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Authors: Richard B. Renckly, Marcy
ISBN-13: 9780764124495, ISBN-10: 0764124498
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Richard B. Renckly

Book Synopsis


BARRON’S

BUSINESS

LIBRARY

Titles in this series speak to men and women who are starting a company or managing an ongoing small-to-medium-size business. Emphasis is on daily operations, as well as on analyzing problems and solving them. Examples and approaches cited in these books are based on true-to-life business situations.

Human Resources, Second Edition

This informative volume focuses on all aspects of dealing with employees. The author explains how to structure job guidelines, interview and hire applicants, determine wage and salary guidelines, manage employee benefits, comply with HIPPA (health insurance privacy regulations) and FMLA (family leave regulations), and much more. He also advises on procedures for background checks on job applicants in the post-9/11 world.

Table of Contents


Preface

Acknowledgments

  • The Structure of Human Resources

  • The Human Resources Function

  • An Organization's Most Important Asset

  • The Human Resources Executive and the HR Managers

  • Compensation: Surveys, Wage and Salary Guidelines, and

    Job Descriptions

  • Wage and Salary Administration: Job Analysis and

    Evaluation

  • Employment Policies and Practices

  • Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Equal Employment

    Opportunity

  • Employee Benefits Function

  • Legal Compliance Role of Human Resources

  • Wage and Hour Compliance

  • Personnel Policies and the Personnel Policies Manual (PPM)

  • Lifestyles and Medical Cost Containment

  • Diversity in the Work Force

  • Other Issues and Challenges in Human Resources

  • Human Resources and the Internet

  • The Evolving and Future Role of Human Resources

    Glossary

    Bibliography

    Index

  • Subjects