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- Payments (EBG response)
- Theft and Cobra (EBG response)
- ADA Home Page (U.S. Department of Justice)
- AIDS and the ADA (U.S. Department of Justice)
- Can HR Legally Ask the Questions That Applicants with Disabilities Want to Be Asked? (Workforce site)
- Charges Filed Against You…What to Do (Information from the U.S. EEOC)
- Confidentiality (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Facts About the Americans with Disabilities Act (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Finding Qualified Workers (from the U.S. EEOC)
Handicap Access (EBG response)
- Hiring Dos and Don’ts (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Job Accommodation Network (free consulting service)
- Medical Information from Employees (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Reasonable Accommodations (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Tax Incentives (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Age Discrimination (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Compensation Discrimination (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Discrimination Based on Accent: Two Questions Employers Should Ask (Workforcesite)
- Job Discrimination Questions And Answers (from the U.S. EEOC)
- National Origin Discrimination (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Non-Smoking Environment, is it Illegal Discrimination? (EBG response)
- Pregnancy Discrimination (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Race/Color Discrimination (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Religious Discrimination (from the U.S. EEOC)
- Sexual-Orientation Discrimination (Workforce site)
- Termination and Pregnancy Discrimination (Workforce site)
- Are You Ready for Paid Family Leave? (Workforce site)
- 1250 Hours (EBG response)
- COBRA and FMLA (EBG response)
- Compliance Assistance (from the U.S. Department of Labor)
- Company Shutdowns (EBG response)
- Employee Eligibility and the FMLA (Workforce site)
- Entitlements When Returning from FMLA Leave (EBG response)
- Expiration and Termination (EBG response)
- Fathers (EBG response)
- Maternity Leave (EBG response)
- Notification by Employer (EBG response)
- Pregnancy-related Medical Appointments (EBG response)
- Pregnancy Discrimination (Workforce site)
- Returning Back to Work (EBG response)
- Sick Leave and FMLA (EBG response)
- What You’re Allowed to Do Under the FMLA (Workforce site)
- Workers’ Comp, FMLA, and Termination (EBG response)
- Write Your FMLA Leave Policies Carefully (Workforce site)
- Ex-spouses in Workplace (EBG response)
- Facts About Sexual Harassment (Information from the U.S. EEOC)
- Policy Acknowledgement Forms (EBG response)
- Religious Harassment (EBG response)
- Ten Things to Include in Harassment Policies (Workforce site)
- Think Before Hiring Outside Agency to Investigate Harassment (Workforce site)
- What Should Your Harassment Policy Include? (Workforce site)
- When Does Religious Expression Become Religious Harassment? (Workforce site)
- When is an Employer Vicariously Liable for Racial Harassment? (Workforcesite)
- Wording in Sexual Harassment Policy (EBG response)
- Covered Entity Decision Tools (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- Health Information Must Stay Private (Workforce site)
- Maintenance of HIPAA Standards and Frequently Asked Questions (DesignatedStandards Maintenance Organization)
- False Immigration Documents (EBG response)
- Frequently Asked Questions About Employment Eligibility (Information from theU.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- H-1B Frequently Asked Questions (Information from the U.S. Immigration andNaturalization Service)
- Handbook for Employers; Instructions for Completing Form I-9 (Informationfrom the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Hiring Canadian Citizens (EBG response)
- I-9 Documentation Practices (EBG response)
- I-9 Recordkeeping (EBG response)
- Is it Illegal to Ask About Citizenship? (EBG response)
- Office of Business Liasion (Information from the U.S. Immigration andNaturalization Service)
- Where to File Completed I-9 (EBG response)
- Employee or Independent Contractor? An Explanation from the IRS (Workforcesite)
- Hiring Independent Contractors (NOLO Web site)
- I-9 Documentation and Independent Contractors (EBG response)
- Keeping Independent Contractor Status Intact -- the 20 Factors (Workforcesite)
- Seven Costly Myths About Managing Contract Workers (Workforce site)
- Training Materials for IRS Examiners on Worker Classification (a 160-page IRSdocument in PDF format)
- Consistency in Interviewing Questions (EBG response)
- Disclosure of Personal Information (EBG response)
- Illegal Questioning (EBG response)
- Interview Questions: Legal or Illegal? (Workforce site)
- Access to Personnel Files (EBG response)
- Alcohol at Company Events (EBG response)
- Background Checks and Conditional Job Offers (EBG response)
- Dress Codes (EBG response)
- Employee Fraternization (EBG response)
- Legal Examination of Testing (Workforce site)
- Personal Grooming (EBG response)
- A Sample Dress Casual Policy (Workforce site)
Non-Competes that Will Stick (Workforce site)
- Handy Guide to the FLSA (Labor Department)
- How to Classify Employees (Workforce site)
- Labor Department Offices
- Outside Sales (EBG response)
- Overtime Pay Requirements(Labor Department)
- Supervisors and Overtime (Workforce site)
- Alcohol Testing and the ADA (Workforce site)
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (Workplace Resource Center)
- Database on Substance Abuse and Tobacco in the Workplace (InternationalLabour Organization)
- Drug Abuse Testing (Workforce site)
- Drug-Free Workplace Advisor (Labor Department)
- Model Substance Abuse Policy (Workforce site)
- Starting a Drug Testing Program (Workforce site)
- Substance Abuse Information Database (Labor Department)
- Substance Abuse: Think Twice Before Implementing Zero-tolerance (Workforcesite)
- Telltale Signs of a Substance Abuser (Workforce site)
- Working Partners for an Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace (Labor Department)
- Delivering the Termination Message (Workforce site)
- How Far Do You Have to Go Before Firing an Employee? (Workforce site)
- Layoff…How Many Reasons Do I Need? (EBG response)
- Paying Vacation for Terminated Employees (Workforce site)
- Termination Checklist (Workforce site)
- WARN Act (layoff notice) Checklist (Workforce site)
- Injured Employees: A Supervisor's Checklist (Workforce site)
- Injury at a Company Event (EBG response)
- Laying off a Workers’ Comp Employee (EBG response)
- Prior Employee Claims (EBG response)
- The Soaring Costs of Workers’ Compensation (Workforce site)
- Workers' Comp and FMLA (EBG response)
- Workers’ Compensation Savings Strategies (Workforce site)