Employment Law Essentials Manual + Update Service

Employment Law Essentials Manual + Update Service covers more than 100 vital HR topics, including FMLA, HIPAA, ADA and more. 

Each topic will include information such as:

• Who is covered under the laws or regulations
• Summary of requirements
• Summary of applicable state laws, if any
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - common problems that employers face
• Illustrations of potential situations
• Best practices for compliance or cost savings
• Resource references - federal guidance documents, fact sheets, opinion letters and more

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Table of Contents

Introduction

A

• Advertising and Recruiting
• Affirmative Action Plans
• Age Discrimination
• Alcohol and Drug Testing (See Drug and Alcohol Testing)
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Applications for Employment
• At-Will Employment
• Auditing the HR Department

B

• Background Checks
• Benefit Programs
• Breaks / Meal Periods
• Breastfeeding Accommodation (See Lactation Accommodations)
• Bullying in the Workplace

C

• COBRA
• Child Labor
• Classifying Employees as Exempt
• Compensatory Time (Comp Time)
• Consumer Credit Protection Act
• Contingent Workers

D

• Deductions From Wages or Salary
• Disability Discrimination (See Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA))
• Discharge (See Terminations)
• Discipline and Corrective Action
• Discrimination and Harassment (General)
• Downsizing (See Layoffs)
• Driver Issues
• Drug and Alcohol Testing
• Drug Use (See Substance Abuse)

E

• E-Verify
• EEO-1 Reporting
• Emergency Action Plan
• Emergency Service Volunteers
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
• Employment Contracts / Agreements
• English Language Skills (See National Origin Discrimination)
• Equal Pay Act
• Exemptions From Overtime / Minimum Wage

F

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Family Responsibility Discrimination
• Favoritism / Nepotism
• Federal Contractors
• Final Paychecks

G/H

• Garnishments of Wages
• Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
• HIPAA Portability, Privacy, and Security
• Handbooks for Employees
• Health Insurance and Federal Reform Laws
• Health Risk Assessments
• Holiday Pay
• Hours Worked

I/J/K

• I-9 Forms
• Independent Contractors
• Injury Recordkeeping (OSHA Form 300)
• Internships, Unpaid
• Interviewing / Hiring
• Investigations (FACT & FCRA)
• Job Descriptions
• Jury Duty, Leave for

L

• Lactation Accommodations
• Layoffs
• Leave Rights for Job-Protected Time off
• Lie Detector Tests (EPPA)

M

• Meal/Break Periods (See Breaks / Meal Periods)
• Medical Examinations and Tests
• Meeting and Training Time as Working Time
• Military Family Leave
• Military Leave
• Minimum Wage
• Motor Carrier Overtime Exemptions

N/O

• National Labor Relations Act / Board
• National Origin Discrimination
• Negligent Hiring / Retention
• Negligent Referral / Post Employment Inquiries
• Non-Compete Agreements
• OSHA Compliance Inspections
• Offensive Behavior
• Overtime

P/Q

• Pandemic Influenza
• Payday Frequency
• Performance Reviews
• Policies
• Pregnancy Discrimination
• Preparatory and Concluding Activities / Before and After Work
• Privacy
• Protected Classes

R

• Race Discrimination
• Recordkeeping
• Reductions or Changes in Pay
• Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Religious Discrimination
• Reporting Time Pay
• Retaliation
• Return to Work Programs

S

• Safety and Health Programs
• Security
• Sex Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Shift Differentials
• Sick Leave
• Social Networking (See Privacy)
• Sub-Minimum Wage
• Substance Abuse

T

• Telecommuting / Telework
• Temporary Workers
• Terminations
• Time Clocks
• Time off (General)
• Tips / Tipped Employees
• Training
• Training Time as Working Time (See Meeting and Training Time as Working Time)
• Transportation Overtime Exemptions (See Motor Carrier Overtime Exemptions)
• Travel Time as Working Time

U/V

• Unemployment
• Unfair Labor Practices
• Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP)
• Vacation
• Volunteer Workers
• Voting (Time off to Vote)

W/X/Y/Z

• WARN Laws
• Waiting Time as Working Time (On Call)
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
• Workers’ Compensation
• Workplace Posters
• Workplace Violence
• Wrongful Termination

Subject Index