Primer on individual employee rights / Alfred G. Feliu.
1992
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Title
Primer on individual employee rights / Alfred G. Feliu.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Bureau of National Affairs, [1992]
Copyright
©1992
Call Number
KF3319 .F45 1992
ISBN
0871797186
Description
xxii, 351 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)25832230
Note
Includes index
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Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1
A Survey of American Employment Law
1
Evolution of Employment-At-Will Doctrine
2
The Labor Movement and Collective Rights
3
Civil Rights Movement
4
2
Application of Traditional Contract Principles to the Employment Setting
7
The Basics of Employment Contracts
8
Requirements for an Enforceable Contract
9
Beyond Contract Law
14
Limitations on Contract
20
3
Modern Expansion of Traditional Contract Law
31
The Hiring Process
32
During the Employment Relationship
38
Implied Good-Faith Requirement
50
Particular Contract Terms
52
4
Employees' Right to Information
71
Access to Personnel Files
72
Access to Medical Files
73
Right to Know: Access to Chemical Hazards Information
75
Business or Plant Closings or Mass Layoff Notification Requirements
79
5
Gathering and Disclosure of Information
87
Investigating Employees
88
Disclosure of Information
105
6
Employee Testing
123
Drug and Alcohol Testing
124
Honesty Testing
150
Personality or Psychological Tests
156
AIDS Testing and Related Issues
158
Genetic Testing
163
7
Public Policy, Whistleblowing, and Civic Duties
167
Public Policy Exception to Employment-At-Will
168
Whistleblowing
188
Infliction of Emotional Distress
195
Civic Duties
198
8
Lifestyle and Personal Privacy Issues
209
Overview of Employees' Right to Privacy
210
Appearance and Grooming
218
Sexual Harassment
221
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson
222
Unwelcome Conduct
223
Sexual Freedom
229
Relationships and Activities
235
Personal Habits, Conditions, and Addictions
247
9
Negligence and an Employer's Duty of Care
255
General Negligence Principles
256
Negligence Claims by Third Parties or Co-Workers
257
Negligence Claims by Employees
267
Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress
275
Defenses to Negligence Claims
277
Afterword
283
App. A: Employment At Will State Rulings Chart
289
App. B: Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
291
App. C: Fair Credit Reporting Act
296
App. D: Drug-Free Workplace Act
303
App. E: Employee Polygraph Protection Act
308
App. F: Veteran's Reemployment Rights Act
315
Table of Cases
323
Index
343