A Manager's Guide to Employment Law
How to Protect Your Company and Yourself
Published on 3. June 2003
208 pages
978-0-7879-7065-9 (ISBN)
Description
Managers at all levels are constantly challenged to do more withfewer employees, to motivate diverse groups of people, and to faceup to tough people problems in their workforces. An important keyto managers' success is accomplishing these goals while protectingthemselves and their companies from legal liability. Yet some inmanagement tend to blame legal requirements for hindering progresstoward solving problems. U.S. law, however, provides managers withbroad discretion in many employment situations and in most caseshelps ensure that managers perform their essential functions in away that is fundamentally fair while still supporting companygoals.
A Manager's Guide to Employment Law will help managersmake day-to-day decisions on how best to manage their employees andhandle issues of legal liability. Expert author Dana Muiridentifies the subtle and unnecessary mistakes managers make thatcause legal headaches and shows how becoming familiar with basicprinciples of employment law will enable them to develop aninternal compass to help make the right decisions. Each chapterfocuses on legal concepts of broad application in today'sworkplace, providing real examples of problems managers face andoffering strategies for addressing those problems.
Reviews / Votes
"Managers face potential legal issues on a daily basis. If youmanage people, you should read this book. At times it seems thatemployee advocacy and protecting company rights and assets are atodds with each other; this book offers a practical approach toattaining both simultaneously!" -- DeShawn Clayton, human resources manager, The PepsiBottling Group "It's clear that experience and common sense are not enough toinsure that you will avoid legal issues involving all the aspectsof managing people. In A Manager's Guide to Employment Law,Dana Muir provides us with some compelling examples and clearexplanations that underscore this point." -- John E. Brune, supervisor specialty engine and components,Powertrain R&D, Ford Motor Company "Everyone who manages people will want to read this book. Intoday's work environment no manager can afford to make mistakesthat result in legal liability." -- Jack Sinometti, Adjunct Professor of Executive Education,University of MichiganMore details
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Dana M. Muir is associate professor of business law at the University of Michigan Business School, where she teaches in executive education and the UMBS M.B.A. program. She was recently appointed delegate to the White House and Congressional National Savings Summits. Previously, she spent nine years in human resources at the Chrysler Corporation and practiced law at two large firms.
Content
Series Foreword.
Preface.
1. Employment Law from a Manager's Perspective.
2. Selecting Employees.
3. Evaluating Employees.
4. Avoiding Discrimination.
5. Dealing with Disabilities and Lost Work Time.
6. Terminating Employees.
Notes.
The Author.
Index.
