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New from Nolo this winter! An affordable, encyclopedic guide toemployment and labor law topics A quick-reference book for families thatanswers everyday legal questionsThere are many ways to find up-to-date legalinformation—lots of it free—from Nolo. Here arejust a few of them. 24 new editions covering nearly everycategory of the law—from business toestate planning to intellectual propertyThe latest in Nolo’s new,Quick Reference series,Employment Law, presentsover 200 entries that explainemployment and labor lawtopics. From Absenteeismto Zero-Tolerance Policy,entries provide plainEnglish summaries of thelaw. To help readers usethis information in the realworld, entries are pepperedwith statistics, trends, real-life casereferences, and pop culture references.More reliable resources fromNolo—for you, your family,your business, or your librarypatrons.AvailableMar 2011Librarians, bloggers,booksellers and educators:You can request digitalgalleys of Nolo titles freeof charge! We keep five galleys up on NetGalley at anytime. Read them online, on your favorite eBook reader orwith Adobe Digital Editions. Browse Nolo NetGalleys nowat http://bit.ly/Nolo on NetGalley, or check the wintercatalog pages for titles featured on NetGalley this season.Find FREE Nolo books.We provide the full text of sixbooks on nolo.com, free ofcharge—always. We refreshofferings periodically, but doour best to ensure that thefeatured books cover a range oftopics, from foreclosure to renters’ rights.If you’re a library administrator, feel freeto link your library’s catalog to these freeonline books so your patrons have one more way to accessthe current editions of Nolo books. Find the free books s/.FreeBooks!AvailableFeb 2011Useful for the couple that’sliving together, the newlymarried couple, the coupleconsidering divorce after25 years, and those inevery stage of family life,The Legal Answer Bookfor Families answersquestions that nearly everyfamily encounters at somepoint. It covers marriageand divorce, pregnancyand childbirth, special education, estate planning andmuch more. A helpful appendix provides important rulesfor all 50 states.There’s more! Nolo has over a hundred plain-English legaland business books in its catalog. To see the full list oftitles, visit our interactive, digital catalog on Edelweiss o,or download a PDF of our “CompleteBooks-in-Print 2010-2011 Catalog” atwww.nolo.com/trade/catalog.html.Free legal articles & FAQs.Hundreds of free legal articles andFAQs are available at nolo.com.Written by the same expert authorsof Nolo’s books, these articlescover nearly every category ofthe law, from personal financeto estate planning, and are always up-to-date. Visitwww.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia and search articlesby topic or A-Z index.Free legal updates. Nolo postsupdates to the latest versions of booksand software when major legal orpractical changes occur. To make sureyou (or your patrons) are current with thelaw, visit http://www.nolo.com/legal-updates and findupdates by product.national New Release1
Nolo Winter 2011 Catalog :: call 1-800-955-4775 :: Fax 1-800-645-0895Take a peek insideExcerpts fromEmployment LawEmployment Law presentsover 200 entries that10 Employment Lawexplain employment andBoycottWhen consumers refuse to patronize a company (or a person or country)because of its policies or practices, that’s commonly known as a boycott.For example, many Californians boycotted table grapes grown in the statein the 1960s and 70s, to protest the treatmentof farmworkers. Typically, the goal of a boycottis to create pressure for change.labor law topicsEmployment Law 11That’s Mr. Boycott to YouThe term “boycott” comes from CaptainCharles Cunningham Boycott, a farmerand a land agent for an English landlordin Ireland. After he refused to reducetenant rents following a poor harvest(and evicted tenants who could not pay),he was subjected to the first recordedboycott. No one in the town, fromlaborers to merchants to the postman,would have anything to do with him.Secondary boycotts. Under the NationalLabor Relations Act, unions may not engage insecondary boycotts. A secondary boycott is onein which the union tries to pressure anothercompany to boycott the company with which itis having a dispute. For example, say the unionis striking over wage cuts at a grocery store chain.If the union picketed a large dairy facility to tryto get it to stop doing business with the chain,as a way to force the chain to give in to theunion’s demands, that would be an illegalsecondary boycott.The latest in Nolo’snew