California Workers Rights

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.

This complete guide for injured workers in California will help injured workers get medical treatment with their own doctor or find another, file claims on time, deal with claims adjusters who don’t want to pay benefits, and get a lump-sum settlement for the highest amount possible.

There is no better time than now to consider the labor history of the Golden State. While other states face declining union enrollment rates and the rollback of workersÕ rights, California unions are embracing working immigrants, and voters are protecting core worker rights. WhatÕs the difference? California has held an exceptional place in the imagination of Americans and immigrants since the Gold Rush, which saw the first of many waves of working people moving to the state to find work. From Mission to Microchip unearths the hidden stories of these people throughout CaliforniaÕs history. The difficult task of the stateÕs labor movement has been to overcome perceived barriers such as race, national origin, and language to unite newcomers and natives in their shared interest. As chronicled in this comprehensive history, workers have creatively used collective bargaining, politics, strikes, and varied organizing strategies to find common ground among CaliforniaÕs diverse communities and achieve a measure of economic fairness and social justice. This is an indispensible book for students and scholars of labor history and history of the West, as well as labor activists and organizers.Ê

In concise and understandable language, this compact edition explains the many rights afforded public employees in California -- state, local government, school, public safety, and court employees -- and in the federal workforce. It provides an overview of their rights under the United States and California constitutions and by various statutes, and explains how to enforce them. This new edition updates readers in the developing case law, and in the statutory and regulatory changes in each area. -- from publisher's web site.