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Employer’s Guide To The Federal
Ninth Edition | Sample Policies & Forms | Over 145 Pages
family members. It also allows employees to take leaves needed due to their own serious health conditions. The law usually requires employers to maintain health insurance benefits in effect, continue life and disability insurance, allow the use of vacation and sick leave benefits, and comply with numerous other rules. These rules regulate employee handbooks, written notice, record-keeping, and posting requirements. It also establishes serious sanctions and penalties that can be imposed against employers who do not comply. In this publication, Attorney Richard J. Simmons of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, provides employers a guide through the complicated web of rules created by the law. Among the subjects addressed in the publication are the following:
Family And Medical Leave Act
The FMLA represents the first federal law that guarantees employees the right to take leaves to care for newborn children, adopted children, and seriously ill
• Regulations and Changes
• Employee Eligibility Standards
• Insurance Obligations
• Sick Leave and Vacation Benefits • 12-Month Standard
• Exemptions
• Intermittent and Reduced Leaves
• Maximum Leave Rules
• Employer Notification Rules
• Record-Keeping Rules
• Relationship With Workers’ Comp Laws • Impact On State Laws
• Sample Personnel Policies and Forms
• Employer Obligations
• Types Of Leaves Allowed • Employee Notices
• Military Family Leaves
• Minimum Service Rules • Reinstatement Rights
• Medical Certification Rules • Enforcement Rules
• Handbook Statements
• Sample Poster
• Key Employee Exception • Benefit Issues
• Sample DR. Certification
Employer’s Guide To The
Third Edition | Over 90 Pages
Americans With Disabilities Act
The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) represents the first comprehensive national mandate that prohibits discrimination against qualified disabled individuals.
It also requires covered employers to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical and mental disabilities of job applicants and employees. In this publication, Attorney Richard J. Simmons of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP provides employers concise, practical information regarding the obligations created by the new law and the manner in which to comply. Among the subjects addressed in the publication are the following:
• Protection Of Physical And Mental Disabilities • Limitations To Qualified Disabled Individuals • Exclusions Of Certain Disabilities
• Preemployment Medical Examinations
• Undue Hardship Defense
• Enforcement Provisions
• Remedies
• Pre-Offer and Post-Offer Inquiries
• Definition Of Disabled Individual • Employer Coverage Rules
• Drug Addiction and Alcoholism
• Duty To Reasonably Accommodate
• List Of Impermissible Questions • Job Descriptions
• Drug Testing
• Benefit Issues
| Over 210 Pages
The Reform Of California’s Wage
And Hour Laws: An Analysis Of AB 60
Fourth Edition | IWC Rules
On October 1, 2000, the new Wage Orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) took effect under AB 60, the “Eight-Hour-Day Restoration and Workplace
Flexibility Act.” The legislation and Wage Orders have a major impact on virtually all California employers. In addition to reinstating the daily overtime provisions of California law, the legislation creates other overtime standards, changes the exemption rules, and establishes new rules regarding “alternative workweek schedules,” meal periods, rest periods, penalties, personal liability, and a citation system, among others. In this publication, Attorney Richard J. Simmons of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP reviews the legislation and the IWC’s final rules in a concise and understandable manner. The publication reviews the AB 60 and IWC rules, including:
• Overtime Rules
• Alternative Work Schedule Rules • Salary Basis Rules
• Citation System
• Meal and Rest Period Penalties • Sample Make-Up Time Form
• Exemption Standards
• Sample Time Card Verifications • Professional Exemption Rules • Personal Liability Standards
• Sample Make-Up Time Policy • Final IWC Rules
The Federal
Second Edition
| Over 80 Pages
Immigration Law
The Immigration Reform and Control Act establishes new rules for all employers throughout the country. It prohibits the employment of unauthorized aliens, as
well as the continued employment of such individuals. It also requires every employer to screen all job candidates who receive job offers to determine their true identity and legal authority to work in the U.S. This publication provides an understandable analysis of the law and its rules. Among the subjects addressed in the publication are the following:
• New Employer Obligations • Pre-Employment Practices • Required Forms
• Use Of Contract Labor
• Recruitment Practices • Copying Documents • Sample 1-9 Form
• Penalties
Over 40 Pages
• Sample Language For Applications • Employment Verification Rules
• Wrongful Discharge Issues
• Impact On State Laws
• Defenses To Liability
• Forms Used For All New Hires • Record-Keeping Rules
• Changes To Application Forms
The Federal
WARN — Mass Layoff
Polygraph Law
And Plant Closing Law
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) applies to virtually all employers throughout the country with 100 or more employees. It creates advance notice rules that apply before a mass layoff or business closing can occur. Sanctions for violating the law can be substantial. Employers must understand their obligations under these rules. Among the subjects addressed in the publication are the following:
The use of lie detectors and polygraph tests by employers is regulated by
federal law. Congress enacted the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA). The law established detailed rules that now apply to such tests. This publication provides a useful analysis of the federal law and the laws of many states as well. Among the subjects addressed in the publication are the following:
• Coverage
• Government Employers • Execution For Drug Tests • Procedural Rule
• Posting Rules
• Types Of Tests Regulated
• Honesty Tests
• Complete And Partial Exemptions • Pretest Requirements
• Sample Notice
• Notification Obligations
• Definition Of Mass Layoffs • Definition Of Plant Closings • Exemptions
• California and Federal Laws
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• Covered Employers • Sales Of Businesses • Strikes and Lockouts • Employee Notices
• Enforcement Provisions
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