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Civil Rights in the Workplace, Third Edition

For plaintiff and defense counsel, Civil Rights in the Workplace provides complete analysis of punitive damages, compensatory damages, jury trials, and changes in providing disparate treatment and disparate impact cases. It shows you how the 1991 Act Read more >

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Author(s): Henry H. Perritt, Jr., Esq.
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 816
Supplement Date: 08/02/2012
Publication Frequency: Supplemented annually
Offer Number/PIN: 073551559X
ISBN: 9780735515598
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Product Line: Aspen Publishers

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For plaintiff and defense counsel, Civil Rights in the Workplace provides complete analysis of punitive damages, compensatory damages, jury trials, and changes in providing disparate treatment and disparate impact cases. It shows you how the 1991 Act has changed the way lawyers and their clients approach employment discrimination under Title VII, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, the Reconstruction Era Civil Rights Act, and the ADA. You get the full text -- with insightful analysis -- of the controversial Supreme Court rulings that led to the creation of the 1991 Act.

Civil Rights in the Workplace provides coverage of legislative and other developments and new case law, including:

Explanation of EEOC regulations applying 2008 amendments to ADA
New Supreme Court case on “cat’s paw” theory
New Supreme Court case extending Title VII retaliation claims to case in which adverse action was taken against fiancé
New Supreme Court case on when maintenance of a policy with disparate impact falls within a statute of limitations
New Supreme Court case allowing retaliation claims based on oral complaints
New state case holding that arbitration agreement did not divest state agency of investigative power
New case finding arbitration agreement to be unconscionable
New case law on relationship between ADA and FMLA
New case law on statistical comparisons in disparate impact cases
New court of appeals decisions allowing harassment and retaliation actions on behalf of gay employees
Analysis of case finding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy to be unconstitutional and of subsequent repeal
New case on sovereign immunity for state instrumentalities
New court of appeals case agreeing that a Title VII was precluded by earlier Section 1983 action
New case grappling with choice of law questions in international context