Book Description
"Getting the best employees on board and weeding out the worst--without getting slapped with expensive lawsuits--are two of the most crucial and difficult jobs of human resources professionals and general managers. Now there's quick, reliable information on how to do it right. Written by employment expert Paul Falcone, The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book contains over 100 commonly asked questions ranging from basic to sophisticated, including: * Does my company need an Affirmative Action plan? * Why should I conduct an exit interview? * How do I find the best Web sites for recruiting employees? * How do I protect my company from negligent hiring claims? * How do I terminate a long-term employee with a history of positive performance evaluations? Each question is followed by a short answer and a longer ""Tell Me More"" section, making the book perfect both as a concise overview and as a practical reference." 'Paul Falcone (Valencia, CA) is Director of Human Resources at Platinum Equity in Beverly Hills, and was previously Director of Employment and Development for Paramount Pictures in Hollywood. He is the author of several best-selling books, including: 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire, 2600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews, and 101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent.......2006-09-16
This covers a really wide range of subjects that pretty much every manager, supervisor or HR Rep would have to deal with at some time or another and it explains complicated issues in easy to understand language. I really like the style of this book: For every question it has a brief answer or summary that gets to the point and then has a "Tell me more" section that breaks things down in more detail (but still easy to understand). Plus it gives samples of any kind of letter, documentation, appraisal you would have to administer. I read this book cover to cover, there wasn't anything I skipped over because pretty much every question & answer was useful.
This might be good for large corporations.......2004-05-23
I'm opening a small business and need information on hiring and managing employees. After reading this book, my knowledge of hiring employees hasn't changed much. This books focuses on the legal issues and paperwork required when dealing with employees. If you are looking for insight on how to hire good workers and how to interview people, find another book.
Terrific Reference Book!.......2001-12-17
Whether you're a human resources professional or an executive or manager in a company without a human resources department, you are confronted by all sorts of difficult personnel questions. Hiring and firing can be highly complicated subjects. Scary. Unless you have someone you can turn to for reliable advice.
Never fear. Paul Falcone is here! The author of "96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire" and "101 Sample Write-Ups for Documenting Employee Performance Problems" has authored a book that will relieve the stress in your people-management life. Falcone is Director of Employment and Development Paramount Pictures in Hollywood and teaches for UCLA. Here's a resource who knows what he's talking about.
This book is organized into two main sections: Hiring and Firing. Under the Hiring Section, you'll find chapters on the hiring process, recruitment tools, online recruiting, interviewing, and making the final selection. The Firing Section begins with a chapter answering common questions about the performance management and termination process. Next, the reader will learn about progressive discipline, terminations for cause and summary offenses, and reductions-in-force and layoffs.
Through these chapters, Falcone presents 112 vital questions . . . and answers. Each question is addressed with a basic answer, followed by a section titled "Tell Me More." What a wealth of information!
And, as if this weren't enough, the book also includes an appendix with sample policies, agreements, and letters. The comprehensiveness of this section is amazing. A glossary, resource list, and index provide even more value.
Highly recommended!
Packed with issues of management responsibilities.......2001-12-10
Paul Falcone's Hiring And Firing Question And Answer Book tells how best to attract, interview and select candidates for critical jobs. HR professionals in particular will find this is packed with issues of management responsibilities which carefully identifies potential problems and their solutions.
I'm recommending this to all my clients........2001-10-28
First, September 11. Then recession. Next -- and inevitable -- MORE layoffs. There's an easy way and a hard way...a right way and a wrong way...to do what many business managers now have no choice but to do. I'm a management consultant, and this book is a useful guide.
Book Description
Hiring a nanny-and getting along with her afterward-may be one of the most important things that parents do, yet many of us approach the whole business with fear and trembling, or at least a lot of questions. Even parents who may manage dozens of employees at work can be at a loss when it comes to dealing with the person who will be looking after their children.Nanny, au pair, caregiver-no matter the term, the thorny issues remain the same:How do you find someone you like and trust?Should you invite the nanny to Thanksgiving dinner?When should you raise her fee-and by how much?What should you do when the au pair is a flirt?How do you sort out the laundry and other chores?Nanny surveillance-should you spy?The Nanny Book provides real, down-to-earth solutions for almost every conceivable issue or problem. Filled with advice gleaned through interviews with families and nannies, this book will turn parents into their own experts. Other books focus almost exclusively on hiring a caregiver. The Nanny Book is the only guide that gives smart, parent-tested solutions to those sticky situations that can make or break the relationship.
