Objective
- Identify legal issues in hiring, evaluating, and firing employees
- Discuss federal laws that curtail an employer in taking actions involving employees and applicants
- Understand the demands that fringe benefits and compensation programs place on employers
Highlights
- Hiring and firing issues: questions that cannot be asked in an interview; documenting employee performance; establishing an annual review system; situations in which an employer may or may not fire an employee, and much more
- Employment contracts: an analysis of the legal and planning issues in structuring employment contracts and situations in which noncompetition agreements will or will not work
- Employment issues in the economy: telecommuters and other special situations
- Legal liability issues: recognition of age discrimination, sex discrimination, FLSA issues, minimum wage, overtime, sexual harassment, and more
- Fringe benefit issues: COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care
- Medical plans: Who is a full-time employee?
Designed For
CPAs seeking an in-depth understanding of employment issuesPrerequisite
NoneAdvanced Preparation
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