This popular law school casebook provides a comprehensive overview of employment law. It discusses the changing practices in this field, including the rights of part-time workers; affirmative action and discrimination based on religion, age, disability, and sexual orientation; medical inquiries and examinations; workplace violence, dual capacity, and products liability; minimum wage and child labor; the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and health care reform; practices relating to severance pay and the WARN Act; and the effects of collective bargaining, employer bankruptcy, and Social Security.