<p>Employee Rights Terms~ases CitedLdex289293297Introduction t seemed so simple in the old days. The employer employed. The worker worked. The former paid. The latter spent. The party of the first part fired. The party of the second part looked foranother job. There's no such thing as simple anymore. Employee rights haveexploded on the work scene. The sparks are everywhere, not just inchanging attitudes. Fundamental trends like downsizing, technolog-ical advances, increased international competition, changing socialmores, conservative political backlash--they all add up to a firefighton the firing front. And the headlines add fuel to the flames. Sexual harassment is asexy topic. Drug testing is all the rage. Polygraphs and parental leavehave Congress and state courts in an uproar. Privacy problems haveeveryone covering up. Even the Supreme Court calendar is becomingspeckled with employee rights cases, workplace confrontations, em-ployer versus worker donnybrooks. Every day, hundreds, maybe thousands, of workers are discrim-inated against in all types of work situations in all types of companies.They may lose out on a job because of race, or age, or sex. Or they'reasked to acquiesce to demands they shouldn't have to. Or they'repassed over for a plum spot because they're up against someone'srelative. Or they're disciplined in a shabby manner or fired for nogood reason, or evaluated in a purely subjective manner. In part this occurs because employees don't know their rights.This book is designed to help fix that, to help themmyou--to assertyour legal rights to fair, equitable, honest treatment. It's not theultimate weapon, but it's a good start./ix</p>