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California Workers' Comp: How to Take Charge When You’re Injured on the Job
Maximize the medical care and benefits you’re entitled to! From industrial injuries to carpal tunnel syndrome, more than a million Californians a year suffer job-related injuries or illness. For many, receiving compensation can be a nightmare. California Workers' Comp shows you how to handle a California workers' compensation claim from start to finish. Find out how to: * file a claim * protect your legal rights * receive the medical care you need * get the benefits you're entitled to * deal with uncooperative employers, doctors and insurance agencies * negotiate a settlement * present your case before a judge This edition is completely updated with the latest regulations and labor codes, and explains how the new AMA Guides affect your permanent-disability award. Recent laws give employers and insurance companies far greater rights and employees fewer medical benefits. Learn to work with your insurance company to receive the medical treatment and benefits you deserve.
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0471078085
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Employing Household Help: How to Avoid Tax and Legal Problems
This complete preparation and planning guide covers all the statutory requirements related to hiring domestic/household employees. It provides readers with a single source of information on issues ranging from Social Security and Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS) regulations to IRS paperwork. Completed samples and useable blank forms with step-by-step instructions for filling out Social Security, INS and IRS forms are included.
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0471353582
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First Line of Defense: A Guide to Preventing Sexual Harassment
Written by a team of psychololgists/organizational consultants specializing in workplace harassment, this book uses dramatic narrative to present a series of annotated scenes involving a senior manager who is harassing his subordinate and one of his co-workers. The authors offer prescriptions for change for each of the characters, from the (potential) victim all the way up to the executive suite. The authors show how to read signs of harassment and how to protect yourself and your company.
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0345410343
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Neanderthals at Work
Do you spend half your time and enegy dealing with politics and game playing? Are you forced to work in an uncivilized atmosphere, created and controlled by tiny brains, narrow minds and brutish attitudes? Suffer in silence no more. Here is a witty, informative and devilishly perceptive look at the club-wielding, cave-dwelling boneheads who can make life in the office so miserable. With the plain-speaking, success-oriented advice of this book, you can rise above primitive behavior and take the evolutionary leap into an enlightened and more productive workplace. Once you learn to undo the first rule of Neaderthal thinking-Us vs. Them-you'll quickly identify these stone-age throwbacks and begin to deal with them effectively. Whether your goal is to get ahead or just coexisting peacefully, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to survive and thrive in the ultra-competitive workplace today.
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9780314195401
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Nutshell: Employment Law
One of over 150 titles in West's Law in a Nutshell series, this book is a comprehensive resource in an easy-to-read, concise format. With a title representing almost every area of law, Nutshells provide a solid understanding of a specific area of law and include references to important cases that have helped shaped the law. Topics included in this title are: the employment relationship; statutory regulation; common law; constitutional provisions; prevention of injury and disease; compensation for injury and disease; privacy and reputation; discrimination; collective bargaining rights; at-will employment; the public policy exception; contract analysis;the duty of good faith and fair dealing; statutory modifications; what is good cause" for discharge; unemployment compensation; Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; wage and hour regulation; Fair Labor Standards Act; Federal contractor labor standards; Portal-to-Portal Act; garnishment resriction; pensions and other employee benefit programs; the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); the Family and Medical Leave Act; old age and survivor's insurance; benefits under Social Security; independent contractors; joint employment; successorship; "constructive" discharges and quits; employee screening; negligent hiring or retention; genetic screening; reference checks; smoking; alcohol and drug abuse; and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)."
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0314149945
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Nutshell: Federal Disability Law
One of over 150 titles in West's Law in a Nutshell series, this book is a comprehensive resource in an easy-to-read, concise format. With a title representing almost every area of law, Nutshells provide a solid understanding of a specific area of law and include references to important cases that have helped shaped the law. Topics included in this title are: constitutional rights, who is disabled? Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Sections 504, 501 and 503); employment discriminatio; architectural barriers; access to programs and services; ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) ACCESS Board Guidelines; housing; postsecondary education; transportation; ADA Miscellaneous; newborns with disabilities; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Section 504 and the ADA; elementary and secondary education; and disciplining students with disabilities.
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0314150021
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Nutshell: Federal Law of Employment Discrimination
One of over 150 titles in West's Law in a Nutshell series, this book is a comprehensive resource in an easy-to-read, concise format. With a title representing almost every area of law, Nutshells provide a solid understanding of a specific area of law and include references to important cases that have helped shaped the law. Topics included in this title are: the core of employment discrimination law: the basis of liability; protected classes and application of basic concepts; compensation discrimination; environmental discrimination and workplace rules; remedies; and enforcement procedures.
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9780314187918
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Nutshell: Federal Law of Employment Discrimination
One of over 150 titles in West's Law in a Nutshell series, this book is a comprehensive resource in an easy-to-read, concise format. With a title representing almost every area of law, Nutshells provide a solid understanding of a specific area of law and include references to important cases that have helped shaped the law. Topics included in this title are: the core of employment discrimination law: the basis of liability; protected classes and application of basic concepts; compensation discrimination; environmental discrimination and workplace rules; remedies; and enforcement procedures.
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031415311X
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Nutshell: Workers' Compensation and Employee Protection Laws
One of over 150 titles in West's Law in a Nutshell series, this book is a comprehensive resource in an easy-to-read, concise format. With a title representing almost every area of law, Nutshells provide a solid understanding of a specific area of law and include references to important cases that have helped shaped the law. Topics included in this title are: historical background of compensation legislation; employment-related actions and legislation; law of workers' compensation; theories and policies of workers' compensation; workers' compensation and the law of torts; employee-employer relationship; coverage formula-necessity for a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment;" death; medical expenses
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047103102X
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Women, Work and the Family Dilemma
At last, workable solutions to the great balancing act of career, marriage and children. In this book, 902 highly competent, dedicated professional women-all graduates of Harvard's Business, Law and Medical Schools-speak candidly about their conflicts, successes and defeats in trying to strike the best possible balance between their careers and their children. They share real solutions to real work/family dilemmas: from sequencing career and family, job sharing and part-time work, to striking out on your own, and finding a more parent frienly" work culture. This landmark work will help you find practical
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9781413306439
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Your Rights in the Workplace
The most complete guide available to workplace laws, Your Rights in the Workplace is essential for every worker. In plain English, the handbook covers your rights on the job, from hiring and getting paid through privacy and firing. Whether you have a question about a workplace problem, feel you're being treated unfairly or are trying to solve a workplace dispute, this book will tell you what your rights are and how to enforce them. You'll earn everything you need to know about: illegal firings and layoffs; challenging a job loss; wages and hours, including overtime & leave; privacy on your e-mail and voice mail; family and medical leave; on the job safety and health; health insurance and retirement plans; workplace testing; sexual harassment; sex, race and age discrimination; discrimination against workers with disabilities; and unemployment, disability and workers' compensation insurance. The fifth edition of Your Rights in the Workplace has been completely updated to include the latest changes in state and federal law.
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Our Price $29.95
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1566090210
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Zap! How Your Computer Can Hurt You and What You Can Do About It
More than 10 million people in the United States suffer from computer-related injuries and health problems. Most sufferers didn't even know their computers could hurt them. And even after being injured, many don't realize that the computer was the culprit. Zap! explains the dangers on the desktop and tells you what to do before you get hurt. This book is recommended for individuals who use computers extensively at home or in their jobs and for businesses wishing to minimizing their workers' compensation claims for computer-related injuries.
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