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 M edical 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§ schovat popis