1st Edition

Discrimination Law Issues for the Safety Professional

By Thomas D. Schneid Copyright 2012
    440 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    438 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Safety professionals communicate, directly and indirectly with a large number of employees and others on a daily basis. While not lawyers, they regularly deal with legal issues. A subset of their responsibilities includes how to discuss safety without crossing the discriminatory line. To do this, they need an understanding of discrimination laws. Discrimination Law Issues for the Safety Professional gives them exactly that. It provides general knowledge of the laws and regulations that offer protection to employees and individuals against discrimination in the workplace.

    Created by safety expert Thomas Schneid, specifically for safety professionals, the book takes a proactive approach to identifying situations where potential discrimination against an employee or individual may occur, and supplies guidance on how to take immediate action to address the potential discriminatory situation. Schneid also identifies "red flag" situations where potential discrimination against an employee or individual may surface and safety professionals should proceed with caution. Once they can recognize these red flags, they can take immediate action to address the potential discriminatory situation.

    Although many texts address discrimination in the workplace, very few, if any, educate individuals and employers on how to prevent acts and omissions in the workplace that can result in discrimination from a safety perspective. With the multitude of laws and regulations addressing the prohibition of discrimination in the workplace, often legal actions result from individuals and employers simply not being knowledgeable in the requirements of the law. Written in clear, plain language, not legalese or business speak, this book delineates the procedures that safety professionals need to know in the area of labor, employment, and other laws impacting the safety function.

    History and Overview
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions
    Endnotes

    Title VII of the Civil Right Act
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Endnotes

    Proactive Protections to Prevent Discrimination under Title VII
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Defending a Claim of Discrimination under Title VII
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Americans with Disabilities Act
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions
    Endnotes

    Proactive Protections to Prevent Discrimination under the ADA
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Defending a Claim of Discrimination under the ADA
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Proactive Protections to Prevent Discrimination under the ADEA
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Defending a Claim of Discrimination under the ADEA
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
    Learning Objectives
    Chapter Questions

    Equal Pay Act
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Chapter Questions

    Other Antidiscrimination Laws
    Learning Objectives
    Hypothetical Situation
    Overview
    Federal Antidiscrimination Laws
    State Antidiscrimination Laws
    Local Laws
    Chapter Questions

    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Americans with Disability Act
    ADA Amendments Act of 2008
    The Equal Pay Act of 1963
    The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
    Index

    Biography

    Thomas D. Schneid

    "… Each of the chapters in Dr. Schneid’s latest text has an important bearing on your work in the safety and health field. … Take the time to make sure this text has a prominent place on your bookshelf, read it, highlight the pages … a useful and often-used reference text."
    —From the foreword by Michael J. Fagel, PhD., CEM, MPPA Program, Northwestern University