You could be fired for reading this book : protect your employment rights by Solomon, Glenn, 1950- instant download

You could be fired for reading this book : protect your employment rights by Solomon, Glenn, 1950- instant download

xvii, 190 pages ; 22 cm, Employment law attorney Glenn Solomon explains that the overwhelming majority of Americans are subject to \"at-will\" employment: they are hired-and can be fired-at their employer's will. He argues that the at-will rule is inherently unjust and shows how can workers fight back. -- from publisher description, Includes bibliographical references and index, The problem: vulnerability and economic dependency -- The basic rule and what's wrong with it -- The four current exceptions to the at-will rule -- The contract exception: the fundamentals of the employment relationship and the union -- The public sector: the largest exception to the at-will rule and a working model for private enterprise -- Equal shmeequal! The illusory civil rights exception and the myth of illegal discrimination -- The public policy exception: protecting the good citizen on the job -- Some personal employment rights: nibbling away at the at-will rule -- After the waltz is over: some contract related matters (herein of non-competition agreements, good faith and fair dealing, and misrepresentation) -- The litigation process: here is how -- Damages: what you can get -- To sue or not to sue: some considerations -- An end to the insanity -- the Model Employment Termination Act