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ivEmployer’s Practical Legal GuideWhistle-Blower Program 6.9Wellness Programs 6.9AIDS Programs 6.11Workers’ Compensation 6.12Who’s covered 6.12How rates are set 6.13Benefit awards 6.13State administration 6.14Keeping down your costs 6.14Don’t retaliate against employees 6.16No insurance? A cautionary tale 6.167. Terminations/Layoffs 7.1Firing at Will 7.2Personnel Practices Audit: Terminations 7.3Minimize Your Risk 7.5Progressive Discipline 7.6Constructive Discharge 7.6Model for Progressive Discipline 7.8Noncompete Clauses 7.10Personnel Practices Audit: Noncompete Clauses 7.11Severance Pay 7.11Providing References 7.12Personnel Practices Audit: Reference Inquiries 7.13Layoffs: The WARN Act 7.15Your COBRA Obligations 7.17Health Insurance Portability 7.21Unemployment Insurance 7.25Federal tax set by law 7.25How states determine your taxable wage base 7.26Setting your tax rate 7.26Charges against your account 7.28Reporting requirements 7.29Exit Interviews 7.29Documentation: Do’s and don’ts 7.30Prepare for the worst 7.31Ease fear of retaliation 7.32What should you ask? 7.33Using exit interview forms 7.34
contents v8. Alcohol/Drug Testing 8.1Tread Cautiously 8.2Cut Insurance Costs 8.3Protect Employees’ Privacy 8.5Accommodating Legal Pot? 8.69. Gender/Age Discrimination 9.1Gender Issues 9.5Personnel Practices Audit:Complying With the Equal Pay Act 9.6Equal Pay Act 9.7Pregnancy Discrimination Act 9.7Sex Discrimination 9.10Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act 9.12Age Discrimination in Employment Act 9.13Personnel Practices Audit:Complying With the ADEA 9.14Youth-Bias Claims 9.1610. Civil Rights Act 10.1Hostile Environment 10.3Disparate Impact 10.3Mixed-Motive Discrimination 10.4Affirmative Action 10.4Your Burden of Proof 10.6Section 1981: New Avenue for Claims 10.7Screening Tests 10.8Race Norming of Employment Tests 10.9‘Systemic Discrimination’ 10.9Damages and Jury Trials 10.911. Sexual Harassment 11.1Quid Pro Quo and Hostile Environment 11.2Employer Liability Increases 11.2Shielding Your Company 11.4Sample Policy 11.6The EEOC Reporting Process 11.10Sexual Orientation Issues 11.11
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