California Public Sector Employment Law

This single-volume desktop reference is a general guide to all aspects of employment as governed by both federal & California law -from hiring through termination. It is designed to serve as a day-to-day practical reference manual for owners, executives, & managers on topics such as hiring, sexual harassment, wage & labor law, OSHA, & discrimination. This book gives you everything you need, pulled together in one place, on the federal & state requirements to insure that your company is in full compliance with employment laws. Notable changes in the latest supplement include: 1) a new section on health benefits for part-time employees, 2) the 1999 statutory amendment establishing criminal penalties for an employer who makes an audio or video recording of an employee in a locker room, restroom, or any area designated for changing clothes, 3) a new section on common mistakes made by employers facing wrongful termination or demotion claims, 4) a new section on defamation as it relates to employee to employer or co-employee communications, 5) a new section on an employee's obligation to timely report sexual harassment or be barred from suit, 6) & the latest employment case law.

Unlike Europe, where most public sector workers have long been included in collective bargaining agreements, the United States excluded public employees from such legislation until the 1960s and 70s. Since then, union membership in the U. S. has grown more rapidly among public workers than among workers in the private sector. This book provides up-to-date information on public sector collective bargaining in the United States today. The editors' seek to understand the real nature of PSB by examining eight states where the action is taking place -- California, Hawaii, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The chapters offer unique case studies of legal origins, developments, and challenges to collective bargaining; negotiations experience and outcomes; discussion of legislation; and emphasis of histoical development as well as current practice.