Hiring & Firing: Employment Law for Paralegals

Employment Law: A Guide to Hiring, Managing, and Firing for Employers and Employees offers a coherent overview that follows the sequence of day-to-day events from job creation to recruitment, including compensation and benefits, leave entitlements, and performance management, all the way to the conclusion of the employment relationship.

This practical text features:

• an accessible and informative introduction to discrimination law
• a practical and chronological survey of the employment relationship: identifying a hiring need, recruitment, the application and interview process, compensation and benefits, performance assessment, and the conclusion of the employment relationship
• a clear and accessible explication of basic legal concepts and principles
• engaging hypothetical scenarios throughout the text that illustrate realistic legal issues that arise in the employment relationship
• empirical data and guidance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• a skillfully crafted design for learning that includes chapter overviews, lists of learning objectives, highlighted key terms, and discussion questions
• a detailed Instructor's Manual with sample syllabi and test bank

With complete coverage of discrimination topics and a practice-based approach, Employment Law: A Guide to Hiring, Managing, and Firing for Employers and Employees educates the reader with a wealth of context and insight.

Lori B. Rassas, Esq., has worked as an employment and labor attorney for more than a decade. She received an LL.M. in Labor and Employment Law from New York University Law School, a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, and a B.A. from Tufts University. Throughout her career she has provided extensive guidance and counsel on all phases of the employment process to both employers and employees. She has developed a pragmatic approach to the navigation of employment relationships that is derived from her experience working to resolve complex legal issues that have arisen on both sides of the bargaining table