CONTENTS -- 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 -- Structured Performance Reviews and Discrimination -- CHAPTER 3 Training -- Introduction -- Strategy -- Safety -- Sexual Harassment -- Training Records -- CHAPTER 4 Benefits -- Introduction: The Family and Medical Leave Act -- Covered Entities -- The Twelve-Month Period -- Notice -- 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 -- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 -- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996-Preexisting Conditions -- CHAPTER 5 Compensation: The Fair Labor Standards Act -- Introduction -- Minimum Wage and Overtime -- Compensable Hours -- Equal Pay for Men and Women (Equal Pay Act) -- 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 -- State and Local Protected Classes -- CHAPTER 7 Hot-Button Issues: Sexual Harassment and Workplace Violence -- Sexual Harassment: Introduction -- Sexual Harassment Defined -- The Ellerth/Faragher Defense -- The Investigation -- Workplace Violence -- CHAPTER 8 Privacy Issues -- Introduction -- Background Checks -- Medical Information During the Hiring Process -- Monitoring Employees in the Workplace -- 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 Record Keeping -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.