102 Things You Ought'a Know About Your Rights at Work

This book is a self-help guide for the everyday American looking to know more about their rights at work. It tells the reader in an easy to understand manner what their employer can/cannot do to them at work as well guides them on what steps they can take to correct any wrongdoing they may have been subjected to at work. . Written with the lay-person in mind, this book gives the everyday American an easy guide on all questions he may have with regard to the employee-employer relationship spanning issues ranging from sex discrimination, age discrimination, minimum wage, work hours, protection for whistleblowers, redundancies and performance issues. In making for easy reading, Illustrations and cartoon images are a theme of this book in making this subject of employment law and rights more entertaining and easier to understand. A special segment on court awards covering employee-employer disputes are also made available. These awards are summarised and explained in non-legal jargon in keeping with the theme of the book which is 'to explain to the everyday working American what his rights at work are minus the legalese.'