Can they do that?
Subtitle: retaking our fundamental rights in the workplace
By: Lewis Maltby
Publisher: Portfolio
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781591842828
Description: Workers' right advocate Lewis Maltby discusses the lack of laws governing the human rights of employees, describes cases in which employees have been unfairly, but legally, fired or harrassed by an employer, and offers advice on how workers can restore their rights in the workplace.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: You have the right to remain silent : freedom of speech in the workplace; title: Smile, you're on Candid Camera : privacy in the workplace; title: Whose life is it anyway? : employer control of personal lives; title: Wrongful discharge and employment at will; title: No second chances : background checks; title: A penny for your thoughts : psychological testing by employers; title: Drug testing; title: Brave new workplace : genetic discrimination; title: Plant closings; title: There's strength in numbers : the right to organize; title: The judge is not your friend : obstacles to justice even when the law is on your side; title: Tell it to the arbitrator; title: The rights you have; title: Exporting human rights : the United States and the Third World; title: Capitalism and freedom; title: Taking back our rights.