.

Laura P. Hartman is Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at DePaul University and is responsible for coordinating Academic Integrity for the university. She is also a Professor of Business Ethics and Legal Studies in the Management Department in DePaul’s College of Commerce, where she has received the university’s Excellence in Teaching Award, and serves as Research Director of DePaul’s Institute for Business and Professional Ethics. Her academic scholarship focuses on the ethics of the employment relationship with a primary emphasis in the areas of global labor conditions and standards, corporate governance and corporate culture, and the impact of technology on the employment relationship. Hartman graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University and received her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. She lives in Chicago with her two daughters, Emma and Rachel.

New Features

Employment Law for Business is the first text to be published that will contain analysis of the implications of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008

New and updated case-based examples: Though seminal cases have, of course, been retained, examples, cases and end-of-chapter questions have been updated to a significant extent in order to ensure that readers are completely engaged and that the text responds to the business challenges and dilemmas that readers will face today.

Updated information about technology in the workplace: Corporate blogs, instant messaging, employee privacy and other electronic communication is discussed. New cases are included to reflect the changing technology environment in the workplace.

New End of Chapter Cases: Many new cases have been added and all cases are now located at the end of the chapter. There is a case icon in the chapter where the case is first discussed or relevant to the text. As with previous editions, you can rely on Bennett-Alexander and Hartman for a minimum of legalese and only facts that are relevant to employment law issues.

Streamlined Content: Chapters 15-17 from 5/e are combined into one chapter in 6/e (Chapter 15). The new Chapter 15 is titled Selected Employee Benefits and Protections. FMLA, OSHA, ERISA, and FLSA content will all be included in this chapter