Minnesota Employer's Guide, 5th Edition

With Authority Comes Responsibility 
     

ISBN: 9780735508378  

Format: Looseleaf in Binder
Last Updated: April 2011

Do you work in a position where you must hire, manage or supervise employees? If so, the Minnesota Employer's Guide from Blue Gavel Press will provide you with a solid foundation of knowledge regarding employment law and regulations. Developed by imminent legal authorities and compliance specialists, this guide is a vital tool for business owners, supervisors, managers, and human resources professionals. Free of "legalese" and confusing terminology, the Minnesota Employer's Guide offers a straightforward explanation of the areas of employment law that most directly affect employers.
    
The Maryland Employer's Guide is organized into ten (10) chapters, providing an in-depth look at each of the most important aspects of the employment relationship: 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. 

Important updates and improvements to this 5th Edition include:

• New section on employee leave under the Minnesota Domestic Abuse Act.

• Updated sections on employment discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, including a new discussion of pregnancy discrimination.

• Updated sections on Minnesota law regarding employee handbooks, unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, time off for voting, and more.

• New section discussing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which dramatically increases the legal responsibilities of employers with respect to employee health care.

• Federal immigration laws, including verification of Social Security numbers, verifying employment eligibility, sanctions for hiring undocumented workers, types of visas and the labor certification process for hiring foreign workers, special requirements for government contractors, and more.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations covering personal protective equipment standards and proposed changes to the Hazard Communication Standard.

• OSHA’s new Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which penalizes employers for willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations.

• Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding employee privacy and electronic communications, arbitration agreements, and more.

• New federal law requiring employers to provide break time and a quiet place for nursing mothers to express breast milk.

• IRS regulations on Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) retirement plan amendments and notices, and an IRS guidance on correcting certain tax reporting errors.

• New federal regulations governing the employment of children ages 14 and 15.

• Department of Defense regulations expanding whistle-blower protections for government contractors.

Hyperlinks at the end of each chapter will lead you to additional online information, including relevant citations and contact information for pertinent state and federal agencies. The Minnesota Employer's Guide is updated annually - a guarantee that this is, and will continue to be, one of the most current employment law books available anywhere.

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.