Managers need to understand the complex issues of dealing with employees. This course provides in-depth coverage of the legal and tax issues associated with all aspects of employment.

Major topics include:

• Hiring and firing issues -- What questions you cannot ask in an interview; how to properly document performance; how to set up a system for the annual review; when you can and cannot fire an employee, and much more.
• Employment contracts -- An analysis of the legal and planning issues in structuring employment contracts; when noncompetition agreements will and will not work.
• Independent contractors -- Are they really employees? How to tell when someone is an employee or an independent contractor.
• Employment issues in the new economy -- Telecommuters and other special situations.
• Legal liability issues -- Recognizing age discrimination, sex discrimination, FLSA issues, minimum wage, overtime, sexual harassment, and more.
• Fringe benefit issues -- Including health insurance, COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, disability, and pension plans.
• Employee handbook -- Issues, problems, and solutions.