Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- To hire or not to hire -- Eligibility for employment -- Discrimination -- Specific types of discrimination -- Procedures and remedies for discrimination -- Job description -- Recruiting -- Resumes and resumes fraud -- Applications -- Interviews -- Controls of employment -- Noncomplete and other agreements -- Requirements applicable to new employees -- Firing -- The decision-making process -- Voluntary and involuntary termination -- Layoffs -- Protected status -- Retaliation -- Strikes and concerted activities -- Wrongful discharge -- The firing process -- Final pay and continued benefits -- Severance packages and releases -- References -- Enforcing restrictive covenants -- unemployment insurance -- Conclusion.

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