Lexis Nexis Labor and Employment in California: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations, and Practices
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Labor and Employment in California provides easy-to-understand overviews and explanations of complex labor and employment law issues facing today's employers. The book covers issues ranging from hiring to termination, helping you to keep pace with the rapid evolution of law on the state and federal level. Practical tips and lists help bring many important labor and employment concepts into even sharper focus.
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Authors / Contributors
Bernadette M. O'Brien
Bernadette M. O’Brien is a partner at Floyd, Skeren & Kelly, LLP, a leading workers‘ compensation defense firm, and managing attorney of the law firm‘s employment law department. Ms. O‘Brien is also a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She provides advice and counsel to employers, human resource administrators, risk managers and claims adjusters on numerous workplace topics including policy development and implementation; employee discipline/ workplace investigations; the prevention of workplace claims for discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and/or wrongful termination; wage and hour compliance; the crossover issues related to workers‘ compensation and the Fair Employment and Housing Act/Americans with Disabilities Act; leave of absence policies; pregnancy; privacy rights; social media policies; unemployment insurance claims; and, employee handbook development. Ms.O‘Brien also conducts management/human resource training and compliance sessions throughout California, both private-on-site, and open for the public. Prior to Ms. O‘Brien‘s association with Floyd, Skeren & Kelly, LLP she practiced civil litigation representing both plaintiffs and defendants in numerous areas of law including personal injury, business and employment. Ms. O‘Brien is author of the popular LexisNexis publication Labor and Employment in California: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations and Practices, which has been in publication since 1992. The treatise is an easy-to-understand overview of key topics in labor and employment as governed by both federal and Californialaw.
Ms. O‘Brien is also co-author of California Unemployment Insurance and Disability CompensationPrograms, which is a helpful treatise on California unemployment insurance and disability laws. Ms.O‘Brien is a frequent contributor to, and reporter for, the LexisNexis employment law newsletter <i<Bender‘s California Labor & Employment Bulletin and she is editor and developer of Floyd, Skeren & Kelly‘s employment related websites www.employmentlawweekly.com, www.worklawreport,www.employmentlawacademy.com, and www.fskhrtraining.com, which cover the latest court cases andlegislation related to employment law. She has been a speaker on a variety of employment law topics fornumerous organizations including CalPelra, CWC, PIHRA, Ag-Safe, EAC, Northern CaliforniaWorkers‘ Comp Forum, Intercare, National Interstate Insurance, CASBO, Strafford Webinars and theEmployer‘s Fraud Task Force. You can reach Bernadette M. O‘Brien at bernadette.obrien@fsklaw.com, (818) 206-9222, or (916) 838-3332.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Hiring
Chapter 2 Hours of Work and Payment of Wages
Chapter 3 Employer Policies and Policy Manuals
Chapter 4 Family and Medical Leave
Chapter 5 Private Health Care and Life Insurance
Chapter 6 Performance Appraisal, Progressive Discipline, and Personnel Files
Chapter 7 Employee Privacy and Drug Testing
Chapter 8 Imposing Discipline, Demotion, and Termination of Employment
Chapter 9 Defamation, Blacklisting, False Imprisonment, and the Employment Relationship
Chapter 10 Employment Discrimination Laws
Chapter 11 Disability Discrimination and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Chapter 12 Sexual Harassment
Chapter 13 Arbitration of Employment-Related Claims
Chapter 14 Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs
Chapter 15 Employer Liability for Wrongful Acts of Employees, Agents, and Others
Chapter 16 Insurance Coverage for Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, and Employment-Related Lawsuits
Chapter 17 Health and Safety Standards
Chapter 18 Labor Relations, Union Organizing, Collective Bargaining, and Strikes
Chapter 19 Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability
Chapter 20 Employee Retirement Benefits
Chapter 21 Unemployment Compensation
Appendix A: Resource Directory
Appendix B: "RESERVED"
Index
