Preface

This revised edition of The Employee Rights Handbook, like the original work, was written to save you money and aggravation.

I often compare a job to a romance. Companies woo applicants with promises of security, fulfillment, and riches. Then, when the honeymoon is over, even qualified people often find themselves being treated unfairly. Many employees are not promoted, despite doing good work, often because they are women, over forty, or belong to a minority. Many others are fired for no justifiable reason. Still others fail to receive anticipated financial benefits, including accrued vacation pay, overtime, commissions, earned bonuses, promised raises, or expenses.

You have the power to change that by reading this book. Years ago, the law favored employers when it came to resolving employment disputes. It used to be that employers could fire workers with or without cause with little fear of legal reprisal. But this kind of exploitation may be a thing of the past. Now, for example, federal and state rulings grant employees access to their personnel files, allow them to get their jobs back when they are fi ... read full excerpt from: Employee Rights Handbook, The; ebook