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Understanding The ADA Amendments Act Of 2008 (ADAAA) gives you everything you need to know to fully comprehend how the original Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has changed to protect even more individuals with less severe impairments.  Learn what specifically constitutes a major life activity, why it will be easier for employees to succeed with "regarded as" claims, the danger in considering mitigating measures, and much more.

 

Managing During An Economic Downturn addresses the many tough employment issues that pop up when the economy goes down.  Learn best practices for implementing a layoff or reduction-in-force, along with alternatives to downsizing, employee retention ideas, ways to help employees in obvious financial trouble, and more.

 

Training Managers To Conduct Effective Performance Appraisals will help you to help your managers get positive results from their appraisal sessions by providing guidance on setting up appraisal training, conducting and documenting performance appraisals, and dispensing criticism.  Newly added advice explores how to create the right atmosphere in which to conduct a review, 12 common performance evaluation traps that can snare any manager, and the legal danger of having double standards in performance improvement plans.

 

Telecommuting: A 21st Century Reality covers the logistics and legalities of allowing employees to work from home.  Along with guidance on how to implement a fair and legal telecommuting program, get answers to important questions on data security, compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, and safety issues.  Also included is a sample Telecommuting Application Form.

 

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) Becomes Law summarizes new legislation that was signed by President Bush on May 21, 2008.  The report contains a synopsis of all three parts of GINA: nondiscrimination provisions related to employers, nondiscrimination provisions related to health plans, and an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act.  Specifically, learn what employment actions employers can and cannot take when it comes to the genetic information of their employees and employees' family members.
 

Going Green In The Workplace provides you with low-cost, easy-to-implement ideas that will make your workplace more environmentally responsible and resource-efficient. Also included is advice for achieving senior management buy-in, a case study and sample policy language, and tips for how best to publicize your efforts to go green.

 

When Romance Rocks The Workplace provides you with practical advice for managing unrequited love, off-hour rendezvous, and superior/subordinate relationships to help ensure that that your organization's heart isn't broken in court, along with its piggybank.

 

Reaping The Rewards Of Employee Mentoring gives you everything you need to know to establish an effective program. Learn the basics of mentoring, what to consider in deciding the program's degree of formality, the characteristics of successful participants, common obstacles and suggestions for overcoming them, how to measure success, and the legal danger in denying employees mentoring opportunities.

 

Turning Negative Employee Attitudes Around provides strategies for encouraging job satisfaction; suggestions for dealing with negative employees; and steps for preventing a negative attitude from becoming a legal issue.

 

Clearing The Air On Workplace Smoking Laws provides an overview of each state's workplace smoking restrictions, policy requirements, and posting rules.

 

Casual Dress Code Policies explores how to implement a casual dress code policy while still maintaining professional dress code standards. Get advice on when the law requires you to make an exception to a dress policy, as well as a sample casual dress code policy itself.

 

HR Guide For Managing Problem Employees Successfully And Legally contains useful advice on how best to solve common employee problems, such as the employee who pockets office supplies, workers who constantly bicker, those who make a habit of not turning in their time sheets — and many more!

 

Common Policy Writing Mistakes identifies four of the most common blunders employers make when drafting company policies and offers advice for avoiding these traps.  Included are actual examples of what not to write — taken straight from actual company handbooks.

 

Top 6 Ways Managers Will Land Your Company In A Lawsuit highlights six of the most common mistakes any manager can make when it comes to terminations, employee problems, policies and procedures, harassment/discrimination, retaliation, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Each section contains advice you can pass on to managers to keep them from slipping up.

 

Controlling Absenteeism And Attendance Problems arms you with the techniques on how to improve attendance through motivation, strategies for disciplining employees with chronic attendance problems, plus a rundown of how issues surrounding absenteeism are interpreted under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act.

 

Evaluating What Makes A Medical Condition An ADA-Qualifying Disability provides employers with guidance on how to determine whether and when some common medical conditions qualify for ADA protection.

 

State Laws On Final Pay: What And When To Pay Terminating Employees provides you with a revised state-by-state summary of vacation pay upon termination, plus an updated chart summarizing each state's final pay laws.

 

State Personnel File Access Laws provides you with a state-by-state summary of the statutes under which employees are allowed to inspect their personnel files.

 

Conducting Workplace Investigations arms you with the basic information you need to know to conduct prompt, thorough, and legal investigations...from receiving a complaint to interviewing witnesses to taking post-investigation actions.

 

Discipline Done Right offers legal and practical advice for doling out discipline, crafting and polishing a discipline policy, dealing with a problem employee, and adopting progressive discipline techniques.