CHAPTER 6
EMPLOYMENT LAWS
INTRODUCTION
The subject of employment law deals with all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. It includes not only relationships between employers and current employees but also between job applicants and former employees.
Employment relationships are complex and span a gamut of situations arising out of recruitment, hiring, benefits, taxation, management, discipline, and discharge. Other chapters of this book deal with many of these issues. This chapter is focused on employment laws dealing with discrimination.
Major federal antidiscrimination laws are enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Most states have fair employment practice acts enforced by state fair employment practice agencies ...
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