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Preface | |
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Hiring | |
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Introduction | |
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Defining the Job | |
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Writing the Job Description | |
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Recruiting | |
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Interviewing | |
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Verifying Employment | |
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Eligibility | |
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Performance Evaluations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Job Description | |
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Employee Self-Review | |
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Specificity | |
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Structured Performance Reviews and Discrimination | |
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Training | |
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Introduction | |
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Purpose | |
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Strategy | |
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Safety | |
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Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment | |
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Training Records | |
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Benefits | |
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Introduction: The Family and Medical Leave Act | |
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Covered | |
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Entities | |
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The Twelve-Month Period | |
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Notices | |
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Scheduling the Leave | |
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The Workweek | |
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Employee Eligibility | |
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Eligible Reasons for Leave | |
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Unpaid Nature of Leave | |
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Maintaining Health Benefits | |
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Serious Health Conditions | |
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Health Care Provider | |
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Key Employees | |
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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) | |
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The Consolidated Omnibus Budget | |
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Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) | |
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The Health Insurance | |
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Portability and Accountability Act of 1996-Preexisting Conditions | |
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The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) | |
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Compensation | |
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Introduction | |
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Minimum Wage and Overtime | |
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Compensable Hours | |
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The Equal Pay Act: Equal Pay for Men and Women | |
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Child Labor | |
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Coverage | |
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Benefits and Payroll Practices Not Covered by the FLSA | |
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Exempt vs. Nonexempt Status Under the FLSA | |
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Wage and Hour Violations | |
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Employment Laws | |
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Introduction | |
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Key Federal Employment Laws | |
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Prohibited Acts | |
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Enforcement Mechanisms | |
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Proof of Discrimination | |
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Tide VII Remedies | |
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Federally Protected Classes | |
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The Americans with Disabilities Act | |
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State and Local Protected Classes | |
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Hot-Button Issues: Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence | |
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Sexual Harassment: Introduction | |
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Sexual Harassment Defined | |
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The Faragher-Ellerth Defense | |
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The Investigation | |
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Workplace Violence | |
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Privacy Issues | |
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Introduction | |
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Background Checks | |
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Medical Information During the Hiring Process | |
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The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 | |
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Monitoring Employees in the Workplace | |
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The National Labor Relations Act and Monitoring Employee Behavior | |
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Surveillance, Searches, and Other Intrusions | |
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Invasion of Privacy | |
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Defamation, Libel, and Slander | |
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Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress or Outrage | |
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False Imprisonment | |
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Firing and Separation | |
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Introduction | |
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Policy Statements May Alter At-Will Employment | |
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How to Reestablish the At-Will Privilege | |
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Progressive Discipline | |
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The Termination Session | |
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Wrongful Discharge | |
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The Worker | |
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Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act | |
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Documentation and Records Retention | |
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Introduction | |
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Personnel Records in General | |
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Medical Information | |
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Other Documents That Should Not Be Kept in a Personnel File | |
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EEOC Minimum Document Retention Rules Under Tide VII | |
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Document Retention Policies | |
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OSHA Recordkeeping | |
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Index | |