
The SHRM Essential Guide to Employment Law, Second Edition
A Handbook for HR Professionals, Managers, Businesses, and Organizations
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The SHRM Essential Guide to Employment Law, Second Edition
A Handbook for HR Professionals, Managers, Businesses, and Organizations
About this book
The SHRM Essential Guide to Employment Lawis your One-Stop Legal Reference to Employment Law. It simple, straightforward language on everything HR professionals, employers, and small business owners need to know about their relationship with their employees in order to comply with the law and protect thems elves and their business from legal action.Covering more than 200 workplace law topics, the Guide provides an overview of U.S. workplace laws, regulations, and court decisions that employers, large or small, are likely to face, as well as what pitfalls to anticipate and when to seek professional advice. Each chapter offers general principles, highlights key issues, and provides specific examples and suggestions to help make the employer-employee relationship run more smoothly. The Second Edition features scores of updates and new content, including: • New NLRB rules • New state law limitations on inquiringabout salary history • Compliance for telework • Lawfulness of provisions in severance and release agreements • Department of Labor's change of position on volunteer workers • New state laws limiting or prohibiting non-compete agreements • and much more!
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Introduction to the First Edition
- Chapter 1. The Employment Relationship
- Chapter 2. The Hiring Process
- Chapter 3. Evaluations, Work Rules, and Discipline
- Chapter 4. Terminating the Relationship
- Chapter 5. Wage and Hour Requirements
- Chapter 6. Wage Attachments and Assignments
- Chapter 7. Tax Considerations
- Chapter 8. Leave Policies
- Chapter 9. Deferred Compensation and ERISA
- Chapter 10. Group Health and Other Benefit Plans
- Chapter 11. Workers’ Compensation
- Chapter 12. Unemployment Insurance
- Chapter 13. Workplace Safety
- Chapter 14. Discrimination in General
- Chapter 15. Gender Discrimination
- Chapter 16. Age Discrimination
- Chapter 17. Persons with Disabilities
- Chapter 18. Employee Privacy
- Chapter 19. Employee Loyalty
- Chapter 20. Alternative Work Arrangements
- Chapter 21. Foreign Workers
- Chapter 22. Government Contractors and Grantees
- Chapter 23. Nonprofit Organizations
- Chapter 24. Unions and Labor Relations
- Conclusion
- Appendix A. Federal Statutory Thresholds
- Appendix B. Significant Federal Employment Laws and Regulations
- Glossary
- Index
- About the Author
- About SHRM Books