Professional Resources

This section covers many topics an employer deals with on employee relations issues.  For example, benefits, employment form, training and orientation, sample job descriptions and performance appraisals from the industry, employee handbook policies, drug policies and testing, required federal and state poster, and union and union-free employer issues. 

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• Big Apple Bites Out-Of-State Employers (A Must Read!!!)
• Breaks for Nursing Mothers
• Determining Independent Contractor Status
• EEO-Related
  • EEOC Update Guidance for Employers on Cancer and other Disabilities (May 2013)
  • EEOC Addresses Hearing Impairments in the Workplace.
  • Changes to EEO-1 Form
  • EEOC Announces New Discrimination Initiative
  • EEOC Definition of ‘Applicant’ Will Not Change
  • EEOC Offers advice on Disabled Workers
  • EEOC Updates Age Discrimination Rule
  • EEOC Updates National Origin Guidance
  • EEOC final rule extends Title VII, ADA recordkeeping requirements to GINA
  • Employee Demographics in Printing and Publishing
  • Employee Self-Identification Form for EEO-1 Purposes
  • New Guidelines for Accessible Design Issued for ADA Compliance
  • Without EEOC regulations, JAN offers ADA Amendments Act of 2008 guidance
• Email Disclaimers and Notices
• Employment Forms and Posters
  • Artist Work for Hire
  • Federal and State Tax Employee Withholding Forms
  • Financial & Insurance Checklist For Heirs
  • Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA)
  • Model Client-Independent Contractor Agreement
  • Sample ADEA Waiver
  • Sample Employment Application
  • Sample FMLA Forms
  • State Employment Posters
  • The Death Checklist
    • Type 2 Death
• FMLA
  • Federal Family and Medical Leave Modified for Military Leave
• Guidelines for Sales, Incentive, Bonus and Recognition Plans
  • Elements on a Sales, Incentive, or Bonus Plan Document
• HR Training Videos and Webinars
• Immigration Related
  • 2nd Circuit Protects Illegal Immigrant’s Right to Sue for lost Wages
  • Employment Related State Immigration Laws
  • Federal Contractors and E-Verify
  • Federal contractors, subcontractors are required to start using E-Verify beginning September 8, 2009, Rescinds "No Match" Rule
  • I-9 Forms and Employer Responsibility
  • Immigration Officials Says New U.S. Passport Card Good for I-9 Form Purposes.
  • Revised Form I-9 and Employer Handbook as of March 8, 2013
  • Tips for Internal Form I-9 Audit
  • USCIS Revises Two Immigration Documents
• Job Descriptions
• Low Cost Benefits
• Organizational Charts from the Printers
• PWBA Compiles List for Compliance Assistance
• Payroll Information
• Performance Appraisal Sample Forms
• Policies
  • Business Casual Wear Policy
  • Confidentiality and Noncompete Employee Agreement
  • Dress Code and Safety Shoes Policy
  • Email/Internet/Software Sample Policies and Checklist
  • Employee Referral Policies
  • Employee Travel Pay: When and How to Compensate Employees Correctly
  • Family and Medical Leave Policy
  • Family and Medical Leave Policy Sample #2
  • Gift Policy Samples
  • Jury Duty Sample Policy
  • Military Leaves of Absense and Reemployment Rights
  • No Solicitation/Distribution Policy Samples
  • Sample Confidentiality Agreements
  • Noncompete and Confidentiality Agreements
    • Non Solicitation and Non Disclosure Sample
    • Sample Noncompete Employee Agreement
    • To Use or Not to Use
  • Open Door Policy Samples
  • Open Shop Policy Samples
  • Personal Communication and Recording Devices (Cell Phones)
  • Plant Closing Profile
  • Prohibition of Harassment
  • Sample Customer Property Employee Handbook Policy
  • Sample Employee Handbook Confidentiality Policies
  • Sample Military Leave Policy
  • Shift Schedule Examples
  • Smoking in the Workplace
  • Time Off to Vote, State Law Summary
  • Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Policy
  • Disaster Planning, Management & Recovery Checklist, and Sample Plan
    • Appendix A - G
    • Sample Safety Forms
  • Flex Time Policies
  • Social Media Policies
• Recent Study Examining Employment Trends in Heath Care Cost Management
• Record Retention Requirements
• Revised EEOC Guidance Clarifies ADA and USERRA for Employers
• The New Overtime Rule
  • Sample Policy
  • State Rules on Exempt/Non-Exempt Status
• Training
• Union Employers
• Union Label Temptation
• Union-Free Employers
• Wage/Hour Enforcement Statistics
  • Department of Labor, Wage/Hour Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Enforcement Statistics
  • Department of Labor, Wage/Hour Fiscal Year 2010 & 2011 Enforcement Statistics
• What to Put in Personnel Files