Library Employment Within the Law (Libraries & the Law)

Written for non-lawyers, this comprehensive guide to the legal issues related to employment covers rights of job applicants, privacy issues, antidiscrimination laws, hiring and promotion, dismissal and demotion, working conditions and benefits, unions and labor associations in libraries, and legal issues related to library volunteers. A list of warning signs, topical checklists, model policies, and remedies, plus an index and appendixes listing state equal employment opportunity statutes and state statutory limitations on at-will discharge or dismissal are included.