The Employer's Legal Handbook (Paperback)

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A comprehensive guide to the legal rights and obligations of employers. -- Detroit News

Belongs on every business owner's bookshelf. Covers everything from discrimination to using independent contractors and is written clearly and concisely. -- Los Angeles Times

Product Description

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.
*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: 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 6th edition updates the book's easy-to-use legal charts to provide the latest employment laws for every state.

Whether you hire one employee or one hundred, The Employer's Legal Handbook gives you the practical and legal guidance you need to run a fair and productive workplace, and stay out of legal trouble.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 505 pages
• Publisher: NOLO; 6th edition (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413300227
• ISBN-13: 978-1413300222
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,189,068 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A mile wide and several feet deep, November 15, 2000

By	David F. Barrett (Jefferson City, MO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Employer's Legal Handbook, 3rd Ed (Paperback)

An excelent, readable, survey of the law on this topic. The greatest strengths of the book are two-fold. First, it is written in easy to follow, plain english. Second, it is amazingly comprehensive. I have been practicing employment law in two millenia, and this is the book that I use (after reviewing dozens) to teach non-lawyer classes on the topic. As with any survey book, it doesn't cover the details of the many topics it touches. You don't want to use this book to deal with comprehensive planning or an employment law dispute. But if you read this book you'll understand much of the language and many of the concerns of the experienced human resources professional or lawyer that you need.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Protect your business from employee and government law suits, September 23, 2000

By	Dan Tyler "Marketing Maven" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Employer's Legal Handbook, 3rd Ed (Paperback)

Here is the book that will teach you what you need to know to keep compliance with the law and protect your business. Easy to read and comprehend, this book will help you promote fair business practices and avoid lawsuits. Folks, there are many laws most business people don't know about. This book will bring you up to speed. It's a necessity for the small and large business alike.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth its weight in gold!!!, May 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Employer's Legal Handbook, Fifth Edition (Paperback)

This book should be on every employer's bookshelf! I am so impressed by how comprehensive, well organized, and easy to use it is. Steingold really knows what he's talking about, he explains all of the complex laws and regulations that trip up unprepared employers and result in expensive lawsuits. Thanks to this book I learned the best ways to comply with OSHA, wage-and-hour laws, sexual harassment and discrimination laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act and many many more. You owe it to yourself to know your rights and responsibilities as an employer and to protect your company from needless litigation.