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
