Employers' Rights and Responsibilities

As soon as you hire your first employee, you'll need to know about laws governing employers' relationships with their workers.

As an employer, you will have to follow a host of state and federal laws that regulate your relationship with your employees. Among the things you'll be expected to know and understand:

 - Proper hiring practices, including how to conduct interviews and investigate job applicants without invading their privacy.

- Wage and hour laws, including those governing the minimum wage, overtime and compensatory time.

- How to avoid harassment and discrimination based on a variety of characteristics, including gender, age, race, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability and national origin.

- The minimum requirements for sick, vacation, parental and other types of employee leave.

- How to write an employee handbook, conduct performance reviews and discipline employees.

- How to fire an employee without trampling on his or her legal rights.

- How to protect your business and respect employees' rights when they leave.

- What the law allows if you want to run a background check, do a workplace search or monitor employee conduct.

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