Customer Reviews:
Left out a lot of critical answers.......2007-08-31
This book was not bad, but left me wanting a few more answers. It's a nice introduction to the nanny hiring process, if you are completely new to the idea of paid childcare. The style is easy to read, and much of it is written in a Q&A format (like the What to Expect books you read when you were pregnant). There were at least a few areas that I thought were too thin, however. I could have used more guidance on interview questions and questions to ask a reference. I could have also used a little more guidance on payroll taxes, FICA, etc. I had to turn to other sources for that kind of information. It was fairly readily available, and I think it should have been included in the book.
So glad I found this book!.......2005-06-10
We had just started our nanny search when I stumbled upon this book. I'm glad I read it before we got any further into the search. As much as I knew a nanny was the right childcare option for us, the whole process was overwhelming to me. I feel armed with so much more insight and confidence now. It's a must-read if you're thinking of going the nanny route. I found it VERY easy to read and I really enjoyed the structure and tone.
parent-friendly, not nanny-friendly.......2004-07-19
Look, I feel sincerely sorry for families who wind up with nannies from the dark side, as profiled in this book. But some of the advice doesn't take the nanny's POV into consideration at all. For example, if, as the author describes, your child bites her nanny hard enough to leave a bruise, and the nanny jokes about spanking the child, STOP being so shocked that the nanny would JOKE about such a thing and listen to what she's really saying, which is, How do you want me to discipline your child? Because I do NOT deserve to be bitten. Trust me, I've been there when Mommy says, "Aw, that's my rambunctious little guy!" right after I've gotten through explaining that my glasses are NOT a toy to be pulled off my face....
great advice for babysitters and nannies!.......2001-02-22
I saw this book in an article in the New York Times a few weeks ago...at just the same time I was hiring yet another new nanny. I love this book. The advice is straightforward and there are all kinds of great stories from both parents and nannies about how to get along. The chapters on hiring, salary needs, time off (do you pay for President's Day?), and sorting out the household chores have all come in handy. If you are thinking of making a change--or are hiring for the first time--I highly recommend this book. We've bought our new nanny a copy too!
Very parent-friendly.......1999-09-24
I really enjoyed the no-nonsense approach that the authors took in this book--particularly their willingness to focus on things that can go wrong in a relationship. Not all nanny-parent relationships are made in heaven!
While I enjoyed the chatty style, the book was sometimes a little lacking in specifics. That's why I recommend that parents also consider picking up a copy of The Unofficial Guide to Childcare--a fabulous book that covers the do's and don'ts of hiring a nanny in considerable detail and that boasts the best nanny contract I've ever found anywhere. Armed with these two terrific books, a parent can't go wrong.
Book Description
Regardless of your occupation or title, or whether you an employee or small business owner, it’s essential to know your rights. From the nation's leading legal authority, this completely revised and updated edition of The American Bar Association Guide to Workplace Law provides helpful insight and information for employers and employees alike.
• Topics include hiring, firing, retirement, sexual harassment, maternity leave, workplace safety, and more—all explained in clear, non-technical language
• Thoroughly researched and updated by members of the American Bar Association, the nation’s most authoritative legal organization
• Features sidebars containing tips, advice, and key information
Customer Reviews:
research.......2007-02-19
I have found this book to be very helpful,bacause i am takeing a course in employment law.
Book Description
Fair, Square & Legal has long been the essential resource for organizations seeking to stay within the law and avoid violating the rights of their employees. This new, extensively updated edition reflects the latest regulations and court decisions, while retaining all the indispensable information readers have depended on for more than a decade.
Readers will find information on a wide variety of legal issues including:
* recruitment and hiring * sexual harassment * violation of privacy * evaluations and promotions * affirmative action issues * discipline and firing
The book covers the latest discrimination and EEOC guidelines, employee verification, and technology issues. It also updates topics including management best practices and recruitment. Comprehensive and up-to-date, Fair, Square & Legal is still the very best guide to keeping an organization out of hot water.
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An Absolutely Essential Source of Information and Counsel.......2004-07-29
This is the Fourth Edition of an exceptionally valuable book which was first published in 1991. Weiss has updated his material to accommodate new laws, regulations, and court decisions which are directly relevant to discrimination and EEOC guidelines, employee verification and security, technology issues, sexual harassment, negligent hiring practices, management of people with disabilities, affirmative action, discipline and termination policies and procedures, defamation, violations of privacy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, evaluations and promotions, sex and age discrimination, and labor law.
