50 Employment Laws in 50 States, 2012 Edition

The latest edition will be available soon. Pre-order your copy today!

Now you can INSTANTLY discover your legal obligations under the 50 most important employment laws in each of the 50 states.

50 Employment Laws in 50 States, 2012 Edition is the revolutionary guidebook that puts ALL the most need-to-know employment law information -- for each of the 50 states -- right at your fingertips.

Imagine the time and frustration you'll save with this authoritative, instant-information reference. In just seconds, you'll zero in on the precise information you need whenever you must:

• Create a new policy
• Verify the compliance of an existing policy
• Expand your operations
• Audit your procedures
• Support recommendations to senior management
• Advise colleagues at field offices, branches, and stores.
• Stay comfortably up-to-date with increasingly complicated state employment laws

This quick-reference guide puts the expertise of the nationwide Employers Counsel Network right at your fingertips. The top-flight attorneys in the Network focus almost exclusively on defending employers and write the Employment Law Letter for their state. They have applied their valuable time and resources to making this side-by-side comparison of employer obligations the definitive reference.

Buyers' Benefit: To make sure your 50 Employment Laws in 50 States remains up to date, we closely monitor changes in employment law in all 50 states. Each year we'll rush you a replacement edition on a 30-day-review basis, and bill you at the then-current rate. You pay only if you decide to keep the update.

50 Employment Laws in 50 States, 2012 Edition

The latest edition will be available soon. Pre-order your copy today!

Now you can INSTANTLY discover your legal obligations under the 50 most important employment laws in each of the 50 states.

50 Employment Laws in 50 States, 2012 Edition is the revolutionary guidebook that puts ALL the most need-to-know employment law information -- for each of the 50 states -- right at your fingertips.

Imagine the time and frustration you'll save with this authoritative, instant-information reference. In just seconds, you'll zero in on the precise information you need whenever you must:

• Create a new policy
• Verify the compliance of an existing policy
• Expand your operations
• Audit your procedures
• Support recommendations to senior management
• Advise colleagues at field offices, branches, and stores.
• Stay comfortably up-to-date with increasingly complicated state employment laws

This quick-reference guide puts the expertise of the nationwide Employers Counsel Network right at your fingertips. The top-flight attorneys in the Network focus almost exclusively on defending employers and write the Employment Law Letter for their state. They have applied their valuable time and resources to making this side-by-side comparison of employer obligations the definitive reference.

With 50 Employment Laws in 50 States, 2012 Edition, you get the exact guidance you need whenever you need to understand ANY state law concerning:

Automatic Updates Keep Your Guide Current

Buyers' Benefit: To make sure your 50 Employment Laws in 50 States remains up to date, we closely monitor changes in employment law in all 50 states. Each year we'll rush you a replacement edition on a 30-day-review basis, and bill you at the then-current rate. You pay only if you decide to keep the update.

50 Employment Laws in 50 States is prepared by leading attorneys, many of them members of the Employers Counsel Network, a nationwide affiliation of prestigious law firms representing management in employment law matters. Their contributions are edited by attorney Holly Jones.

Holly K. Jones

Holly Jones is the Managing Attorney Editor at M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC. She is also the editor of HR Guide to Employment Law: A Practical Compliance Reference and Employers State Law Alert, the monthly resource for summaries of significant employment legislation. She has also written and edited several additional publications on labor and employment law, including Wage & Hour Compliance: Practical Solutions for HR, The Employment Practices Self-Audit Workbook, and several Mastering HR reports.

Following is a list of those who were most instrumental in the completion of this book. We thank them for their continued perseverance in this project.

