By Barbara Kate Repa

This guide to workplace laws is a valuable resource for every worker. In plain English (and not in "legalese"), the handbook covers your rights on the job, from hiring and getting paid through privacy and firing. Whether you have a question about a workplace problem, feel you're being treated unfairly, or are trying to solve a workplace dispute, this book will tell you what your rights are and how to enforce them.

Explains what you should know about:

• illegal firings and layoffs
  
• challenging the loss of a job
  
• wages and hours, including overtime and leave
  
• e-mail and voice mail privacy
  
• family and medical leave
  
• on-the-job safety and health
  
• health insurance and retirement plans
  
• workplace testing
  
• sexual harassment
  
• sex, race, and age discrimination
  
• discrimination against workers with disabilities
  
• unemployment, disability, and workers' compensation insurance