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Federal Human Resources Manual

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Welcome to the Federal Human Resources Manual. This guide contains details to help you (a small business owner, a bookkeeper, a Human Resources manager or just sort of fell into HR) comply with federal employment laws. Please note that there are also many state laws and ordinances related to managing your employees – if you are looking for a complete guide to state and federal laws and regulations, visit our resources page to find the what is available in your state. Our state-specific Human Resources Manuals provide a complete resource for all of the employment-related laws affecting your business operations.

Background checks — Federal

Benefits — Federal

Celebrations in the workplace — Federal

Child labor — Federal

Disabilities and reasonable accommodations — Federal

Disaster planning — Federal

Discipline — Federal

Discrimination — Federal

Diversity in the workplace — Federal

Drugs and alcohol — Federal

Employment in the Internet age — Federal

Employment practices liability insurance — Federal

Family and medical leave — Federal

Federal contractors and affirmative action — Federal

Federal recordkeeping requirements

Health insurance continuation coverage — Federal

Health insurance portability and privacy — Federal

Health insurance reform — Federal

Immigration — Federal

Independent contractors — Federal

International employment law — Federal

Military leave — Federal

Other types of leave — Federal

Pandemic outbreaks — Federal

Performance evaluations — Federal

Personnel files — Federal

Plant closings and mass layoffs — Federal

Policies and procedures manuals — Federal

Politics in the workplace — Federal

Posting requirements

Privacy rights — Federal

Public employers — Federal

Recruiting and hiring — Federal

Restrictive covenants and trade secrets — Federal

Safety and health — Federal

Social media — Federal

Telecommuting — Federal

Temporary and leased employees, interns and volunteers — Federal

Termination — Federal

Unions — Federal

Wages and hours — Federal

Whistleblower protections — Federal

Workplace harassment — Federal

Workplace investigations — Federal

Workplace violence — Federal


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