Illinois Employer's Guide, 21st Edition, 24th Year

With Authority Comes Responsibility

ISBN: 9781599593135

Format: Looseleaf in Binder
Last Updated: March 2012   

Do you work in a position where you must hire, manage or supervise employees? If so, the Illinois Employer's Guide from Blue Gavel Press can provide you with a solid foundation of knowledge regarding employment law. This guide is a useful tool for business owners, supervisors, managers, and human resources professionals.
   
The Illinois Employer's Guide allows you to make informed decisions so that you can comply with state and federal laws and avoid civil and criminal penalties. It boils down state and federal laws to help you to understand your legal responsibilities.
   
Free of legal-speak, this easy-to-use guide offers clear explanations of today’s complex employment laws, regulations, and court decisions. Hyperlinks at the end of each chapter will lead you to additional online information. The guide is regularly updated with the most current information available.
   
Topics covered in the guide include Hiring; Managing Employees and Personnel Costs; Termination or Employment; Health and Safety; Employment Discrimination; Wages, Hours & Child Labor; Employee Benefits and Leave; Personnel Records; Workplace Privacy; and Unions and Government Contractors.

   
The Illinois Employer’s Guide includes discussion of these and other topics:

• Amendments to the Illinois Human Rights Act, which prohibit employment discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions
• The Illinois Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit Act, which provides a tax credit for certain employers that hire employees
• Updated sections on Illinois law regarding arbitration agreements, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, employment discrimination, security breach notifications, legal requirements regarding the destruction of records, 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
• New federal law requiring employers to provide break time and a quiet place for nursing mothers to express breast milk
• New regulations implementing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• Changes in federal unemployment taxes (FUTA) and federal income taxes (FICA), including computation and reporting requirements
• Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding arbitration agreements, retaliation claims by third-parties who are related to individuals involved in discrimination, employee privacy and electronic communications, and more
• Proposed changes to the National Labor Relations Act that could change the way unions are recognized
• 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, IRS regulations providing guidance on hybrid defined benefit plans, and proposed regulations that would expand who is considered a fiduciary and change the procedures for seeking an exemption from prohibited transaction rules under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

   
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.