As is also true of previous editions, the subtitle correctly indicates that Weiss explains "safe hiring, managing & firing practices to keep you & your company out of court." He organizes the material as follows:
Part I Safe Hiring Practices [re recruiting, interviewing, and employment decisions]
Part II Safe Management Practices [re evaluations and promotions, preventing sex discrimination and sexual harassment on the job, employee action laws and labor rights]
Part III Safe Firing Practices [re discipline and firing practices, public policy, management of older employees]
With Weiss's guidance, it is possible for the decision-makers in any company to complete what amounts to a comprehensive "audit" of any and all areas in which that company could be vulnerable to litigation. Of at least equal importance, the same "audit" will help the company to determine precisely what its obligations are as an employer as well as what the legal rights of each employees are.
Perhaps it would be helpful to those who read this commentary if I now provide a brief excerpt which is representative of the quality of Weiss?s counsel throughout the entire book. I have deliberately selected an especially troublesome area, one which has been the focal point of countless lawsuits: Employee Performance Evaluation. According to Weiss: ?Subjective rating systems in themselves are not illegal. The EEOC and the courts recognize subjective job standards such as communication and leadership skills) and that the words [in italics] good, satisfactory, poor, and unsatisfactory [end italics] carry within them subjective elements. So where do they draw the line?
1. When standards are unequally applied or do not exist at all; and
2. When someone shows that the standards or their absence produces disparate treatment in promotion and compensation policies, as for example:
? When sex stereotyping tainted the process by which a woman was denied a partnership in a [major] accounting firm or
? When subjective decision making torpedoed promotion policies that have disparate impact on minorities.
EEOC and court rulings encourage objective performance appraisals, but they discourage using them as a subterfuge for discrimination.?
Weiss devotes all of Chapter 6 to explaining HOW to formulate policies and procedures so that all evaluations and promotions are ?safe.? That is, they are in full compliance with all applicable regulatory laws, rules, and regulations.
Throughout this brilliant book, as Weiss rigorously and thoroughly examines hiring, managing, and firing practices which are both ethical and legal, he explains What You Can Do and What You Cannot Do. However, with all due respect to Weiss, qualified legal counsel should be consulted to ensure that all of a company's policies and procedures are "fair, square & legal." One of the many value-added benefits of this updated edition is that Weiss identifies a number of ?Cases? at the end of each chapter to which his readers and their legal counsel are referred. There are 17 cited at the end of Chapter 6.
An organization?s policies and procedures concerning employment law must then be carefully explained to all of its employees as well as contained within an employee manual. If at all possible, the same policies and procedures should be readily available online. Of course, they must be rigorously and consistently enforced. Even so, there may yet be frivolous lawsuits but at least the company has done everything possible to prevent them and is thus much better prepared to obtain a favorable decision in a court of law if and when involved in litigation.
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Fair, Square & Legal: Safe Hiring, Managing, & Firing Practices to Keep You & Your Company Out of Court
Donald H. Weiss
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"Middle and executive managers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, frequently violate the law and get themselves and their companies into deep trouble. Only carefully crafted, enforceable (and enforced) policies, and ongoing training can provide safe methods for managing in a diverse workplace." --From the Preface
It's a fact that employees today have more legal rights than ever before--and they're more willing to sue if they think those rights have been violated. It's also a fact that this can spell trouble (with a capital "T") for you and your company. If you're not aware of the innumerable risks surrounding every interaction with someone who works for you, you're opening yourself up to potential legal problems--and all their associated costs.
So there couldn't be a better time for a new edition of FAIR, SQUARE & LEGAL, the classic guide that's been helping managers stay out of legal hot water for almost a decade. Now completely updated and revised to reflect new regulations and court decisions, FAIR, SQUARE & LEGAL is the perfect antidote to an increasingly litigious workplace.
You'll find the most current information on a variety of legal concerns surrounding: * New EEOC guidelines and the confusions they create * new legislation governing team formation * new court decisions regarding sexual harassment * defamation and violation of privacy * recruitment and hiring * evaluations and promotions * discipline and firing * affirmative action issues (including the ramifications of Proposition 209) * negligent hiring practices * managing people with disabilities * the Family and Medical Leave Act, and other issues.