series of QuickReference guides!2ChargeWhen someone files a formal claim of discrimination against anemployer with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission(EEOC), it’s called a “charge” of discrimination. Filing a charge putsthe employer on notice of the problem, and gives the parties (and theagency, if it chooses to get involved) an opportunity to resolve thedispute without going to court.An employee must file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC or thestate agency that handles discrimination complaints before bringinga discrimination lawsuit. If an employee files a lawsuit before filinga charge with the appropriate government agency, the lawsuit willbe dismissed for failure to “exhaust” administrative remedies. (See:exhaustion.)What happens when a charge is filed? Once an employee files acharge, the EEOC or state fair employment practices agency will notifythe employer, send it a copy of the charge, and explain how it mayrespond. Once the employer files its response to the charge, the agencymight decide to investigate, offer to help the parties mediate or try tosettle their dispute, issue a “right to sue” letter, which states that theemployee has the right to file a lawsuit, or bring its own lawsuit againstthe employer.Discrimination Charges at anAll-Time HighThe EEOC collects statistics on how many discriminationcharges are filed with the agency each year, and onwhat basis. More than 93,000 charges of discriminationwere filed in fiscal year 2009 (which ended onSeptember 30), a record high. As has been true inevery year of the last decade, there were more chargesalleging race discrimination than any other type,followed by sex discrimination. For what looks like thefirst time, however, the most frequently filed charge wasnot for any type of discrimination, but for retaliation.Excerpt
From Absenteeism to Zero-Tolerance Policy:Employment and labor law topics explainedin one comprehensive guideFind it onNetGalleyin Feb ’111ry 201Janua seReleaEmployment LawThe Essential HR Desk Referenceby Lisa Guerin, J.D.About the Author:Lisa Guerin is an author and editor atNolo specializing in employment law.She is the author or coauthor of severalNolo books, including The Manager’sLegal Handbook, The Essential Guideto Federal Employment Laws andCreate Your Own Employee Handbook. Guerin has practicedemployment law in government, public interest and privatepractice where she has represented clients at all levels ofstate and federal courts and in agency proceedings. She livesin the San Francisco Bay Area.Ships !010Nov 2May we also recommend:Contracts: The essentialbusiness desk referenceby Attorney Richard StimThe first title in Nolo’s affordable deskreference series! Contracts definescommon contract terms in easilyunderstood language, pointing outalong the way which clauses are mostimportant and explaining how to changeor end a contract. Contracts is anindispensible reference for the business person, law student, oranyone who regularly works with contracts, and is detailed enoughto be a worthy addition to almost any lawyer’s bookshelf. 39.99Employment Law: The Essential HR Desk Reference isthe latest in Nolo’s new series of desk reference guides,providing comprehensive coverage of business and legalsubjects.In A-Z format, Employment Law presents over 200entries that define and explain employment and labor lawtopics, such as Bona Fide Seniority System, DisparateTreatment, Ergonomics, FMLA and Gender Identity.Subjects such as Affirmative Action, The Americanswith Disabilities Act (ADA), Downsizing, and WrongfulDischarge receive longer (700 words) treatment, whilesmaller topics have shorter entries.In usual Nolo fashion, Employment Law combines legaland practical information and delivers it in a way thatthe lay person can use in the real world. Real-life casereferences (and the intriguing stories behind them),statistics, trends and pop culture references supplementand enliven each entry’s summary of the law.Upcoming titles in the new desk reference series willcover criminal law, small business and estate planning.BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management978-1-4133-1281-2See page 1 of Nolo Complete Books in-Print 2010-2011Ships March 2011 44.99978-1-4133-1333-8DRHR, 7 x 9, 450 pagesnational New Release3
