The Academic Librarian's Human Resources Handbook: Employer Rights and Responsibilities

by David A. Baldwin

Overview

To be an effective manager in today's library, you must know and comply with numerous federal and state laws and regulations. This handbook offers how to information on academic library management and provides a single, up-to-date source for laws, regulations, executive orders, guidelines, and court decisions on employee and employer rights and responsibilities. It includes information on laws relating to recruitment and selection of personnel; the employment relationship; wages and hours; employee benefits; health, safety, and privacy; and income replacement (e.g., disability, workers' compensation). In addition, potential management problems (e.g., discipline and discharge) are discussed and case studies are presented with suggestions for problem resolution. This material will keep administrators and human resources staff apprised of the actions of such organizations as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Office of Federal Cont

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563083457
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/15/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	167
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

Editorial Reviews

A handbook providing librarian managers with the basic information and background on employee rights and legal parameters to avoid rights' violations. The manual discusses human resources management in a library setting, personnel selections, wage and hour laws, benefits, discrimination laws, safety standards, discipline and discharge, and the finer points of effective management in a complex environment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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