Author Description

Featuring a new chapter on Procedure, Evidence and Jurisdiction in EEO Lawsuits, the new Employment Law Yearbook 2004 is an indispensable resource in your efforts to reduce your clients legal exposure in a work-place rife with liability traps. With the Yearbook, you'll get clarifying new coverage of the complex legal theories and evidentiary issues most common to employment discrimination litigation "new analysis of the impact of the amended Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on class-action employment discrimination suits" and new insight into whistleblower protections offered by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. In addition, you'll understand the legal challenges facing employers who cut costs by using temporary workers from overtime compensation "the latest judicial action on sex discrimination, equal pay issues, pregnancy discrimination, and physical and testing requirements" implications of the most recent cases on age, race, religion, and national origin discrimination" and the latest developments in domestic employment laws affecting the international operation of U.S.-based companies.