Develop personnel policies and management procedures with confidence knowing you have the most up-to-date resource available. This handbook offers a concise, readable explanation of applicable federal and state laws and is especially popular with lawyers who want quick answers to employment questions - their clients' and their own. It will also help small employers in the private sector become more aware of the regulations that govern working conditions and the employer-employee relationship, including regulation of hours of work and payment of wages, health and safety standards, and employee retirement benefits. A single-source reference, it is completely updated, reorganized, and expanded to cover the entire employment relationship from hiring through termination.