The manager's guide to HR hiring, firing, performance evaluations, documentation, benefits, and everything else you need to know
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 provided readers with a plain-English introduction to the regulations, rights, and responsibilitie...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
American Management Association
2013.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009630929006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- 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
- 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 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.
