Includes index.

Contents: Discrimination laws: protected classes under title VII and the constitution -- Procedures and remedies -- Pay equity; age discrimination -- Disability discrimination laws - workers' compensation, SSDI and the ADA - medical leaves -- Employment relationships: contractual and tort theories -- Employee privacy topics -- Wage and hour law - closing and unemployment - foreign workers -- Appendix A: Excerpts title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 as amended by the equal employment opportunity act of 1972 -- Appendix B: Excerpts from civil rights act of 1991 -- Appendix C: Excerpts from the EEOC's uniform guidelines on employee selection procedures (1978) -- Appendix D: Excerpts from the department of labor's final rule revising affirmative action requirements for government contractors (2000) -- Appendix E: Excerpts from the EEOC's guidance on vicarious employer liability for harassment by supervisors (1999) -- Appendix F: Excerpts from Americans with disabilities act of 1990 -- Appendix G: Excerpts from the EEOC's ADA enforcement guidance: preemployment disability-related questions and medical examinations -- Appendix H: Excerpts from the EEOC's enforcement guidance: workers' compensation and the ADA -- EEOC guidance to field offices on Americans with disabilities act charges (1999) -- EEOC's questions and answers on final rule on ADA mitigating measures (2000).