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The Excuse Factory

Autor Walter Olson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 sep 2007
In The Litigation Explosion, Walter Olson exposed the irrational incentives within the legal system that have made America the world's most litigious society. Now Olson has trained his considerable investigative talents on another aspect of the legal system: employment law.The Excuse Factory goes right to the heart of the increasingly absurd American workplace, showing how Kafkaesque employment laws make it nearly impossible to fire even the most incompetent and unmotivated workers. Employers have become understandably nervous about firing someone lest it open them up to a lawsuit, no matter how frivolous. They would rather tolerate bad employees than remove them -- a choice that has profound implications for the future of business, the American economy, and our collective mental health.
From the merely annoying, like the chronically late secretary, to the extremely dangerous, like the alcoholic airline pilot, Olson shows how the legal system coddles those who least deserve it. In the name of protecting victims of discrimination with laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act and the 1991 Civil Rights Act, we have made it tremendously difficult just to get people to do their jobs.
Olson gives eloquent voice to this mounting workplace crisis. As the corporate environment degenerates to the lowest common denominator, the frustration and anger among the majority of workers who do pull their own weight is palpable. Enshrining mediocrity in the workplace imposes high costs on society -- costs reflected in lost jobs, lost wages, reduced safety, and rising aggravation.
The Excuse Factory will spur outrage and spark a national debate about the role of government in the workplace. Olson's exposé is certain to shake up the legal industry, rattle government regulators, and cause thousands of workers and managers to nod in vigorous agreement.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781416576235
ISBN-10: 1416576231
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Free Press

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CONTENTS

Introduction

PART I: TENURE TRACK

1. Hiring Hell

2. Tenure Track

3. All Protected Now

4. Fear of Flirting

PART II: THE AGE OF ACCOMMODATION

5. Mistaken Identity

6. The Age of Accommodation

7. Accommodating Demons

8. Surprise Farewells

PART III: THE EXCUSE FACTORY

9. The Excuse Factory

10. Dropping the Stretcher

11. The New Meaning of Competence

PART IV: KID GLOVES AND BRASS KNUCKLES

12. Kid Gloves and Brass Knuckles

13. Why Business Will Miss Unions

14. Workplace Cleansing

PART V: THE TERMS OF COOPERATION

15. Our Scofflaw Bosses

16. Secure in What?

17. The Terms of Cooperation

Acknowledgments

Source Notes

Index

Notă biografică

Walter Olson is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to Reason magazine. He is author of the widely acclaimed The Litigation Explosion: What Happened When America Unleashed the Lawsuit.