HR Handbook for California Employers

The HR Handbook for California Employers guides California employers through key HR areas including: hiring, policies, benefits, workplace safety, preventing discrimination, harassment and termination of workers. It is written in plain language in a user-friendly Q&A format. It also provides online access to all required and recommended forms, making it your essential basic guide to developing and applying human resources best practices.

If you are running a business without a dedicated human resources professional or just want answers to HR questions fast, this is the book for you. You won’t need a law degree to understand the step‑by‑step instructions written in easy-to-understand language. You will be able to solve HR issues quickly and within legal guidelines.

• Any size company can benefit from the employment law information in this handbook.
• Helps all managers understand employment law what the law requires
• Identifies essential actions to prevent fines or legal actions resulting from non-compliance with the law
• Simplifies working with 100 required and recommended forms in HR management, providing them all in a downloadable format
• Easy-to-understand language and user-friendly Q&A format
• Expanded selection of forms, checklists, and policies including telecommuting, alternative workweek, workplace violence, makeup time, and meal break waiver forms
• A comprehensive list of terms, laws, acronyms, and agencies
• A full list of government agencies and resources for everything you’ll need

The Q & A format makes it easy to:

• Hire and terminate with confidence
• Create policies that promote productivity
• Pay fairly and within the law
• Keep discrimination and harassment out of the workplace