Employment Law for Human Resource Practice, 7th Edition

David J. Walsh

Copyright 2024
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Walsh’s “Employment Law for Human Resource Practice” 7e, explores the legal issues that impact each stage of the employment process (hiring, managing and firing). Using current examples and case, update learning objects and features students learn how to avoid potential problems and when to turn to a lawyer. This text will help your students develop legal reasoning skills and the skills needed to frame issues with hand-on application.

This latest edition includes timely updates that addresses the latest employment law legislation, regulations and case law. New and expanded topics examine discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, employment status of "gig workers," the ABC test of employment status, student-athletes and graduate students, COVID-19, no-poaching and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), social media in recruitment, arbitration agreements, accommodating pregnant employees, pay equity, retaliation, DACA, artificial intelligence (AI), and unions.

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David J. Walsh

David Walsh received his Ph.D. from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1991. He served on the faculty of the management department at Miami University from 1991-2020. His teaching and research focused in areas of employment law, labor relations and human resource management. In addition to this text, Dr. Walsh has written an airline labor relations book ON DIFFERENT PLANES (Cornell University ILR Press, 1994) and has contributed chapters to a number of edited volumes, including THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STRIKES IN AMERICAN HISTORY (M.E. Sharpe, 2009). Dr. Walsh has also published articles in such journals as the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, American Business Law Journal, Law & Society Review and the Industrial & Labor Relations Review.

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New content explores the longer-term implications of the pandemic as it impacts areas such as medical exams, accommodation, leave policies, safety and health, privacy and termination.
Updates to "Clippings" features highlight recent events, drawn from the latest news, that illustrate changes to employment law and demonstrate legal concepts at work today.
New and significantly revised "The Changing Workplace" topics highlight legal implications of recent changes in the workplace, human resource practices and the workforce.
More than half of the cases throughout the text feature new, timely situations that reflect the latest challenges and advancements in current employment law.
All new learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter emphasize key content and specific mastery goals for students as they progress through each chapter.
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THOROUGHLY UPDATED "CLIPPINGS" FEATURE EMPHASIZES THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IMPACTING EMPLOYMENT LAW TODAY. New "Clippings" features within each chapter highlight recent events, drawn from the latest news, that illustrate changes to employment law and demonstrate legal concepts at work today.
ENGAGING CASES OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY CONCEPTS. Approximately two-thirds of the cases in this edition feature new, timely situations that reflect the latest challenges and advancements in current employment law.
Each case includes excerpts that retain the language of the court and provides a brief statement of the facts, the legal issue and a clear and helpful explanation of the decision maker's rationale.
Strategic organization ensures chapters seamlessly correspond to today's key human resource practices and functions, including hiring, managing, performance and termination providing students an intuitive arc that simulates what they may experience in their own career paths.
Proven learning features such as "Elements of a Claim" plainly outline how to analyze certain types of legal claims, while" Practical Implications of the Law" suggests how to conduct legally compliant human resource activities.
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Part I: INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYMENT LAW
1. Overview of Employment Law.
2. The Employment Relationship.
3. Overview of Employment Discrimination.
Part II: THE HIRING PROCESS
4. Recruitment.
5. Background Checks, References, and Verifying Employment Eligibility.
6. Employment Testing.
7. Hiring and Promotion Decisions.
Part III: MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE
8. Harassment.
9. Reasonably Accommodating Disability and Religion.
10. Work-Life Conflicts and Other Diversity Issues.
Part IV: PAY, BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
11. Wages, Hours, and Pay Equity.
12. Benefits.
13. Unions and Collective Bargaining.
14. Occupational Safety and Health.
15. Privacy on the Job.
Part V: TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT
16. Terminating Individual Employees.
17. Downsizing and Post Termination Issues.