Employment Law for Human Resource Practice - David Walsh

Packed with cutting-edge cases and hands-on applications, Walsh's “Employment Law for Human Resource Practice”, 7e explains major issues and rules of employment law behind each step of the employment process in understandable terms. You will learn how law impacts your career, as a manager or employee by exploring current news, typical situations and real cases that illustrates how legal concepts apply to each stage of employment -- from hiring and managing to firing. Each chapter begins with new learning objectives and ends with a summary of practical advice for today's managers to help you develop students develop legal reasoning skills and the skills needed to frame issues with hand-on application. This latest edition includes timely updates that addresses the latest employment law legislation, regulations and case law. New and expanded topics examine discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, employment status of "gig workers," the ABC test of employment status, student-athletes and graduate students, COVID-19, no-poaching and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), social media in recruitment, arbitration agreements, accommodating pregnant employees, pay equity, retaliation, DACA, artificial intelligence (AI), and unions.