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Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired: Resolve Workplace Crises Before You Quit, Get Axed, Or Sue the Bastards
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BOOK DETAILS

  • Paperback
  • Sep.01.2012
  • 9781601632357

Donna gives an overview of the book:

Hate your job? Ready to quit? Is your boss is a flaming jerk? Think you have a lawsuit? You are facing a crucial career moment. Mistakes will cost you dearly. Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired  provides answers to these vital questions and more: What Does it Mean If I Sign A Paper Saying I’m a Contractor, Not an Employee? Am I Exempt From Overtime? I’m Entitled to Breaks, Right? My Boss Is Creating a Hostile Environment. Can I Sue? I Think I’m About to Be Laid Off. How Do I Prepare? Whether you’re a recent grad entering the workforce or an almost-retiree; newly employed or laid off after 20 years; gay or married with kids; janitor or CEO . . . buy this book if you want specific and relevant advice to help turn those bad situations around or decide to sue the bastards.
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Hate your job? Ready to quit? Is your boss is a flaming jerk? Think you have a lawsuit?

You are facing a crucial career moment. Mistakes will cost you dearly.

Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting Fired  provides answers to these vital questions and more:

  • What Does it Mean If I Sign A Paper Saying I’m a Contractor, Not an Employee?
  • Am I Exempt From Overtime?
  • I’m Entitled to Breaks, Right?
  • My Boss Is Creating a Hostile Environment. Can I Sue?
  • I Think I’m About to Be Laid Off. How Do I Prepare?

Whether you’re a recent grad entering the workforce or an almost-retiree; newly employed or laid off after 20 years; gay or married with kids; janitor or CEO . . . buy this book if you want specific and relevant advice to help turn those bad situations around or decide to sue the bastards.

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This guide is a quick reference for some of the most common questions that come up about employee rights. Trust me – what you think you know about your employment rights is probably dead wrong. If I can save one employee’s job, or help your lawyer and you sue the bastards and win, my work here is done.

About Donna

Donna Ballman is the award-winning author of The Writer's Guide to the Courtroom: Let's Quill All the Lawyers, a book geared toward informing novelists and screenwriters about the ins and outs of the civil justice system. Her new book, Stand Up For Yourself Without Getting...

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Published Reviews

Jul.29.2010

"Ms. Ballman, has a clear understanding of what it would be like to have to research a topic from scratch and write a fiction book because she gives the right information for an author doing just that. Her...

May.24.2011

The Writer's Guide to the Courtroom is a fine writing reference that covers all the basics of the legal system for any writer seeking to incorporate the justice system into fiction. From depositions and...