Customer Reviews

The Employer's Legal Handbook

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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.

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.

"..... 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]

Nola does an excellent job of reviewing Employment Laws in an easy to understand and concise manner. Human Resource departments could benefit by making sure every manager has this book and understands the content. They would save themselves a lot of time backtracking after the fact with when legal issues arise that could easily have been prevented.

I have not yet read this book but have skimmed through the pages and can see it is a useful tool for keeping up with legal issues in the workplace. The book arrived in great condition and in a relatively short time frame.