Alabama: Albert L. Vreeland — Lehr, Middlebrooks & Vreeland, P.C.
Alaska: Thomas M. Daniel — Perkins Coie LLP
Arizona: Dinita L. James — Ford & Harrison LLP
Arkansas: John Bryant, Gary Jiles — Jack, Nelson, Jones, Jiles & Gregory, P.A.
California: Mark I. Schickman, Cathleen S. Yonahara — Freeland Cooper & Foreman
Colorado: Thomas (Tobie) E. J. Hazard — Holland & Hart LLP
Connecticut: James M. Sconzo, Michael G. Petrie, and Jonathan C. Sterling — Jorden Burt LLP
Delaware: Michael P. Stafford — Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
District of Columbia: Kevin C. McCormick, David M. Stevens — Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
Florida: Samantha Giudici — Harper Gerlach PL
Georgia: Chris Butler, Raanon Gal, and David Hagaman — Ford & Harrison LLP
Hawaii: David F. E. Banks — Cades Schutte LLP
Idaho: J. Kevin West, Sally J. Reynolds — Hall, Farley, Oberrecht & Blanton, P.A.
Illinois: Steven L. Brenneman — Ford & Harrison LLP
Indiana: David S. Wagner — Baker & Daniels
Iowa: Eric Elben, Greg Naylor — Whitfield & Eddy, P.L.C.
Kansas: Jay M. Rector and Teresa L. Shulda — Foulston Siefkin L.L.P.
Kentucky: Richard S. Cleary, Blaine Blood — Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC
Louisiana: H. Mark Adams, Jennifer F. Kogos — Jones Walker
Maine: Daniel C. Stockford, Peter Lowe, and Anne Torregrossa — Brann & Isaacson
Maryland: Kevin C. McCormick, David M. Stevens — Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, L.L.P.
Massachusetts: Susan G. Fentin, Michael Leahy — Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C.
Michigan: William E. Altman — Vercruysse, Murray & Calzone, P.C.
Minnesota: Dennis J. Merley — Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon and Vogt, P.A.
Mississippi: Susan F. Desmond, Peyton S. Irby — Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, P.A.
Missouri: Robert A. Kaiser — Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Montana: Jason S. Ritchie — Holland & Hart LLP
Nebraska: Mark M. Schorr — Erickson | Sederstrom, P.C.
Nevada: Anthony L. Hall — Holland and Hart LLP
New Hampshire: Timothy A. Gudas, Jeanine L. Poole — Sulloway & Hollis, P.L.L.C.
New Jersey: Theresa A. Kelly — Day Pitney LLP
New Mexico: Robert P. Tinnin, Jr., Stanley K. Kotovsky — Tinnin Law Firm, A Professional Corporation
New York: Susan Gross Sholinsky, Anna A. Cohen — Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C.
North Carolina: Richard L. Rainey — Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC
North Dakota: Leslie Bakken Oliver — Vogel Law Firm
Ohio: Robert J. Stalter — Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
Oklahoma: Sam R. Fulkerson, Charles S. Plumb — McAfee & Taft
Oregon: Calvin L. Keith — Perkins Coie LLP
Pennsylvania: Laurel B. Peltzman — Saul Ewing LLP
Rhode Island: Timothy C. Cavazza, Sara A. Rapport, and Daniel K. Kinder — Little, Medeiros, Kinder, Bulman & Whitney, P.C.
South Carolina: Hayne Hodges, Richard J. Morgan — McNair Law Firm, P.A.
South Dakota: Jane Pfeifle — Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & Lebrun, P.C.
Tennessee: Kara E. Shea — Miller & Martin PLLC
Texas: Allyn Jaqua — Ford & Harrison LLP
Utah: Darryl J. Lee — Wood Crapo LLC
Vermont: Amy McLaughlin — Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C.
Virginia: Michael E. Barnsback, Hillary Collyer and Stacey Rose Harris — DiMuroGinsberg, PC
Washington: Michael T. Reynvaan — Perkins Coie LLP
West Virginia: Matthew B. Hansberry — Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Wisconsin: Saul C. Glazer, Leslie A. Sammon — Axley Brynelson, LLP
Wyoming: Bradley T. Cave, Joanna R. Vilos — Holland & Hart LLP
Canada: Karen M. Sargeant, Hadiya Roderique — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP