If you’ve ever worked for a company with enough size and protocol to give you an employee handbook, chance are you skimmed it and it soon found its way to a bottom drawer. Policies about vacation, maternity leave and dress code aside, it likely didn’t have much to help you in the event of a true issue involving your employment.
Instead, we recommend using THE EMPLOYEE RIGHTS HANDBOOK: The Essential Guide for People on the Job
| Written by noted employment attorney and radio host Steven Sack, this is the handbook that can suit you up and get you ready to play should you ever need to really go up against the workplace forces that be. Filled with practical advice on issues ranging from how best to negotiate a job to how to contend with more unpleasant matters like discrimination and illegal firings, the book also answers important, and often sticky, questions… |  |
- I was “downsized” two weeks before I was supposed to get my annual bonus. Am I entitled to that money?
- My child has become ill. Does the Family and Medical Leave Act really protect me if I take the time off to care for him?
- My old boss wrote an untrue, negative evaulation that is hurting my chances for a new job. What can I do?
Read it and consider yourself armed. (We just hope you don’t need to be).
Find The Employee Rights Handbook on the Executive Moms Bookshelf
And for a more personal take on being (or not being) employed…
Read the new Marisa’s Musings on executivemoms.com: What Happens if you Lose the “Executive” from “Executive Mom?”
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