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Authored by: Connie Cornell (Click here to meet the author!)
Cornell Smith & Mierl

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Summary:
The Texas Human Resources Manual is an HR manager’s dream come true, answering all your HR questions in seconds, covering everything from pre-hire through post-termination. Written in plain-English, there is no time spent deciphering what you need to do, no questions as to how to do it, and no reason to ignore a problem that will not go away on its own. You’ll find chapters on recruiting and hiring, immigration, wages and hours, performance evaluations, discrimination, and MORE! Purchase of this manual includes a FREE digital download, which allows you to search the entire book on your computer. You will find the answers to your questions without ever turning a page. Written by attorneys at Cornell Smith & Mierl.
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Table of Contents
How to use this book
1. Snapshot – Take our HR audit!
2. Compliance thresholds
3. Hiring
4. Job descriptions
5. Fair Credit Reporting Act
6. New hiring reporting
7. Affirmative action
8. Immigration
9. Discrimination in employment
10. New employee orientation
11. Flexible work arrangements
12. Independent contractors
13. Telecommuting
14. Wages and hours
15. Child labor
16. Employee handbooks
17. Employee personnel files
18. Employee performance reviews
19. Discipline – Read this chapter!
20. Resolving employee disputes
21. Termination
22. Whistleblowing
23. Plant closing or mass layoff
24. Unclaimed assets and paychecks
25. Unemployment compensation
26. Employee benefits
27. Pension and profit sharing plans
28. COBRA and Texas health care continuation
29. Health care portability (HIPAA)
30. Family and medical leave
31. Veterans’ rights
32. Workers’ compensation
33. Drugs and alcohol in the workplace
34. Smoking in the workplace
35. Safety in the workplace
36. Violence in the workplace
37. Privacy in the workplace
38. Criminal activity in the workplace
39. Changing technology in the workplace
40. Lie detector tests
41. Trade secrets
42. Public employers
43. Unions
44. Diversity in the workplace
A. Recordkeeping requirements
B. Posting requirements
C. Employment reference websites
D. Directory of government agencies
Index