Employment Law for Human Resource Practice

Packed with cutting-edge cases and hands-on applications, Walsh's EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE, 6E explains the major issues and rules of employment law in understandable terms. You learn how laws impact your career, as a manager or employee. The text addresses legal issues for each stage of employment, from hiring and managing to firing. Current news stories, hypothetical situations, and real cases help you understand how legal concepts apply to the actual workplace. Each chapter ends with a summary of practical advice for managers. Coverage addresses the most important topics of employment law including the latest legislation, regulations and case law. You learn how to prevent discrimination and harassment, accommodate disabled employees, provide family and medical leave, comply with wage and hour laws, and avoid wrongful terminations and other common legal issues.

David Walsh received his Ph.D. from the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1991. He served on the faculty of the management department at Miami University from 1991-2020. His teaching and research focused in areas of employment law, labor relations and human resource management. In addition to this text, Dr. Walsh has written an airline labor relations book ON DIFFERENT PLANES (Cornell University ILR Press, 1994) and has contributed chapters to a number of edited volumes, including THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STRIKES IN AMERICAN HISTORY (M.E. Sharpe, 2009). Dr. Walsh has also published articles in such journals as the Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor Law, American Business Law Journal, Law & Society Review and the Industrial & Labor Relations Review.

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