Research Catalog

Title

Workers' compensation and employee protection laws in a nutshell / Jack B. Hood, Benjamin A. Hardy, Jr., Harold S. Lewis, Jr.

Author

Hood, Jack B.

Publication

St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2005.

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Additional Authors

• Hardy, Benjamin A., Jr., 1945-
• Lewis, Harold S., 1947-

Description

xlix, 543 p.; 19 cm.

Series Statement

West nutshell series

Uniform Title

Nutshell series

Alternative Title

Workers' compensation & employee protection

Subject

• Workers' compensation > Law and legislation > United States
• Employers' liability > United States
• Labor laws and legislation > United States

Note

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Historical background of compensation legislation. Employment related actions and legislation -- pt. 2. The law of workers' compensation. Theories and policies of workers' compensation ; Workers' compensation and the law of torts ; The employee-employer relationship ; The coverage formula necessity for a "personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of employment" ; Death ; Medical expenses, disabilities and benefits ; Administration ; Extraterritorial problems and overlapping coverages ; Third party actions ; Future of workers' compensation -- pt. 3. Employee protection legislation. Unemployment compensation ; Fair Labor Standards Act ; Occupational Safety and Health Act ; Federal black lung benefits legislation ; Social Security ; Federal and state antidiscrimination laws in general ; Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as amended through 1991 ; Title VII modes of proof, administrative procedures, and remedies ; Other federal antidiscrimination laws ; Miscellaneous employee protection laws.

ISBN

031415311X

OCLC

• 57489632
• SCSB-10153272

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library