Product Description

HR professionals rely on this comprehensive best seller to better understand California's complex employment laws and regulations. Its intuitive organization and plain language style clear up common areas of confusion, such as exempt/nonexempt status and leaves of absence. The 53rd edition includes new laws, recent court decisions, plus updates to guidance on meal and rest breaks, background checks, social media, discrimination, access to personnel records, and workers' compensation reform. As the only book of its kind serving California business, this up-to-date, comprehensive digest details California labor and employment law. It is full of new content for 2013 to make your job easier, with new laws highlighted to catch your eye. It provides instructions on how to apply existing laws and manage everyday HR issues, such as performing job evaluations, implementing a policy to prevent workplace violence, and handling accessibility inspections. As always, California Labor Law Digest provides legal background information, including legislation, court cases and regulatory requirements in plain language organized to make complex laws understandable. Plus, it comes with online access to more than 200 downloadable forms and checklists.