Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents: Introduction to employment law: Overview of employment law -- The employment relationship -- Overview of employment discrimination -- The hiring process: Recruitment, applications and interviews -- Background checks, references and verifying employment eligibility -- Employment tasks -- Hiring and promotion decisions -- Managing a diverse workforce: Affirmative action -- Harassment -- Reasonably accommodating disability and religion -- Work-life conflicts and other diversity issues -- Pay, benefits, terms and conditions of employment: Wages, hours and pay equity -- Benefits -- Unions and collective bargaining -- Occupational safety and health -- Managing performance: Performance appraisals, training and development -- Privacy on the job: information, monitoring and investigations -- Terminating employment: Terminating individual employees -- Downsizing and post-termination issues --