The Manager's Guide to HR, 2nd Edition

Table of contents

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