Maynard G. Sautter has worked for thirty-five years in the human resources field as a director of personnel, vice president of human resources, and human resource consultant. His experience in business and industry includes more than ten years of personnel work in the insurance field and more than twenty years providing research, consulting, and employment services to employers, most recently as research director for the Minnesota Employers' Association. His consulting practice included advising private businesses on employee relations matters, editing a business newsletter, and serving as a business consumers' arbitrator. He is the author of four other books in Matthew Bender's Employment in . . . series of handbooks explaining state and federal employment regulations and business practices.