Book description
Human resource law is a complex, confusing compilation of federal, state, county and city laws and ordinances cured in the crucible of the courtroom. The Legal Side of HR Practice leads human resources professionals, managers, supervisors, and students through the legal maze to an understanding of HR law fundamentals. Written in a conversational, easy-to-understand style and filled with workplace examples and step-by-step explanations, this course is designed to provide readers with the tools they need to legally recruit, onboard, manage, discipline, and lead others. Throughout the course, exercises, scenarios, sample problems, and Think About It sections provide readers opportunities for practice, feedback, and application. Additional forms, lists, and reference information to supplement the text of this course can be found online. This is an ebook version of the AMA Self-Study course. If you want to take the course for credit you need to either purchase a hard copy of the course through amaselfstudy.org or purchase an online version of the course through www.flexstudy.com.Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- About This Course
- How to Take This Course
- Pre-Test
-
1 Onboarding
- Overview
- Defining the Position
- Recruiting
- Legal Recruiting Generally
- Discriminatory Recruitment
- Recruitment Documentation
- Pre-Employment Issues
- Interviews and the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Competency-Based Questions
- Closing the Interview
- Documenting the Interview
- Employment Eligibility – Form I-9
- Recap
- Review Questions
- 2 Compensation
- 3 Fair and Legal Management
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4 Privacy Issues
- Introduction
- The Doctrine of Respondeat Superior
- Negligent Hiring
- Background Checks
- Medical Information Obtained During the Hiring Process
- Genetic and Biochemical Testing
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA)
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Monitoring Employees in the Workplace
- Electronic Media
- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)
- Surveillance, Searches, and Other Intrusions
- Regulating Employee Off-Duty, Off-Premise Lifestyle
- Invasion of Privacy
- Public Disclosure of Private Facts
- Placing a Person in a False Light
- Intrusion upon Seclusion
- Misappropriation
- Defamation, Libel, and Slander
- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress/Outrage
- False Imprisonment
- Recap
- Review Questions
- 5 Safety and Health
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6 Workers’ Compensation
- Introduction
- Exclusive Remedy Doctrine
- Loaned or Borrowed Employees
- Getting WC Insurance
- Work Relatedness
- Injuries “Arising out of” Employment
- Injuries “in the Course of” Employment
- Employee Misconduct
- Types of Benefits
- The Bermuda Triangle – ADA, WC, and FMLA
- Administering WC Claims
- Recap
- Review Questions
- 7 Federally Mandated Benefits
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Post-Test
- Index
Product information
- Title: The Legal Side of HR Practice
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2012
- Publisher(s): AMA Self-Study
- ISBN: 9780761215431
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