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What Every Business Manager and HR Professional Should Know About Federal Labor and Employment Law, 7th ed.

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What Every Business Manager and HR Professional Should Know About Federal Labor and Employment Law (7th Edition)

Author: Louis P. DiLorenzo & Sheldon I. London

Publisher: WME Books: Rochester, New York, 2006.

ISBN: 0-9777297-3-7

The responsibilities of most managerial positions, and all HR positions, include decision-making with regard to people. Decisions must be made, for example, about who and how to hire, train, compensate, discipline, and grant leaves of absence or other employee-requested accommodations. Although the primary aim of most people-related decisions is the achievement of organizational goals (e.g., providing valued products or services to customers, providing a fair return to shareholders), these decisions take place in a broader context that imposes specific legal obligations, and creates an uncertain threat of employment-related litigation. As a result of the increasing legal regulation of the workplace, and greater employee awareness of their potential legal rights, the challenge of making effective people-related decisions that withstand legal scrutiny and the threat of litigation has never been greater. The latest edition of What Every Business Manager and HR Professional Should Know About Federal Labor and Employment Law (7th Edition), should help many managers and HR practitioners meet that challenge.

The authors of the book, Louis P. DiLorenzo and Sheldon I. London, are attorneys with a combined 67 years of practical experience working with employers. Their legal training and experience are evident in the range and depth of...