HR Guide to Employment Law: A Practical Compliance Reference

All-new 2011 Edition is fully up-to-date with the latest revisions to FMLA, COBRA, and other laws!

Prepared just for HR executives and employers, it's the all-in-one reference no HR department should be without....

With over 700 pages of straight-talk answers, and a CD-ROM loaded with valuable ready-made forms and policies, this all-new comprehensive desk manual is the ultimate guide to understanding the impact of employment law on your workplace policies and procedures, perfect for:

• Advising executive management
• Responding to an employee complaint
• Conducting a fair and thorough investigation
• Avoiding legal entanglements
• Combating intermittent leave abuse
• Managing personnel files
• Stamping out discrimination and harassment
• Administering complex payroll and overtime issues
• And much more...

Fully up-to-date with the latest revisions to FMLA, COBRA and other laws, HR Guide to Employment Law is the last word on employer rights and obligations -- ready to help you solve any workforce management puzzle quickly and easily. Comes with a CD-ROM loaded with valuable forms and policies, ready for you to tailor to your organization's specific needs.

• ADA
• Discipline and Documentation
• Discrimination
• FMLA
• Health Benefits
• Hiring
• Immigration
• Internal Investigations
• Labor and Organizing
• Overtime
• Privacy and the Electronic Workplace
• Sexual Harassment
• Termination
• Workplace Violence

Buyers' Benefit: To make sure your HR Guide to Employment Law remains up-to-date with changing court interpretations, laws, and regulations, we monitor all branches of government. Each year, we'll rush you updated chapters on a 30-day review basis. You only honor the invoice if you decide to keep the updated chapters.
 

HR Guide to Employment Law: A Practical Compliance Reference

All-new 2011 edition is fully up-to-date with the latest revisions to FMLA, COBRA, and other laws!

Prepared just for HR executives and employers, it's the all-in-one reference no HR department should be without...

With over 700 pages of straight-talk answers, this all-new comprehensive desk manual is the ultimate guide to understanding the impact of employment law on your workplace policies and procedures, perfect for:

• Advising executive management
• Responding to an employee complaint
• Conducting a fair and thorough investigation
• Avoiding legal entanglements
• Combating intermittent leave abuse
• Managing personnel files
• Stamping out discrimination and harassment
• Administering complex payroll and overtime issues
• And much more...

Includes chapters on all the most critical management topics:

• ADA
• Discipline and Documentation
• Discrimination
• FMLA
• Health Benefits
• Hiring
• Immigration
• Internal Investigations
• Labor and Organizing
• Overtime
• Privacy and the Electronic Workplace
• Sexual Harassment
• Termination
• Workplace Violence

Over 700 pages of straight-talk answers to every Human Resources management question!

Here it is – the last word on employer rights and obligations – ready to help you solve any workforce management puzzle quickly and easily. Armed with HR Guide to Employment Law: A Practical Compliance Reference, you’ll never have to search for information on:

• Employee protections under multiple statutes and regulations
• What you should do to reduce the risk of legal missteps
• How to respond to an employee complaint of discrimination, harassment, or worse
• Executing your least favorite tasks with confidence, such as layoffs, terminations, harassment and discrimination investigations, and other challenges
• Eliminating the obstructions that prevent maximum workforce effectiveness

To sample this comprehensive employment law guide for 30 days with no payment or obligation, call (800) 274-6774.

Buyers' Benefit: To make sure your HR Guide to Employment Law remains up-to-date with changing court interpretations, laws, and regulations, we monitor all branches of government. Each year, we'll rush you updated chapters on a 30-day review basis. You only honor the invoice if you decide to keep the updated chapters.

HR Guide to Employment Law: Prepared by attorneys with extensive experience counseling employers and HR management

HR Guide to Employment Law 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 is the Managing Attorney Editor at M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC. She is the editor of 50 Employment Laws in 50 States, the comprehensive comparision of employer rights and obligations under state laws, 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 the HR Guide to Employment Law: A Practical Compliance Reference, Wage & Hour Compliance: Practical Solutions for HR, Employment Practices Self-Audit Workbook, and several Mastering HR reports.
 

Contributing Attorneys, Many of Them Members of the Employers Counsel Network

Several of our contributors are also an editor of their state's Employment Law Letter, the leading state-specific management information resource on new laws and regulations affecting workplace policies and practices.

Michael E. Barnsback is a partner in the law firm of DiMuroGinsberg where he represents employers in all aspects of federal and state employment litigation from administrative hearings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and local human rights commissions to formal trials in federal court.

