Includes index.

PART I. Introduction -- An overview and history of employment law -- Appendix I. Transcript of constitution of the United States (1787) -- Ethical obligations of paralegals -- Appendix II. California Rules of Professional Conduct -- PART II. Employer-employee relationship -- Establishment of the employer-employee relationship -- Appendix III. California Government Code Peace Officers Bill of Rights 3300-3313 -- Unions and collective bargaining -- Appendix IV. National Labor Relations Act -- PART III. Federal ans state laws -- Wage/hour laws and the Affordable Care Act -- What is the Family Medical Leave Act? -- Appendix V. Certification of health care provider for family member's serious health condition -- What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? -- Title VII-Equal Employment Opportunity (Civil Rights Act of 1964) -- Appendix VI. Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Title VII-Equal Employment Opportunity -- What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration? -- Workers' compensation -- Appendix VIII. Worker's compensation forms -- Appendix IX. Claim form for DEEOIC -- Unemployment compensation -- Appendix X. Unemployment insurance application.