New Jersey Employer's Guide

The New Jersey Employer's Guide is an authoritative and accessible book that provides the "lay of the land" about employment law. The Guide integrates federal and New Jersey laws that affect the employer-employee relationship, making it a valuable resource for business owners, managers, and human resource professionals. The New Jersey Employer's Guide is written and updated annually by an employment law attorney. We have eliminated legal jargon, offering clear and concise explanations of today's complex labor laws, regulations, and court decisions. Relevant state and federal agencies are listed at the end of each chapter, along with citations for the information discussed. Chapter headings are: ;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 ;Unions and Government ContractorsWritten from an employer's point of view, this 1st Edition of the New Jersey Employer's Guide includes discussion of these and other current topics: ;New federal minimum wage rate information, as well as New Jersey Minimum Wage Law, including discussion of New Jersey Minimum Fair Wage Orders ;Discussion of New Jersey Civil Union Law, Smoke-Free Air, Equal Pay Law, and Family Leave Act ;Unique New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), including discussion of discrimination based on sexual orientation, affectional orientation, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, and more ;Discussion of the new E-Verify system and 2007 regulations on "no-match" letters involving employee Social Security numbers ;Discussion of the new I-9 employment verification form, and moreAspen Publishers Staff is the author of 'New Jersey Employer's Guide', published 2008 under ISBN 9780735572492 and ISBN 0735572496.