Job Discrimination II: How to Fight, How to Win - Softcover

Bernbach, Jeffrey M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965375315 ISBN 13: 9780965375313

Publisher: Voir Dire Pr, 1998

Synopsis

Job Discrimination is a straightforward user's guide that gives workers the know-how and confidence to fight back against unlawful workplace bias. Top employment discrimination lawyer Bernbach gives instructions on when, where and how to file a discrimination claim, and explores the myths and misconceptions of employer invincibility. The author clearly explains the legislation that protects employees and outlines courses of action once a decision has been made to pursue a job discrimination claim.

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About the Author

Jeffrey M. Bernbach is a New York City attorney specializing in employment discrimination cases. In almost thirty years of practice, he has successfully represented hundreds of clients, ranging from individuals to Fortune 500 companies, in job bias lawsuits.

Mr. Bernbach spent several years practicing with the prestigious Wall Street law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, until leaving to assume the position of Chief Labor Counsel with The Hearst Corporation. For the past twenty years he has been in his own law practice.

Mr. Bernbach has also served as legal advisor to a Member of the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., a Member of the New York State Governor's Advisory Council on Employment and Unemployment Insurance, and as a Member and Chairman of the Audit and Finance Committee of the New York State Job Development Authority.

From the Back Cover

"A Book Your Employer May Not Want You to Read." Gannett Suburban Newspapers

"Job discrimination in the workplace is a very real problem all across this nation - to inform people of their rights is timely and necessary." Mario M. Cuomo, former Governor, New York State

"Workers should have easy access to comprehensive information about their rights with regard to employment discrimination. Job Discrimination is an important endeavor." Bill Bradley, former United States Senator, New Jersey

From the Inside Flap

"New forms of employment discrimination seem to crop up all the time. There is certainly a pressing need for a comprehensive overview of this problem. (Job Discrimination) provides an important serviced by informing employees of the range of legal options available to them in cases of job discrimination." Robert J. Torricelli, United States Senator, New Jersey

"Clearly, this is an important issue and one that certainly should be addressed." Andy Friendly, Vice President Prime Time Programs, CNBC

"It is really surprising that there has never been a comprehensive book on employment discrimination considering how important the issue has become. This book appeals to employees but should also alert companies that they better be prepared." Ronald A. Galotti, Publisher, Vogue Magazine

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

FROM THE INTRODUCTION: It would not be difficult to find at least five headlines a week - or read or hear about half a dozen different cases of employment discrimination in the papers, magazines, or TVin the news, business, or feature coverage. Job-related bias, unfortunately, is big newsand big business. On an immediate level, you or your neighbor may be a victim of on-the-job "prejudice"; on a larger level, we are aware of others who are suing to get back their jobs, or realize some compensatory rewards for being unlawfully dismissed, refused employment, or denied a promotion. On a national level, we read about sexual harassment cases, or people who have lost their jobs because they are the wrong sex, age, color, or race, or wrong religionor wrong physically

Whatever the legal grounds underlying such cases, there is no denying that as we approach the end of the twentieth century, job discrimination claims are burgeoning, and society and the legal system, employees and employers alike, will have to confront the issues, the legalities, and the possibilities of major jury awards and settlements

The major reason I decided to write this book stems from the sure knowledge that there are hundreds of thousands of victims of employment discrimination - in all its nasty guises - who have not, or will not, challenge their termination, or denial of a promotion or other mistreatment by a current employer, or their inability to get a better job, because they don't realize they are protected from such actions by federal, state, and local lawsor because they are frightened to fight the "big guys"or because they feel they don't have the financial resources to engage in such a battle.

Job Discrimination II: How to Fight, How to Win lays out the parameters for combating the various forms of employment discrimination, with guidelines ranging from how to tell if you have a viable discrimination claim, all the way to waging your fight in court. I've included case histories of clients I've represented, as well as breakthrough suits that have made national headlines.

Aside from my major goal of providing an awareness of applicable laws and step-by-step information for pursuing a discrimination claim, I also hope to help restore an element that goes far beyond financial consideration. When a person loses a job, is denied a promotion, is sexually harassed, or is relegated to a lesser post because of age, sex, race, religion, ethnicity, or a physical handicap or illness, the emotional consequences often far exceed any financial losses.

The greater loss is that of self esteem. The feeling that "I can't take care of myself" or "I can't provide for my family" is drastic, devastating. What we lawyers describe as "emotional distress" must never be taken lightly. I hope that what follows in Job Discrimination II: How to Fight, How to Win not only provides a plan of action, but also shores up and reestablishes the sense of self-worth and pride that is so badly battered when one is a victim of employment discrimination.

Edition details

• Publisher: Voir Dire Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0965375315
• ISBN 13: 9780965375313
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192