The authors at Ogletree Deakins have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Tennessee Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
Kansas Human Resources Manual

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This comprehensive human resources manual explains, in plain English, the duties of the employer during the entire employment process – everything from pre-hire through post-termination. It covers more than thirty primary topics and includes practical advice on what should be done, solid advice on how to do it and a complete explanation of why it is important.
Includes 32 chapters, covering topics such as:
Recruiting and hiring
- What you must include on your employment application
- Questions you can’t ask in a job interview
- New hire reporting requirements
Wages and hours
- Which employees are exempt from receiving overtime pay
- What counts as compensable working time
- Pay records – what you need to keep and for how long
Discrimination in employment
- How to avoid claims of discrimination
- Tips for staying in compliance with the Equal Pay Act
- Steps to take when claims of sexual harassment are made
Check out these topics if you are unfamiliar with employment laws or want to brush up on what’s important:
- Are you aware of which state and federal notices must be posted in the workplace?
- Do you retain employment records for the required time period?
- Do you know the safest way to control your employees’ use of social media?
- Are you properly complying with the Kansas Act Against Discrimination (KAAD) as well as federal
- discrimination laws?
- During the termination process, do you take into consideration the exceptions to employment at-will?
This publication was compiled by the attorneys at Polsinelli Shughart.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Editor's foreword
- Features of the HR Library
- Snapshot
- Compliance thresholds
- Recruiting and hiring
- Immigration
- Federal contractors and affirmative action
- Employee handbooks
- Independent contractors
- Wages and hours
- Prevailing wage
- Performance evaluations
- Workplace investigations
- Discrimination in employment
- Disabilities and reasonable accommodation
- Family and medical leave
- Employee discipline
- Termination
- Reductions in force
- Plant closings and mass layoffs
- Non-competition agreements, restrictive covenants and trade secrets
- Privacy and technology in the workplace
- Social networking
- Protecting electronic information
- Military leave
- Safety in the workplace
- Employee benefits
- Health care reform
- Workers' compensation
- Unemployment insurance
- Health care continuation
- HIPAA
- Public employers
- Labor relations for the non-union employer
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Posting requirements
Recent Updates
12/13/2012
12/13/2012
The authors at Rubenstein & Pitts have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Oklahoma Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out the new section Background checks and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/13/2012
The authors at Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C. have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Iowa Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/12/2012
The authors at The Cavanagh Law Firm have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Arizona Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/12/2012
The authors at Squire Sanders (US) LLP have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Ohio Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out the new section Background checks and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/11/2012
The authors at Cozen O’Connor have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Texas Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
12/11/2012
The authors at Hinkle Law Firm have made an update to Model Policies and Forms for Kansas Employers on HRsimple.com! Check out and download the new “Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act,” which was recently updated, re-issued, and must be used starting January 1, 2013.
11/09/2012
11/05/2012
The Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual has been updated recently:
Chapter 6, Significant standards
Chapter 13, Whistleblower protection – prohibition of discrimination/retaliation
Appendix G, U.S. Department of Labor regional OSHA offices
Appendix H, Directory of states with approved occupational safety and health plans
Appendix J, State plan notice of contest timeline
Appendix V, OSHA’s national, regional, and local special emphasis inspection program
10/26/2012
10/18/2012
10/05/2012
08/28/2012
The authors at Fisher & Phillips have made another update to the South Carolina Employment Law Reference Guide on HRsimple.com! Check out the new section, Poster update, which discusses the revised Required Work Place Poster – including a link to the updated poster.
06/29/2012
Your HR Manual has recently been updated! To find out what yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling regarding health care reform means for employers, click on your state below:
For Tennessee, click here.
For Iowa, click here.
For Oklahoma, click here.
For Kansas, click here.
For South Carolina, click here.
06/28/2012
You've heard it on the news – and now you're hearing it from the experts at Barran Liebman! The authors of Health Care Reform: A Year-By-Year Guide for Employers have made a timely update to the text on HRsimple.com. Click here to read the recently added section, "Is health care reform here to stay?" and find out what today’s Supreme Court ruling means for employers.
05/16/2012
The South Carolina Employment Law Reference Guide has recently been updated by the authors at Fisher and Phillips in response to a new law change.
The revised section addresses the no-longer mandatory National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) poster – which was to have been a required posting by April 30, and has now been delayed.
To see the new text, check out Appendix B, Posting requirements.