Author Description

Our Guide is a concise and authoritative employment law manual for managers and personnel administrators in health care facilities, nursing homes, clinics, and medical practices. The Medical Employer's Guide keeps you abreast of issues confronting today¿s professional in the health care industry. In an easy-to-read, jargon-free format, The Guide discusses these and other relevant topics, such as: The nursing shortage and mandatory overtime Recent decisions and opinion letters on medical worker exemptions from federal overtime pay requirements New section on OSHA training requirements New CDC guidelines on tuberculosis control in health care settings the 2006 Supreme Court decision changing the standard for retaliation claims Updated discussion of whistleblowing by health care employees Proposed regulations on Social Security numbers and no-match letters Background checking for medical employees New regulations under the federal law on rights of employees serving in the military (USERRA) New federal regulations defining Internet applicant the Medical Employer's Guide focuses on federal laws and contains numerous charts detailing state laws, including discrimination, overtime rules, family and medical leave laws, and criminal background checks. State laws on a variety of other topics ¿ employee and applicant testing, wrongful termination, unemployment compensation, workers' compensation, To name just a few - are also examined. Each chapter includes citations For The laws discussed. Appendices list state and federal agencies, including Internet addresses. Updated annually.