The plain-English resource every employer, manager and HR professional needs. New laws affect every aspect of being an employer -- from interviewing and hiring, to handling employee benefits to firing. The most complete guide to your legal rights and responsibilities, The Employer's Legal Handbook shows you how to comply with the most recent workplace laws and regulations, run a safe and fair workplace and avoid lawsuits. Learn everything you need to know about: Hiring: Understand the legal guidelines for hiring employees, writing job descriptions, conducting interviews and investigating applicants. Smart personnel practices: What to include in employee personnel files, employee handbooks, performance reviews and references for former employees. Wages & hours: Comply with federal and state overtime and minimum wage requirements. Employee benefits: Learn the ins and outs of wage and hour laws, retirement plans and health insurance. Workplace health and safety: Comply with OSHA requirements, and implement policies on smoking, drugs and alcohol abuse. Discrimination: Prevent sexual harassment and discrimination based on age, race, pregnancy, sexual orientation and national origin. Termination and layoffs: Avoid wrongful termination cases, conduct a final meeting and protect your business information when employees leave. Laws affecting small business practices: Everything you need to know about the Americans With Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, health and safety issues, employee testing and more. The 8th edition updates the book's easy-to-use legal charts to provide your state's current employment laws. It also covers the latest developments, such as the Supreme Court's new definition of "retaliation," and why the number of claims against employers are going up.
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"A bible for small business owners." -- Small Business Opportunities
"A comprehensive guide to the legal rights and obligations of employers." -- Detroit News
"Offers a sensible, real life approach to dealing with employees." -- The Wall Street Journal
"A comprehensive guide to the legal rights and obligations of employers." -- Detroit News
"Offers a sensible, real life approach to dealing with employees." -- The Wall Street Journal
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Attorney Fred S. Steingold practices law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. An expert on small business law, he represents and advises many small businesses. He is the author of Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business and The Employer's Legal Handbook. His monthly column, "The Legal Advisor," is carried by trade publications across the country.
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This book is enjoyable and easy to understand, especially for those new in the HR field or those wanting to understand the HR function. The book covers topics with general information and not for those who are looking for in-depth decription of "how-to" or "what-to-do" in each of the HR functions. Overall, I think it is informative.
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Handy, but only in a 10,000-foot way,
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This text is great for increasing awareness of legal issues, and is valuable as such, but it is not, and really could not be expected to be, a legal guide in the sense of the Nolo press do-it-yourself books.I'd suggest that it would be more valuable to a manager in a middle-sized firm than in a large firm (which would have its own training and legal staff on call) or than in a small firm, where perhaps there are other texts that could provide a little more step-by-step, such as (I believe) this same publishers guide to writing a company policy manual.
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Everything You Need To Know About Workplace Practices,
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"..... The Employer's Legal Handbook covers
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WORKPLACE PRACTICES, including: * Hiring * Reviews * Discipline * Wages and Hours * Employee Taxes, Payroll and Benefits * Health and Safety * Discrimination and Harassment * Terminations and Layoffs The 8th edition provides updated 50-state legal charts and explains the latest developments in employment law....." [from the back cover of book]
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