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You Could Be Fired for Reading This Book: Protect Your Employment Rights (Paperback)

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It's true. You can be fired from your job at any time, with or without warning for a false reason, a mean reason, a reason that is unfair or even capricious, just about any reason at all. In fact, you could be fired for reading this book.
Employment law attorney Glenn Solomon explains that the overwhelming majority of working Americans are employed 'at will." They are hired-and can be fired-at their employers will. While there are a few specific kinds of discriminatory termination (based on age, sex, race, etc.) prohibited by law, it is difficult to prove such discrimination in court. Solomon argues that the at-will rule is inherently unjust, since it leaves the livelihood of most Americans subject to their employers' whims.
How can you fight back? Solomon details:
Four exceptions to the at-will rule: how effective are they, and how can you take
advantage of them

Your rights under the current system: how to make the most of them, including
what to consider when deciding whether or not to sue your employer and what to
expect if you do and

An alternative to the at-will rule that protects the rights of both workers and
employers.

About the Author


GLENN SOLOMON has 20 years of experience in employment and civil rights law, mostly representing lower- and middle-income clients. He also has considerable experience defending employers. Before beginning private practice, Solomon served as a clerk to a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court.

Praise For…


"It's hard for a person with a job-related legal problem to know what to do. Solomon
gives the average person sound advice that is easy to understand and fun to read. If
you're thinking about suing your boss, the first thing you should do is buy this book."
--Lewis L. Maltby, President, National Workrights Institute; former director
of the ACLU's National Taskforce on Civil Liberties in the Workplace

Product Details
ISBN: 9781576752555
ISBN-10: 1576752550
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication Date: April 11th, 2004
Pages: 216
Language: English