Employment Law: The Workplace Rights of Employees and Employers (Blackwell Hrm Series)

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Summary: Interesting History Yes; Valid Guide No.
Review: For its time, this was an excellent book for understanding important aspects of employment law. Unfortunately, the failure to update the material for seven years has significantly deteriorated its use. In an easy to read style Benjamin Wolkinson and Richard Block distilled into the pages an excellent insight into major topics. Part I occupies more than half the book with an in-depth and comprehensive description of the requirements and procedural aspects of laws addressed by the EEOC. Part II is an excellent analysis of OSHA. In that same Part II, although workers' compensation varies from state to state, the common elements of the subject are discussed in a manner still helpful to lawyers, employers and employees regardless of the state in which they work. In Part III, the authors analyze issues that were newly emerging as the Twentieth Century was ending such as unjust discharge, employer involvement in employee non-work activities and the perennially changing law on drug testing. The one grave draw back is that the book's printing date is misleading. Though the last printing was in 2001, the most recent material is from 1995. Since that date, many significant changes have occurred. Consequently, the book has reached a point where it is better as interesting history than as a valid working guide.

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Summary: Described the working life how it should be.
Review: People have needs in a workplace and Benjamin W.Wolkinson described the workplace how it should be and how some people dont know their rights.Workers need to know and someone has to tell them what rights they have.Its about time.