The manager's guide to HR : hiring, firing, performance evaluations, documentation, benefits, and everything else you need to know / Max Muller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muller, Max, 1947-

Series:

BusinessPro collection.

BusinessPro collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personnel management.

Supervision of employees.

Labor laws and legislation--United States.

Labor laws and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : AMACOM ; [Alexandria, Va.] : SHRM, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essential HR overview every manager and small-business owner needs.

Contents:

Cover; 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 WorkweekEmployee 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 WomenChild 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 DefenseThe Investigation; Workplace Violence; CHAPTER 8 : PRIVACY ISSUES; Introduction; Background Checks; Medical 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 PrivilegeProgressive 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; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612102394

9781621984665

1621984664

9781282102392

1282102397

9780814412718

0814412718

OCLC:

852756775