Pacific Northwest Employer's Guide, 19th Edition - 24th Year
With Authority Comes Responsibility
ISBN: 9781599593562
Format: Looseleaf in Binder
Last Updated: 2012
The guide is free of legal jargon and offers concise explanations of today’s complex labor laws, regulations, and court decisions. Hyperlinks at the end of each chapter will lead you to additional online information. Plus, it is updated annually with the most current information available.
Topics covered in the guide include Hiring; Managing Employees and Personnel Costs; Termination of Employment; Health and Safety; Employment Discrimination; Wages, Hours, and Child Labor; Employee Benefits and Leave; Personnel Records; Workplace Privacy; and Unions and Government Contractors.
The Pacific Northwest Employer’s Guide includes discussion of these and other topics:
· New Oregon and Washington minimum wage rates and changes in federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) and federal income taxes (FICA), including computation and reporting requirements
· Restrictions on arbitration agreements under Oregon law. Oregon laws banning texting while driving and further restricting the use of cell phones by employees. Laws regarding wrongful discharge, unemployment benefits, workers’ compensation, employment discrimination, wage and hour laws, and leave for victims of harassment.
· Washington “Stay at Work” program, which provides financial incentives for employers that provide light-duty or transitional work for injured workers
· Sections on Washington law regarding liability for employee actions, wrongful discharge, unemployment benefits, the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act, employment discrimination, employment of veterans, wage and hour laws, and more
· New regulations clarifying the meaning of the term “disability” under the ADA Amendments Act
· New mandatory workplace poster informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act
· Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and new laws affecting employee retirement plans, including the Pension Relief Act of 2010, which provides funding relief for certain plans that suffered losses in value, new rollover provisions for 401(k) plans under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, and IRS regulations providing guidance on hybrid defined benefit plans
· Federal immigration laws: vital information on undocumented workers and foreign workers
Please note: The price of $339.95 covers the current edition in its binder and one annual update, providing you with two years of vital compliance information. You can rest easy, knowing that when it is time for the next edition, you will automatically receive updated contents to insert in the distinctive Blue Gavel Press binder.