Employee Strikes Back! [Hardcover]

John D. Rapoport (Author), Brian L. P. Zevnik (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1989

What rights do you enjoy as an employee? How can you avoid being mistreated by your employer? Now revised to reflect legal changes since the original 1989 edition, The Employee Strikes Back! presents a complete listing of all federal and state laws pertaining to employee rights. "An enlightening book".--The Atlanta Journal and Constitution.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Despite the breezy writing, this examination of current views and practices in the exercise of employee rights will serve better as a reference work than for casual reading. Encouraging workers to take full possession of their rights, lawyer Rapoport and editor Zevnik cite literally hundreds of cases to show how employees are faring in such areas as whistleblowing, sexual harassment, substance-abuse testing, privacy rights (including searches and polygraph testing), age discrimination, performance appraisal by superiors and discipline. Concluding chapters cover the increasingly important roles of employee handbooks and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and discuss what an employee has to gain and to lose by bringing suit. Figures and tables not seen by PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 306 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co; First Edition edition (July 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0026011018
• ISBN-13: 978-0026011013
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,764,646 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Primer for the Human Resourcesless and Lawless, January 29, 2007

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Edwin C. Pauzer (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Employee Strikes Back! (Paperback)

or for those who know little about their rights, Human Resoures or Employment Law. (There, that sounds better.) This book was difficult to find six weeks after publication. It flew off the shelves. Here's why:

The authors provide real cases of sexual harassment, employee discrimination, front and back pay awards, and how different jurisdictions favor employers or employees. Many of these stories are three or four pages that reduce the legaldygook to the vernacular. Sometimes the authors are tongue-in-cheek, or emphatic.

The last printing of this book was 1995. While the information is very useful for those who know little or nothing of employee rights, the reader should consider a few things before feeling "employee-invincible: Some states are still "empoyment-at-will" which means they can fire in those states at any time, without reason, or having to provide one. Two, the administration has changed. Many more conservative judges have been appointed under Bush than under President Clinton. Many of them have made controversial decisions in favor of corporations. And third, the employee may have to pay taxes on the total of an award or settlement. That means even paying taxes on that part that goes to the lawyer. That means the awardees could find themselves in debt to the IRS. (Read "Perfectly Legal.")

This is easy-to-read and good to have. It's in paperback and worth the investment.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Should Have Read This Book Years Ago!, December 9, 2003

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karen kelly brace (Central Coast, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Employee Strikes Back! (Paperback)

If only hindsight wasn't 20/20! If someone had recommended this book to me before my nightmare experience of being wrongfully terminated by Western Temporary Services after being employed as Manager of their Hawaii office some years ago, I could have saved myself a lot of emotional pain and heartache. Even though I've rebuilt my life (and dignity) since that event, the scars will always be there. I've made a point to recommend this book to other friends/associates who have been through similar experiences, and hope that these authors will write an updated version soon to reflect the new laws and policies that continue to erode our rights as workers, and human beings in the workplace.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be Mandatory Reading, December 22, 2001

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NCP "NickP" (Florida - USA) - See all my reviews

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If you work for a large Corporation you should read this book PERIOD. Wish I had read it before a bad day. The author gives you everything you need to know to protect yourself should you find yourself terminated suddenly. Especially useful to long service employees but anyone with 10 years plus should make themselves read it.