Fair, Square & Legal : Safe Hiring, Managing & Firing Practices to Keep You & Your Company Out of Court

Preface to the Fourth Edition vii Acknowledgments x Introduction 1(12) I Safe Hiring Practices 13(86) 1 Safe Recruiting Practices 23(12) 2 Safe Interviewing Practices 35(18) 3 Safe Employment Decisions 53(16) 4 Preventing Sex Discrimination in Hiring 69(20) 5 Preventing Negligent Hiring 89(10) II Safe Management Practices 99(156) 6 Safe Evaluations and Promotions 105(21) 7 Safe Management, the Right to Privacy, and Defamation 126(36) 8 Safe Management of Family and Medical Leave 162(16) 9 Preventing Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment on the Job 178(34) 10 Mismanaging People with Disabilities 212(21) 11 Employee Action Rights and Labor Laws 233(13) 12 The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA, 38 U.S.C. §§ 4301-4333) 246(9) III Safe Firing Practices 255(72) 13 Safe Discipline and Firing Practices 263(20) 14 Public Policy 283(16) 15 Managing a Reduction in Force 299(6) 16 Safe Management of Older Employees 305(22) Appendix What Civil Rights and Other Personal Protection Laws Say 327(40) Index 367