HR Answer Book, The: An Indispensable Guide for Managers and Human Resources Professionals

✍ Scribed by Shawn Smith JD, Rebecca Mazin

• Publisher: AMACOM
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 256
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The HR Answer Book addresses 200 questions that every employer and manager needs to deal with, from recruiting and hiring to discipline and termination, compensation and benefits to training and employee relations. Accessible and concise, The HR Answer Book is an easy-to-use problem solver that can be read cover-to-cover or as a quick reference in specific situations. An appendix of tools, templates, and lists of additional resources completes this excellent and valuable guide.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 Employee Selection How Do I Find Attract and Select the Best......Page 13
2 HR Policies Why Do We Need Them and What Should They Look Like......Page 41
3 Performance Management......Page 53
4 Training and Development How Do Successful Companies Improve and Enhance Workforce Skills......Page 72
5 Employee Relations and Retention How Do I Keep Good Employees and Maintain Working Relationships at All Levels......Page 87
6 Compensation How Should Employees Be Paid......Page 110
7 Benefits What Makes a Benefits Package Competitive......Page 129
8 Regulatory Issues What Are the Major Employment Laws and How Do I Comply with Them......Page 155
9 When Bad Things Happen to Good Employers How Do I Handle Volatile Workplace Issues......Page 181
10 Termination and Discharge How Do I Fire an Employee Legally and Humanely......Page 206
Resource Guide......Page 221
Tools and Templates......Page 231
Index......Page 247