The Manager's Guide to HR - Hiring, Firing, Performance Evaluations, Documentation, Benefits,

Managing people is a tricky business-and managers and small business owners need a clear understanding of the essentials of human resources to survive.
The original edition of The Manager's Guide to HR gives you an introduction to the regulations, rights, and responsibilities related to hiring and firing, benefits, compensation, documentation, performance evaluations, training, and more. However, much has changed since then.
Extensively revised, this second edition covers all the key areas of the original edition and brings you up to speed on current developments in employment law, including:

• How social media is changing the recruitment landscape
• Shifting labor standards regarding compensation and benefits
• The National Labor Relations Board's stance on work-related employee speech on social media
• The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• New record-keeping requirements
• Amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Featuring step-by-step guidance on everything from COBRA compliance to privacy issues, The Manager's Guide to HR is now once again the most up-to-date, invaluable resource any manager of personnel could have.

List of contents

CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1:
HIRING
Introduction Defining the Job Writing the Job Description Recruiting Interviewing Verifying Employment Eligibility
CHAPTER 2:
PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
Introduction The Job Description Employee Self-Review Specificity Structured Performance Reviews and Discrimination
CHAPTER 3:
TRAINING
Introduction Purpose Strategy Safety Sexual and Other Forms of Harassment Training Records
CHAPTER 4:
BENEFITS
Introduction: The Family and Medical Leave Act Covered Entities The Twelve-Month Period Notices Scheduling the Leave The Workweek Employee Eligibility Eligible Reasons for Leave Unpaid Nature of Leave Maintaining Health Benefits Serious Health Conditions Health Care Provider Key Employees The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996-Preexisting Conditions The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)
CHAPTER 5:
COMPENSATION
Introduction Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensable Hours The Equal Pay Act: Equal Pay for Men and Women Child Labor Coverage Benefits and Payroll Practices Not Covered by the FLSA Exempt vs. Nonexempt Status Under the FLSA Wage and Hour Violations
CHAPTER 6:
EMPLOYMENT LAWS
Introduction Key Federal Employment Laws Prohibited Acts Enforcement Mechanisms Proof of Discrimination Title VII Remedies Federally Protected Classes The Americans with Disabilities Act State and Local Protected Classes
CHAPTER 7:
HOT-BUTTON ISSUES: SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
Sexual Harassment: Introduction Sexual Harassment Defined The Faragher-Ellerth Defense The Investigation Workplace Violence
CHAPTER 8:
PRIVACY ISSUES
Introduction Background Checks M edical Information During the Hiring Process The Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 Monitoring Employees in the Workplace The National Labor Relations Act and Monitoring Employee Behavior Surveillance, Searches, and Other Intrusions Invasion of Privacy Defamation, Libel, and Slander Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress or Outrage False Imprisonment
CHAPTER 9:
FIRING AND SEPARATION
Introduction Policy Statements May Alter At-Will Employment How to Reestablish the At-Will Privilege Progressive Discipline The Termination Session Wrongful Discharge The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
CHAPTER 10:
DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDS RETENTION
Introduction Personnel Records in General Medical Information Other Documents That Should Not Be Kept in a Personnel File EEOC Minimum Document Retention Rules Under Title VII Document Retention Policies OSHA Recordkeeping
INDEX

About the author

Max Muller (Overland Park, KS) has served as CEO or COO for numerous companies. An attorney and authorized OSHA trainer, his seminars have drawn more than 100,000 attendees.

Summary

Managing people is a tricky business—and managers and small business owners need a clear understanding of the essentials of human resources to survive.
The original edition of The Manager’s Guide to HR gives you an introduction to the regulations, rights, and responsibilities related to hiring and firing, benefits, compensation, documentation, performance evaluations, training, and more. However, much has changed since then.
Extensively revised, this second edition covers all the key areas of the original edition and brings you up to speed on current developments in employment law, including:

• How social media is changing the recruitment landscape
• Shifting labor standards regarding compensation and benefits
• The National Labor Relations Board’s stance on work-related employee speech on social media
• The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• New record-keeping requirements
• Amendments to the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Featuring step-by-step guidance on everything from COBRA compliance to privacy issues, The Manager’s Guide to HR is now once again the most up-to-date, invaluable resource any manager of personnel could have.

Product details

• Authors: Max Muller
• Publisher: Amacon Book Division
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2013
• EAN: 9780814433027
• ISBN: 978-0-8144-3302-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Amacom; Agency/Distributed
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Reference, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Law