But despite its subject, FAIR, SQUARE & LEGAL is not full of legalistic jargon. What it is full of is clear, concise jargon-free language, definitions of important terms, practical guidelines for what to say and do, fictionalized stories that illustrate both problems and solutions, and actual case studies of precedent-setting court decisions. This book is exactly what you need to treat your employees fairly and keep yourself and your company out of court--or at least defend your actions if you do wind up there.
Customer Reviews:
This Book Could Save Your Organization.......2001-01-05
For small-to-midsize companies competing in a litigious society, this book is more than a "must read": it is an absolutely essential source of information to which decision-makers (especially owners) of such companies should constantly refer. The term "frivolous lawsuit" is really a misnomer. Check a reputable dictionary of synonyms and you will learn that the word frivolous connotes "trivial, trifling, piddling, unimportant, insignificant, inconsiderable, petty, and paltry." On the contrary, an adverse decision resulting from a so-called frivolous lawsuit can destroy a company which has limited resources...or at least create truly serious problems for it, most of which are preventable.
The subtitle of Weiss's book correctly indicates that he explains "safe hiring, managing & firing practices to keep you & your company out of court." He organizes the material as follows:
Part I Safe Hiring Practices [re recruiting, interviewing, and employment decisions]
Part II Safe Management Practices [re evaluations and promotions, preventing sex discrimination and sexual harassment on the job, employee action laws and labor rights]
Part III Safe Firing Practices [re discipline and firing practices, public policy, management of older employees]
With Weiss's guidance, it is possible for the decision-makers in any company to complete what amounts to a comprehensive "audit" of any and all areas in which that company could be vulnerable to litigation. Of at least equal importance, the same "audit" will help the company to determine precisely what its obligations are as an employer as well as what the legal rights of its employees are.
Ultimately, with all due respect to Weiss, qualified legal counsel should be consulted to ensure that all of a company's policies and procedures are "fair, square & legal." They must then be explained to all employees. Finally, they must be rigorously and consistently enforced. Even so, there may yet be frivolous lawsuits but at least the company has done everything possible to prevent them and is thus much better prepared to obtain a favorable decision in a court of law.
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Tips When Hiring and Firing Employees: 50 Plus One
Linda M. Magoon , and
Donna de St. Aubin
Manufacturer: Encouragement Press
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Hiring a new employee is one of the most important and time-consuming tasks a manager or entrepreneur can undertake. Firing an employee is an emotionally draining and difficult action, no matter the length of service or level of responsibility. Hiring & Firing shows you how to hire the right people for the job and fire those that do not work out, and avoid litigation.
Book Description
Few managers dread any task more than the hiring and firing of employees. The hiring process is long and full of unknowns, while the firing process adds layers of personal emotions to an already highly-charged situation. The Complete Book of Hiring and Firing shows you how to take these difficult decisions and turn them into profitable and positive endeavors.
Customer Reviews:
practical and succinct.......2006-02-23
This handbook will help any small business owner/HR specialist or manager involved in hiring or firing. A job we have to do--but it must be done right (read: legally).
It's got plenty of real life examples that don't get too bogged down in legalese. Protect yourself and pick up a copy.
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Covers job-applicant testing, at-will employment, civil rights claims, wrongful termination claims and termination methods.
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In today's competitive and ever-changing business environment it's no wonder that the workplace can become highly charged, especially when managers and employees alike are unaware of their legal rights and responsibilities. In The Workplace Law Advisor, veteran labor and employment attorney Anne Covey offers a comprehensive and accessible resource for managers and executives, entrepreneurs and small business owners, employees and human resource professionals in all industries. Illustrating every principle through real-life examples, the author provides practical guidance on how to interpret and apply employment law in order to forge more productive relationships in the workplace.
The Workplace Law Advisor answers the most frequently asked questions about the employment relationship, covering such issues as:
-The top ten reasons why employees sue their employers and how to avoid these lawsuits -The crucial role of effective communication in the workplace -The Americans with Disabilities Act and who qualifies for its benefits -Protecting your organization and yourself from the costly effects of sexual harassment -The Family and Medical Leave Act
Customer Reviews:
Workplace Law Advisor.......2007-01-22
The content and reviews that I read for this book far exceed what I gained from reading it. It doesn't have a review that was helpful in making any decisions about discrimination more than any basic textbook would. I could not in good conscience recommend this book to anyone.
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Hiring & Firing: What Every Manager Needs to Know
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