Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws

An indispensable plain-English guide to America’s most important employment laws, co-branded with the Society for Human Resource Management.Essential Guide to Federal Employment Laws is a plain-English guide to the 20 most important federal laws dealing with employment issues. It provides all the information needed on each of the major federal employment laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and more. Each chapter covers a separate law, giving readers a digest of the law's most important features. The book will be co-branded with the Society for Human Resource Management, the world’s largest association dedicated to human resources. Its features include a "Key Facts" sidebar for each provision of each law, letting readers know the most important takeaway points and a "Legal Developments" sidebar for every law that has recently seen some changes (for example, new regulations or an important new court case) or will in the near future (pending cases, proposed regulations). This is a must-have resource for human resources professionals and managers, business owners, and reference librarians. Readers will find out what is allowed and prohibited, what businesses must comply, practical tips to stay within the scope of the law, which federal agencies enforce the law – and more.

Amy DelPo is an author and consulting editor specializing in employment and family law issues. She has written numerous employment law titles, including The Performance Appraisal Handbook, Dealing with Problem Employees, and Create Your Own Employee Handbook. Ms. DelPo received her law degree with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her years as a law student at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, Lisa Guerin worked for Nolo as a research and editorial assistant. After a stint as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Lisa worked primarily in the field of employment law, in both government and private practice. She is the co-author of The Manager’s Legal Handbook, Dealing With Problem Employees, and Nolo’s Guide to California Law.

Lisa Guerin, an editor and author specializing in employment law, is author or co-author of The Manager’s Legal Handbook, Create Your Own Employee Handbook, The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations, and other Nolo books. Guerin has practiced employment law in government and private practice and is a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.Amy DelPo is an author and contributing editor who specializes in employment and family law issues. She has written numerous employment law titles and her other books includes The Performance Appraisal Handbook, Dealing with Problem Employees and Create Your Own Employee Handbook.