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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 | |