Harassment and discrimination
Subtitle: and other workplace landmines
By: Gavin S. Appleby.
Series: Entrepreneur's legal guides; Entrepreneur magazine's legal guide
Publisher: Entrepreneur Media
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Irvine, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781599181455
Subjects: Sexual harassment -- Law and legislation -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Discrimination and the law : what it is and what it does; title: Legal theories of discrimination and their effect on you; title: Unusual situations :  BFOQs, retirement, RIFs; title: Common employer mistakes, from hiring to firing; title: A wild and crazy world : how sexual harassment became unlawful; title: Round pegs and square holes : using discrimination law to prohibit harassment; title: Reasonable women, welcomeness and other early concepts; title: It's got to be severe or pervasive, whatever that means; title: The wonders of e-mail and the internet; title: Stupid manager tricks : the disaster of quid pro quo harassment and the problem with hostile work environments; title: Co-worker harassment : party all the time; title: Building a prevention system - manager harassment and the Faragher defense; title: Private eyes : investigating allegations of harassment; title: Dealing with witnesses, credibility issues, and Clarence, Anita, Bill and Paula (the "he said, she said" problem); title: After the investigation : do we fire all the harassers?; title: "Sensitivity school" for those who "don't get it"; title: Dealing with the after effects : building bridges, appropriate documentation and closing the loop; title: Special situations : dating and other relationships (consensual behavior isn't sexual harassment); title: Fraternization policies, love contracts, and breaking up is hard to do; title: Dealing with managers with bad judgment and the implications of having alcohol at company functions; title: Sexual orientation and same sex issues, and the "because of sex" requirement; title: Customers, vendors and other non-employees : thar be dragons here too; title: Favoritism, bullying, nastiness and other potential supervisor landmines; title: Training requirements and suggestions; title: Beyond sex  : race, religion and many other forms of harassment; title: The relationships among discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; title: The progressive employer : combining respect, diversity and harassment avoidance to make a better workplace.