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What steps should an employer follow before conducting a criminal background check? The following checklist addresses issues that employers should consider and

To avoid legal action resulting from an investigation, HR must see to it that all investigative techniques are used within the constraints of the law.

The “Faith-Based and Community Organizations Pandemic Influenza Checklist” provides guidance for religious organizations, social service agencies that are faith

The statements and actions that supervisors and managers make to employees who honor a picket line during a strike may result in an unfair labor practice charge

Health care providers will play a crucial role in the event of a pandemic. Planning for pandemic influenza is key.

A Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) survey finds that most organizations provide extended leave benefits beyond what the federal law requires.

State employees.— A classified or unclassified employee who, during regular working hours, donates blood at a licensed blood center certified by the Food and Dr

The following checklist is designed to help employers construct a family and medical leave policy and analyze requests for family leave.

For willfully discharging an employee for any one indebtedness, an employer will be fined not more than $1,000 and/or be imprisoned for not more than one year (

To ensure that your company is in compliance with the federal and state laws controlling the limits of the independent contractor relationship, periodically go

[Note that employers who are carriers subject to the Railway Labor Act should omit the last sentence of the notice.]

The federal IRS Form W-4, Employee's Withholding Allowance Certificate, must be completed so that you know how much federal income tax to withhold from your new

Notice: Various state and federal laws prohibit employment discrimination based on age, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, handicap, or veteran status

When it is determined that a job's exemption status should be modified in order to comply with FLSA regulations, the employer should communicate the change to t

[Company Name] does not collect, consider or make employment or benefit decisions based on genetic information.

Bonuses are subject to withholding.

IRS regulations require employers to properly withhold the employer's share of FICA tax from tips and to pay the employer's share of the FICA tax on tips.

There is no federal law per se that requires employers to keep a personnel file on each employee.

Whether a gift is subject to FICA, FUTA and federal tax withholding depends on the type of gift and its value.

In many workplace situations, an employer and a staffing company may be considered joint employers.

A plaintiff is not required to pursue any administrative action or remedy prior to filing suit (Sec. 25-1-29, H. 389, L. 1997, effective August 1, 1997).

Alabama has not enacted a continuation of health care coverage law, but an insurer may not terminate health coverage for a subject of abuse when the person does

Restitution Withholding Act.— An employer who violates the law may be deemed in contempt of court and may be required to reinstate a terminated employee (Sec.

The provisions of this section are supplemental to any statutes, existing or to be enacted in the future, that are designed to protect and safeguard a citizen's

Nothing in this act shall prohibit an employer from terminating an employee covered in this act for lawful reasons other than responding to an emergency call th