Master the ins and outs of federal EEO compensatory damages law and get up to speed on recent cases — with just one resource!
The brand new Third Edition gives you a thorough overview of how to address employees’ claims for compensatory damages and decide the proper amount to be awarded in successful cases.
With the latest EEOC decisions illustrating critical lessons, you discover how to:
- Avoid unnecessary investigation by knowing the situations where compensatory damages are not available
- Accurately decide how much a case is worth, with details on how a complainant must prove a claim for nonpecuniary damages
- Determine whether to exclude requests for monetary damages by knowing the evidence necessary for awards
- Appropriately argue that compensatory damages should not be awarded in a reasonable accommodation case, potentially saving your agency money
And, you get an up-to-date chart of EEOC decisions awarding compensatory damages, organized from lowest to highest award so you quickly know the range of damages available. Use it to compare your cases to actual awards — the most compiled in any source available — when trying to settle cases or set appropriate awards.
