Employees' Rights: Your Practical Handbook to Workplace Law

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS & PROTECT YOURSELF

"Busse has written a primer about workplace behavior and rules that not only every employee should read to be sure of his or her rights, but every employer should as well. Clear, concise and easy to read, Employees' Rights does more than lay out the law, it lays out the structure for an optimal workplace."
-Geraldine Ferraro
Former Congresswoman and Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission; and President of G & L Strategies, a workplace gender and race issue consultant firm


Understanding employment law issues and the interactions between employee and employer is something every worker should know. From discrimination to privacy to defamation to termination, your employer is under many state and federal obligations that protect you.

Learn to safeguard yourself and when you need to use the rights granted to you by the Family and Medical Leave Act, COBRA and OSHA. Ensure yourself the unemployment compensation you are entitled and avoid illegal requests for drug and medical testing. Prevent retaliation for reporting illegal harassment and use to your advantage the workplace rules that protect you.

So whether you are looking to learn more about employment law issues or feel you are being sexually harrassed, suffering from reverse discrimination or being denied reasonable accommodations, Employees' Rights will guide you through the maze of laws and regulations that protect you.

Employees' Rights gives you the practical advice you need with these additional features:
- Frequently Asked Employment Law Questions
- Tips to Survive Discipline
- Evaluating Your Legal Case
- Reporting Illegal Harassment
- Handling a Termination
- Hiring an Attorney
- Q and A on Settling your Dispute
- EEOC Office Directory
- State Discrimination Enforcement Agencies
- Plus much, much more

Richard C. Busse was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 18, 1948. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from San Diego State University in 1971 with a B.S. degree in marketing. He obtained his law degree in 1974 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Mr. Busse began practicing employment law in 1975. From 1975 to 1981 he defended employment cases, both with a defense firm and in his capacity as Chief Deputy County Counsel for Multnomah County, Oregon, the state's most populous county, where Portland is situated.

In 1981, he set out on his own to develop a plaintiff's employment litigation practice, and has practiced in that field ever since. He is now senior partner in the Portland law firm Busse & Hunt, which is devoted exclusively to the practice of plaintiff's employment law. Mr. Busse represents victims of race, sex, age, disability and other forms of unlawful discrimination. He also represents employees who have been the subject of wrongful discharge, defamation, and other workplace torts. His cases have established important legal precedents in the field. He is a frequent speaker and has published articles on employment law since1981.

Mr. Busse has been listed in the national peer review publication The Best Lawyers in America every year since 1989 for labor and employment law in Oregon. His firm has been named as the leading Plaintiff's employment law firm in Oregon by Chambers US; America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2003–04; and he has been awarded its highest individual rating. He is a fellow in the International Society of Barristers. He is a former master in the American Inns of Court. The nationally known legal directory, Martindale-Hubbell, gives Mr. Busse and his firm its highest rating for legal ability and ethics.