Employer's rights : your legal handbook from hiring to termination and everything in between / / Charles H. Fleischer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810730403321
• Autore: Fleischer Charles H
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Naperville, Ill., : Sphinx Pub., c2004
• ISBN: 1-4175-5339-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.7301
• Soggetti: Labor laws and legislation - United States; Personnel management - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Title Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Employment Relationship -- Employees, Independent Contractors, and Agents -- Statutory Employees and Nonemployees -- The Employment At-Will Doctrine -- Employment Contracts -- Artbitration Agreements -- Business Owners' Employment Status -- Employment Practices Liability Insurance -- Chapter 2: The Hiring Process -- Steps in the Hiring Process -- New Employee Regulations -- Employee Handbooks -- Personnel Files -- Chapter 3: Evaluating Performance -- Good Reasons for Evaluation -- Legal Considerations -- Disciplinary Actions -- Chapter 4: Termination -- Exit Interviews -- Termination for Cause -- Constructive Discharge -- Retaliation -- Whistleblower Regulations -- Abusive Discharge -- Defamation and Liability -- Intentional Infliction of Emotional Stress Liability -- Corporate Ethics and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act -- Employee Due Process -- Downsizing and Mass Layoffs -- Chapter 5: Wage-and-Hour Requirements -- Minimum Wages -- Overtime -- Alternatives to Overtime -- Exceptions from Overtime Requirements -- Settling FLSA Wage Disputes -- Other Wage Regulations -- Child Labor -- Priority of Wages and Benefits in Bankruptcy -- Antitrust Considerations -- Chapter 6: Wage Attachments and Assignments -- Garnishments -- Withholding Orders -- Tax Levies -- Debtors in Bankruptcy -- Department of Education Garnishments -- Wage Assignments -- Chapter 7: Tax Considerations -- Deductibility of Wages and Benefits ; -- Limitations on Deductibility -- Independent Contractors -- Federal Withholding Requirements -- Tips -- Other Taxable Payments -- State Withholding Requirements -- Earned Income Credit -- Deposit and Reporting Requirements -- Credits for Employing the Disadvantaged -- Chapter 8: Leave Policies -- Vacation and Sick Leave -- FMLA Coverage and Eligibility.; FMLA Benefits -- Military Leave -- Other Types of Leave -- Paid Time Off -- Chapter 9: Deferred Compensation and ERISA -- Deferred Compensation -- ERISA -- Spousal Rights to Pension Benefits -- Top Hat and Excess Benefit Plans -- Rabbi Trusts -- Chapter 10: Group Health and Other Voluntary Plans -- COBRA -- HIPAA -- Mandated Benefits -- Qualified Medical Child Support Orders -- Claims Administration -- Gender-Specific Coverage -- Stock Options -- Employee Stock Ownership Plans -- Other Plans -- Domestic Partners -- Chapter 11: Workers' Compensation -- General Coverage -- Covered Employees -- Course and Scope of Employment -- Claim Procedure -- Benefits -- Second Injury Fund -- Rights Against Third Parties -- Chapter 12: Unemployment Insurance -- Employer Contributions -- Coverage and Eligibility -- Misconduct and Quitting For Cause -- Claim Procedure -- Benefits -- Chapter 13: Workplace Safety -- Safety and Health Standards -- Record Keeping -- Inspections and Citations -- FDA's Food Code -- Retaliation and Refusal to Work -- State Requirements -- Smoking -- Ergonomics -- Violence in the Workplace -- Disaster Planning -- Chapter 14: Discrimination in General -- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act -- Protected Emloyers -- Religious Discrimination Under Title VII -- Other Anti-Discrimination Laws -- State and Local Prohibitions -- Professional Codes of Ethics -- Discrimination Based on Genetics -- Contingent Workers -- Former Employees -- Record Keeping -- Foreign Workers -- Chapter 15: Gender Discrimination -- Equal Pay Act -- Pregnancy -- Harssment, In General -- Employer Liability for Harassment -- Sexual Orientation -- Other Issues -- Chapter 16: Age Discrimination -- Exceptions -- Benefit Plans -- Proving Age Discrimination -- Releases of ADEA Claims -- Chapter 17: Persons with Disabilities -- ADA in Employment -- Medical Examinations.; Duty of Reasonable Accommodation -- Reasonableness of Requested Accommodation -- Effect of Remedial Measures -- Accommodation and Seniority -- Other Prohibited Conduct -- Direct-Threat Defense -- Chapter 18: Employee Privacy -- Private Places -- Sensitive Records -- Surveillance -- Electronic Monitoring -- Lie Detector Tests -- Drug Testing and Drug-Free Workplaces -- Employee Mail -- Consumer Reports -- Criminal Records -- Driving Records -- Identity Theft -- Chapter 19: Employee Loyalty -- Competing with an Employer -- Trade Secrets -- Computer Fraud -- Loyalty by Contract -- Work-for-Hire -- Remedies for Breach of Agreement -- Employee Dishonesty -- Chapter 20: Nonprofit Organizations -- Tax Considerations -- Executive Compensation -- Benefit Plans -- Unemployment Insurance -- Religious Organizations -- Chapter 21: Unions and Labor Relations -- National Labor Relations Act -- Concerted Activities -- Representation Elections -- Duty to Bargain -- Additional Unfair Labor Practices -- Union Security and the Right to Work -- Strikes and Lockouts -- Chapter 22: Alternative Work Arrangements -- Telecommuting -- Flextime -- Contingent Workers -- Chapter 23: Employer Liability to Third Parties -- Vicarious Liability -- Intentional Misconduct -- Alcohol-Related Liability -- Negligent Employment -- References -- Tortious Interference -- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- Indemnity and Subrogation -- Insider Trading -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Required Federal Postings -- ; Appendix B: Federal Statutory Thresholds -- Appendix C: Employer's Federal Tax Calendar -- Appendix D: Legal Holidays -- Appendix E: Internet Resources -- Appendix F: Table of Federal Statutes and Regulations -- Index -- Back Cover.