Book Description
If you work for a living, you risk getting fired. But just because today's corporate culture has made job security a thing of the past doesn't mean you're helpless. In this book - a book everyone should have on hand - nationally known employment attorney Steven Mitchell Sack has created a first-aid kit surviving a firing, giving you the information and the power you need to fight back, cut a deal, stand up for your rights, and land firmly on your feet. This book tells you how companies frequently violate state and federal laws when they terminate employees. It tells you when to get a lawyer and when you don't need one. It offers strategies for getting your job back or getting more money when you leave, with letters to send to protect your rights and samples of actual termination agreements to show how other people have negotiated maximum severance and generous termination benefits. It also stresses tax implication of any termination settlement and how some deals can be structured creatively to benefit both you and your employer. Putting you back in control, GETTING FIRED offers in-depth help in such key areas as:
* antidiscrimination laws: how they work and how they apply to you
* how to build a discrimination case against your employer
* pregnancy, sexual harassment, and equal pay: what every woman must know about getting fired
* what you can do to keep your job if you think your company wants to fire you
* the right way to resign your position
* the ten most important steps to take as soon as you find out that you've been fired
* safeguarding your health insurance and pension benefits
* winning unemployment claims
* protecting your reputation and getting favorable job references after a firing. Calm and thorough, GETTING FIRED is an advocate for you during one of the most vulnerable times of your life. Designed by an expert to save you money, save your sanity, and save your future, GETTING FIRED has the right information and strategies to make getting fired just another word for getting on with your life.


About the Author
Steven Mitchell Sack is the author of seventeen books, including THE EMPLOYEE RIGHTS HANDBOOK and THE LIFETIME LEGAL GUIDE. A labor and employment attorney and lecturer with a private law practice in New York City whose comments have been reported in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, he has been a regular guest on CNBC's Steals and Deals and Smart Money. He also has appeared on numerous national media shows as a legal expert and hosts a national radio show on jobs and careers.

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