Audra K. Hamilton represents employers in all stages of litigation and administrative matters, as well as providing practical advice for real-world problems. She frequently advises employers on various practical solutions for employment issues, including the drafting of policies and handbooks, review of agreements, and the handling of employee performance issues.

Andrew Moriarty is a partner in the Labor & Employment practice at Perkins Coie LLP. Mr. Moriarty litigates discrimination, wage-hour, and other labor and employment claims. He also provides advice and counseling regarding employment contracts, personnel policies and employee handbooks, discipline and discharge, statutory and regulatory compliance, and union avoidance.

Jonathan Trafimow is a partner at Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP where he represents employers in areas of workplace discrimination, retaliation, harassment and civil rights claims, class actions, wage and hour matters, handbooks, severance packages, employment agreements, and other employment-related documents.

Jonathan R. Mook is a founding partner in the firm of DiMuroGinsberg. Mr. Mook is a nationally recognized authority on the Americans with Disabilities Act and is the author of two treatises published by Matthew Bender Company, Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations and Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities. He lectures nationally on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other employment law topics.

Stacie L. Caraway is Of Counsel at the law firm Miller & Martin, where she concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment. Ms. Caraway is currently part of a regional civil litigation team, which advises national franchises and other companies concerning general employment and labor law issues and develops, reviews, and updates human resources policies, supporting contracts, and materials.

Kathleen Carlson’s background in law, business, and journalism enables her to dig into law- and business-related topics and boil them down for managers. As an attorney, she focused on employment law, and as a reporter, she covered workplace issues and the business of law, among other topics.

Susan Fahey Desmond is a shareholder with Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A., and has represented management in all areas of labor and employment law. She conducts training for companies throughout the country both through web-based Internet sessions and on-site.

Jesse Goldstein with Vercruysse Murray & Calzone, P.C. practices in the areas of immigration and litigation. He writes and edits a monthly column, The Immigration Corner, for the Michigan Employment Law Letter.

Debra Auerbach Clephane has extensive experience handling immigration matters and defending employers in I-9 compliance actions and advising employers who seek to employ foreign nationals in the United States, as well as experience facilitating the employment of U.S. workers abroad.

Albert L. Vreeland is a founding member and Managing Shareholder of Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland, P.C. Mr. Vreeland has represented employers in the entire range of employment litigation from Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, OSHA, and ERISA to claims under the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses.

Kevin C. McCormick, chair of the Labor and Employment Section with the law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, provides advice and counsel to public and private employers on all phases of the employment relationship to ensure compliance with applicable laws, avoid costly litigation, and, when necessary, successfully defend against individual and governmental challenges to policies and procedures.

Kara E. Shea with the law firm of Miller & Martin provides practical advice on employment issues and compliance to national, regional, and local employers of all sizes, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, in a variety of industries. She also represents employers before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and in litigation.

Margaret (Molly) M. DiBianca represents employers in employment rights claims, discrimination matters, and equal employment disputes at the state and federal court level. She defends employers against claims brought by former and current employees and assists employers to enforce restrictive covenants. She assists clients with internal investigations, wage-and-hour reviews, and employment practices audits.

Steven L. Brenneman is a partner with Ford & Harrison LLP. He has litigated employment and labor law disputes involving allegations of age, race, national origin, disability, and sex discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, retaliatory discharge, fraud, defamation, breach of contract, FLSA, Equal Pay Act, FMLA, ERISA, the WARN Act, employee handbooks, and noncompetition agreements.

Suheily Natal is an associate at Ford & Harrison LLP where she focuses her practice on representing management in labor and employment law matters. In her practice, Suheily handles matters involving allegations of sexual harassment, disability discrimination, FMLA violations, race and national origin discrimination, wrongful discharge, and violation of wage and hour and wage payment laws. She also drafts and reviews employment policies, employment contracts and employee handbooks.

Jane Wipf Pfeifle concentrates her practice in all areas of employer-employee relations law, especially employment discrimination and wrongful termination. Additionally, Ms. Pfeifle counsels her clients regarding compliance with the latest state and federal employment laws and regulations.

Michael T. Gebhart’s practice with the firm Peel Brimley LLP concentrates in labor and employment, construction, and complex commercial litigation. Mr. Gebhart has successfully defended employers in federal and state employment and labor actions, as well as in arbitrations, mediations, and other alternative dispute forums.