2009 Edition Now Out of Print.
The 2010 Edition is now available!
The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law, 2009 edition will help you navigate complex and potentially costly Human Resources issues. You'll know what to do (and what not to do) to avoid costly mistakes or oversights, confront HR problems - legally and effectively - and understand the rules.
The Complete Guide to Human Resources and the Law offers fast, dependable, plain English legal guidance for HR-related situations from ADA accommodation, diversity training, and privacy issues to hiring and termination, employee benefit plans, compensation, and recordkeeping. It brings you the most up-to-date information as well as practical tips and checklists in a well-organized, easy-to-use resource.
The 2009 Edition has been updated to include a Bonus CD-ROM !
Also, 2009 Edition provides new and expanded coverage of issues such as:
- The Supreme Court's "middle ground" approach on whether testimony about age bias by supervisors other than the plaintiff's own supervisor is admissible in ADEA cases
- An ADEA suit could proceed even though the complainant filled out an EEOC intake questionnaire, but did not complete the official charge form, and the EEOC did not attempt to conciliate the case
- The EEOC's Final Rule allowing retiree health benefits to be coordinated with Medicare, and the Supreme Court's refusal to hear an appeal of the Third Circuit's decision
- The IRS's continued processing of applications for determination letters for cash balance conversions
- The IRS's extensive guidance about the application of rules under the Pension Protection Act - e.g., how to determine funding requirements, and limitations on distributions from underfunded plans, among other thing
Plus, you'll receive a special Legislative Update on the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)!
Table of Contents
- PAY PLANNING
- TAX ASPECTS OF PAY PLANNING
- BONUSES AND SEVERANCE PAY
- BASIC PENSION CONCEPTS
- DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS
- DEFINED CONTRIBUTION AND 401(K) PLANS
- CASH BALANCE PLANS
- NONQUALIFIED PLANS
- EARLY RETIREMENT AND RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS
- ADOPTING AND ADMINISTERING A PLAN
- COMMUNICATIONS WITH EMPLOYEES AND REGULATORS
- PLAN DISTRIBUTIONS
- PROCESSING AND REVIEWING CLAIMS AND APPEALS
- AMENDING A PLAN
- ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE ISSUES FOR QUALIFIED PLANS
- EFFECT OF CORPORATE TRANSITIONS ON PENSION AND BENEFIT PLANS
- PLAN TERMINATION
- EMPLOYEE GROUP HEALTH PLANS (Eghps)
- HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUATION AND PORTABILITY (COBRA AND HIPAA)
- DISABILITY PLANS
- INSURANCE FRINGE BENEFITS
- OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS
- HIRING AND RECRUITMENT
- RECORDKEEPING
- CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
- PRIVACY ISSUES
- THE ROLE OF THE COMPUTER IN HR
- WORK-FAMILY ISSUES
- DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE
- LABOR LAW
- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
- WORKER’S COMPENSATION
- TITLE VII
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT
- AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)
- AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT
- THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)
- WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
- ARBITRATION AND ADR
- EEOC AND STATE ENFORCEMENT OF ANTIDISCRIMINATION LAWS
- DISCRIMINATION SUITS BY EMPLOYEES: PROCEDURAL ISSUES
- INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE EMPLOYER
