Employment law for human resource practice / David J. Walsh.

Includes index.

Part 1. Introduction to employment law -- Overview of employment law -- The employment relationship -- Overview of employment discrimination -- Part 2. The hiring process -- Recruitment -- Background checks, references, and verifying employment eligibility -- Employment tests -- Hiring and promotion decisions -- Part 3. Managing a diverse workforce -- Harassment -- Reasonably accommodating disability and religion -- Work-life conflicts and other diversity issues -- Part 4. Pay, benefits, terms and conditions of employment -- Wages, hours, and pay equity -- Benefits -- Unions and collective bargaining -- Occupational safety and health -- Privacy on the job -- Part 5. Terminating employment -- Terminating individual employees -- Downsizing and post- termination issues.

"Walsh’s “Employment Law for Human Resource Practice” 7e, explores the legal issues that impact each stage of the employment process (hiring, managing and firing). Using current examples and case, update learning objects and features students learn how to avoid potential problems and when to turn to a lawyer. This text will help your students develop legal reasoning skills and the skills needed to frame issues with hand-on application. This latest edition includes timely updates that addresses the latest employment law legislation, regulations and case law. New and expanded topics examine discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, employment status of "gig workers," the ABC test of employment status, student-athletes and graduate students, COVID-19, no-poaching and non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), social media in recruitment, arbitration agreements, accommodating pregnant employees, pay equity, retaliation, DACA, artificial intelligence (AI), and unions"-- Publisher's website.