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Employment Law in a Nutshell

5th Edition
Robert N. Covington | Joseph A. Seiner
ISBN: 9781636593838
Subject: Employment Law
Format: Print - Softbound
Page Count: 575
Copyright: 2022 | Status: In Stock
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This Nutshell provides an overview of individual employee rights and responsibilities. It addresses a number of areas, including establishing and ending the employment relationship, protection of employee privacy and reputation, discrimination, regulation of wages and hours, employee physical safety, fringe benefits, and employee duties of loyalty. This edition includes a discussion of the many changes in harassment law and the impact of the #MeToo movement, a look at the recent Supreme Court case law extending employment discrimination protections to sexual orientation and transgender status, an examination of the trend toward a more virtual economy and platform-based work, and a description of the changes in how employees work, and the terms of that work, in the face of an ongoing health pandemic.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Nutshells
Publication Date: 03/11/2022

Robert N. Covington, Vanderbilt University Law School

Joseph A. Seiner, University of South Carolina School of Law

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The fifth edition takes on a number of transformative changes that have occurred in the last several years in the area of workplace law, including: (1) The impact of the #MeToo moment on claims of gender discrimination and harassment; (2) The changing ways employment status is considered in the face of an ongoing health pandemic; (3) The move toward a more virtual workplace and employment that relies more heavily on technology; and (4) The recent Supreme Court case law extending employment discrimination protections to sexual orientation and transgender status.

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