Employment and Labor Laws

Your employees are your business' most important asset. Hiring and managing employees are important components of running a business, and involve many legal and regulatory issues. As an employer you'll need to know about regulations that cover hiring, wages, work hours, benefits, discrimination and harassment, and workplace safety to name a few. This guide provides a collection of resources that will help you understand federal and state labor laws, which ones apply to you, and how to comply.

Hiring and Managing Employees

• Ten Steps to Hiring a New Employee
• Employment Law Guide
• Pre-Employment Background Checks
• Immigration and Employee Eligibility
• Discrimination and Harassment
• Employee Benefits
• Drug-Free Workplace Policies
• Unions
• Wages and Hours
• Workers' Compensation
• Workplace Posters

Types of Employees

• Foreign Workers
• Household Employees
• People with Disabilities
• Veterans
• Youth / Child Labor Laws

Terminating Employees

• Downsizing and Layoffs
• Continuation of Benefits (COBRA)
• Final Paycheck and Severance