Nolo Winter 2011 Catalog :: call 1-800-955-4775 :: Fax 1-800-645-0895Take a peek insideExcerpts fromThe Legal Answer Book for FamiliesAAppendixFamily Laws Rulesand Resources forthe 50 StatesAppendix Family rules and resources for the 50 states 3Child Custody & SupportCourt Information and forms: www.courtinfo.gov/selfhelp/family/custodyChild custody rules: California courtsbegin with presumption that it’sbest for a child to have frequent andcontinuing contact with both parentsafter a divorce. If possible, judges wantto support joint custody arrangements;however, the exact nature of thetime-share will be determined by thechildren’s best interests.2 the legal answer book for familiesCaliforniaState website: www.ca.gov/HomeFamily/MarriageStatutes: California Family Code—available atwww.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.htmlChild support rules: California requiresboth parents to support their children,even after a divorce. The amount ofchild support depends primarily oneach parent’s income and otherresources, and how much time eachparent spends with the children.MarriageCounty recorders/clerks lerks.htmlBlood tests required for marriage license: NoWaiting period between applying for and receivingmarriage license: NoneCaliforniaWaiting period between receiving license and marrying:NoneWhen marriage license expires: 90 daysCommon-law marriage: No. In CA, you must obtain amarriage license and enter into a legal marriage in orderto be considered married. Living together and taking thesame name don’t create a common-law marriage.DivorceThe Legal Answer Book for Familiesincludes a unique appendix thatprovides detailed information for all50 U.S. states on topics such as: marriage license requirementsCourt Information and forms:www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/family/divorce child custody rulesGrounds for divorce: California is purely a “no-fault”divorce state, but the court may consider fault as afactor when dividing property or awarding alimony. grounds for divorceResidency requirement: At least one spouse must be aresident of California for six months or 180 days beforefiling for divorce. access to adoption recordsHow property is divided: California is a communityproperty state.4ExcerptCaliforniaHere’s a summary of eachstate’s laws on topics coveredin this book—from marriagelicense requirements togrounds for divorce.
From marriage to inheritance rules:Quick answers to everyday legal questionsthat affect every familyFind it onNetGalleyin Dec ’101ry 201The Legal Answer BookJanua seReleafor Familiesby Attorney Emily Doskow and Marcia StewartThe Legal Answer Book for Families provides a clearand concise overview of the laws that affect personalrelationships and families, and delivers quick, accurateanswers to everyday legal questions that nearly all familymembers encounter at one time or another. Useful for thecouple that is living together and thinking about gettingmarried, the couple considering divorce after 25 years ofmarriage, and those in every family stage in between, thishelpful guide covers issues related to:About the Author:Emily Doskow is a practicingattorney and mediator whospecializes in family law, includingadoption, parenting issues,domestic partnership formationand dissolution, and divorce. Sheis the author of Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce andcoauthor of The Sharing Solution: How to Save Money,Simplify Your Life & Build Community and Making it Legal:A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships,and Civil Unions. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Areawhere she has worked with families for more than 20years. Marcia Stewart has written and edited dozens ofNolo books on a wide range of topics, from parenting tohouse buying.May we also recommend:The Busy family’s guideto moneyby Sandra Block, Kathy Chu& John WaggonerThis concise guide offers solutionsto the most pressing financialproblems that families face, fromgetting the best mortgage to savingfor college and retirement. 19.99978-1-4133-0836-5See page 38 of Nolo Complete Books-in-Print 2010-2011Ships February 2011 24.99 marriage and divorcewills, inheritance rules and estate planningchild custody and supportlesbian and gay couples and the lawadoptionpregnancy, childbirth and new parentsspecial education and schoolelder care and seniorshousing and neighbor lawspets and the lawThe book includes a quick-reference glossary of legal termsand a unique appendix that provides detailed informationfor all 50 U.S. states on topics such as marriage licenserequirements, child custody rules, grounds for divorce, andaccess to adoption records.Readers will also find lots of sample forms of various legaldocuments, including a marriage license and a parentingagreement.LAW / Family Law / General978-1-4133-1373-4FAB, 6 x 9, 300 pagesnational New Release5
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