COBRA - EMPLOYER'S GUIDE TO THE FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE RULES
Tenth Edition (Over 160 pages) By Richard J. Simmons
     All employers with 20 or more employees who provide health and medical benefits must comply with the federal health insurance law - called COBRA. The law gives employees and their dependents the right to continue converage under their employer's health plan after termination, resignation, divorce, death, layoff, and other qualifying events. In addition, a new California statue requires covered employers to provide supplemental insurance protection and written disclosures. This publication reviews the rules in a concise and understandable manner. It includes sample COBRA notices, and HIPAA rules.
 

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE MANUAL FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS
Ninth Edition (Over 180 pages) By Richard J. Simmons
     Employers are covered by state and federal laws that regulate family and medical leaves. This manual guides employers through the complicated web of rules created by the new state and federal laws. Among the subjects addressed in the manual are employee eligibility standards, insurance obligations, use of vacation and sick benefits, 12-month standard, exemptions, intermittent and reduced leaves, maximum leave rules, employer notification rules, record-keeping rules, employer obligations, types of leaves allowed, employee notification rules, minimum service rules, reinstatement rights, benefits issues, medical certification rules, and enforcement rules. This manual also includes a sample leave request form, sample personnel policies, a forms package, sample posters, and a sample doctor certification.
 

EMPLOYER'S GUIDE TO THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Third Edition (Over 55 pages) By Richard J. Simmons
     The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) represents the first comprehensive national mandate that prohibits discrimination against qualified disabled individuals. It also requires covered employers to make reasonable accomodations to the known physical and mental disabilities of job applicants and employees. This manual provides concise, practical information regarding the obligations created by the law and the manner in which to comply. Among the subjects addressed are protection of physical and mental disabilities, limitations to qualified disabled individuals, exclusions of certain disabilities, drug testing, remedies, and benefit issues.
 

EMPLOYER'S GUIDE TO WORKPLACE SECURITY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION
Fourth Edition (Over 160 pages) By Richard J. Simmons
     This manual provides a practical and useful review of the laws in the field of workplace security and violence prevention, the obligations of employers, and the concerns that every workplace now faces. It addresses CAL-OSHA rules, applicant screening techniques, new rules and forms for TRO's, the workplace violence safety act, high-risk occupations, special health-care guidelines, mandatory changes to IIP plans, violence prevention strategies, sample forms and policies, a sample IIP program, ADA issues, negligent hiring and retention, confidentiality concerns, statistical insights, complaint procedures, and duty to warn.