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Brand new chapters on COVID-19 in the workplace include:

• New Families First Coronavirus Response Act Posting Requirement
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act addition to FMLA and how it applies to your business
• Telecommuting – telecommuting policy, agreement and employee checklist
• Handling Pandemics and Communicable Diseases in the Workplace

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• Hardcopy Manuals: Because sometimes it just feels better to hold a book in your hands, and flip right to the page you need
• Digital HR Library: Regularly updated so that you will always have the latest policies at your fingertips
• HRUpdate: weekly e-newsletter highlighting the top HR trends and best practices
• SHRM and HRCI certified webinars: free monthly access – $120 value – each webinar is worth 1 SHRM credit and 1 HRCI credit
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The Texas Human Resources Manual will help you to become an expert in:

• Understanding state and federal specific compliance thresholds
• Anticipating and being prepared for an HR Audit with our Self-HR-Audit
• Managing the recruiting and hiring process lawfully
• Understanding NDAs, intellectual property and trade secret law
• Managing employee relationships
• Conducting workplace investigations
• Avoiding costly non compliance penalties on both the state and federal level
• Filing personnel and medical records
• Filing applications and other non-medical records
• Knowing what questions you can and can't ask
• Understanding sensitive topics and questions
• Confidently writing a harassment policy
• Legally performing drug and alcohol tests
• Handling workplace violence before, during, or after it happens
• Reinstating a veteran after military leave
• Creating and managing email, Internet and other communications policy
• Obtaining authorization from employees before generating consumer reports

The library also includes necessary form and policy templates that are ready for you to download, edit, save and print such as:

• Time Off and Leaves of Absence policies
• Personnel Records and Recordkeeping Requirements
• Employee Benefits
• New Hire Reporting Form
• Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest
• (OWBPA) The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
• Family medical leave

The Hiring, Firing, and Discipline for Employers guide focuses on all the issues faced by employers and managers, with seven state-by-state charts and 14 chapters, covering topics such as:

• Crafting a task-focused job advertisement
• Handling applications
• ADA concerns like reasonable accommodation
• Separation of medical paperwork
• Performance appraisals and progressive discipline

The Wages and Hours— An Employer's Guide focuses on all of these wage-related issues, providing 20 chapters and 2 appendices, covering topics such as: 

• Commonly asked questions and answers
• Defining "hours worked"
• Rest and meal periods
• Computation of overtime compensation
• Exemptions from overtime

With no monthly subscriptions, HRSimple provides businesses with just one flat price and immediate access to information that is continually updated for as long as you need it! Trust that your information is compiled, written, updated, and translated by a well-credentialed team of practicing attorneys. The Texas Human Resources Library is the most comprehensive, plain-English guide that's available to your HR team! And clients from pro sports teams to mom-and-pop stores put their trust in us year after year for that exact reason.