Table of Contents, The Excuse Factory
Introduction
1. Hiring Hell
2. Tenure Track [decline of employment at will]
3. All Protected Now [expansion of discrimination law][related articles]
4. Fear of Flirting [related articles]
5. Mistaken Identity [disabled-rights movement]
6. The Age of Accommodation [related articles]
7. Accommodating Demons [legal protection for alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness][excerpt: Washington Monthly]
8. Surprise Farewells [age discrimination, retirement and buyouts] [related
article: USA Today]
9. The Excuse Factory
10. Dropping the Stretcher [legal assault on employee testing; safety
implications]
11. The New Meaning of Competence
12. Kid Gloves and Brass Knuckles [high personal costs of litigation process; retaliation law][related article: Baltimore Sun]
13. Why Business Will Miss Unions
14. Workplace Cleansing ["hostile-environment" prevention, advanced level]
15. Our Scofflaw Bosses [why no one actually complies] [excerpt: Reason]
16. Secure in What?
17. The Terms of Cooperation
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