Your Rights in the Workplace

The most complete handbook on workplace laws ever published -- a must-have for every employee.

Your Rights in the Workplace covers everything from rules for hiring and getting paid through losing a job and unemployment benefits -- all in plain English. Get the facts on:

- illegal firings and layoffs
- challenging a job loss
- wages and hours
- privacy on your email and voice mail
- family and medical leave
- on-the-job safety and health
- health insurance and retirement plans
- workplace testing
- sexual harassment
- discrimination
- unemployment, disability and workers' compensation insurance

This edition is completely updated to provide the latest legislation and case law that affects employees in all 50 states, including changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), new rules on COBRA continuation of health insurance, and the new Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). This book also addresses HIV/AIDS, privacy rights and the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Barbara Kate Repa is an expert on employment rights who has more than 20 years of experience as a legal journalist and author covering workplace legal issues. She has also been a mediator and a consultant on workplace discrimination. She has been a guest on national radio and television including The Today Show, ABC News, NPR, CNBC, Court TV, KFI and KGO radio and has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today and other publications.