Kansas Human Resources Manual

1. Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Compliance thresholds
3. Recruiting and hiring
4. Employment eligibility and immigration
5. Background checks
6. Employee policies and procedures manuals
7. Employee personnel files
8. Restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and intellectual progerty
9. Wages and hours
10. Child labor
11. Temporary and leased employees
12. Performance evaluations
13. Independent contractors
14. Privacy and monitoring
15. Electronic information and communication practices
16. Social media
17. Lie-detector tests
18. Discrimination in employment
19. Workplace investigations
20. Disabilities and reasonable accommodation
21. Politics in the workplace
22. Employee discipline
23. Termination
24. Plant closing and mass layoffs
25. Family and medical leave 
26. Military leave
27. Workplace safety and health
28. Workplace violence
29. Disaster planning
30. Employee benefits and ERISA
31. Retirement plans
32. Group health plans
33. Workers' compensation
34. Unemployment insurance
35. Public employers
36. Recordkeeping requirements
37. Posting requirements

Model Policies and Forms for Kansas Employers

1. Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Job descriptions and applications
3. Applicant screening
4. Time of hire
5. Time off and leaves of absence
6. Benefits
7. Basic company policies
8. Hours of work and overtime
9. Performance reviews and promotion
10. Confidentiality and conflicts of interest
11. Compliant procedures
12. Technology in the workplace
13. Additional policies
14. Termination
15. Acknowledgement of receipt of handbook
16. Recordkeeping requirements
17. Posting requirements

Includes topics from the Prime level plus these additional topics

Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers

1.  Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Pre-employment issues
3. Pre-employmen testing
4. Interviews
5. Background checks
6. The employment relationship
7. New hire reporting
8. Policy manuals and employee handbooks
9. Employee personnel files
10. Employment contracts
11. Non-compete agreements and trade secrets
12. Affirmative actions
13. Discipline
14. Termination
15. Layoffs
16. Employment litigation — how to avoid a lawsuit
17. Increased union-organizing activity
18. Social media
19. Federal recordkeeping requirements
20. Posting requirements

Wages and Hours – An Employer’s Guide

1. Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Overiew of wages and hours
3. Covered employers
4. Workers not covered by the FLSA
5. Leased or temporary employees
6. White-collar exemptions
7. Additional exemptions
8. Non-exempt employees: minimum wage requirements
9. Non-exempt employees: overtime compensation
10. Non-exempt employees: determining work time
11. Deductions from pay
12. FLSA recordkeeping requirements
13. Enforcement
14. Remote workers and telecommuting
15. Posting requirements
16. Employment of minors 
17. Equal pay
18. Payment of wages
19. Where to go for more information
20. State agencies
21. Wage and hour District Offices

Includes topics from the Plus level plus these additional topics...

Employee Benefits – An Employer's Guide

1. Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Employee benefits law
3. Life insurance
4. Health benefit plans
5. Regulation of group health plans
6. Health care reform
7. Disability plans
8. Severance plans
9. Cafeteria plans
10. Retirement plans
11. Additional 401 (k) qualification requirements
12. Nonqualified deferred compensation plans
13. Employee communications under ERISA
14. Fiduciary duties under ERISA
15. Other fringe benefits

An Employer’s Guide to FMLA and ADA

1. Introduction to FMLA
2. FMLA definitions
3. Employer coverage and employee eligibility
4. Reasons for leave
5. Serious health conditions
6. Military leave under the FMLA
7. Length of leave
8. Notice and documentation — employee obligations and employer challenges
9. Certifications necessary for leave
10. Employer notice and documentation requirements
11. Employee rights under FMLA
12. Enforcement of the FMLA
13. FMLA and DOL updates
14. Introduction to the ADA
15. The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
16. Employers and ADA protection
17. "Disability" in detail
18. Reasonable accommodation under the ADA
19. How the ADA impacts your business
20. Enforcement of the ADA
21. Leave and other state laws

Employment Verification: Immigration, Form I-9, and E-Verify

1. Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Immigration and employment
3. Immigration visas
4. I-9 Form
5. Tips to complete the I-9 Form
6. Anti-discrimination under IRCA
7. No-match letter and wage reporting compliance
8. Additional verification services
9. ICE investigations
10. ICE IMAGE program
11. How to respond to visits and calls concerning immigration
12. E-Verify
13. E-Verify regulations for federal contractors and subcontractors
14. Helpful steps to comply with E-Verify requirements
15. Trends in criminal enforcement and I-9 audits
16. Sample memorandum

Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual

1. Snapshot — An HR audit
2. Introduction
3. Duties and responsibilities
4. The employer's general duty
5. OSHA recordkeeping requirements
6. Significant standards
7. Inspections
8. Citations and civil penalties
9. Setting citations
10. Procedural and affirmative defenses
11. Criminal penalties
12. Developing a comprehensive health and safety program
13. Whistleblower protection — prohibition of discrimination and retaliation
14. Emergency response and preparedness
15. Required postings
16. OSHA Forms 300 and 300A
17. Reporting fatalities and multiple hospitalization incidents
18. Partially exempt industries from OSHA recordkeeping requirements
19. Safety checklist
20. Inspection checklist
21. U.S. Department of Labor regional OSHA offices
22. Directory of states with approved occupational safety and health plans 
23. State plan notice of contest timeline
24. Safety and health management systems
25. Sample emergency action plan
26. Emergency action plan checklist
27. Safety and health policy
28. Model written hazard communication program
29. Time period for filing complaint under whistleblower
30. Company's commitment to safety
31. Safety strategies
32. Model written lock out/tag out program
33. Hazard assessment form
34. Vaccination acknowledgement
35. OSHA's frequently cited "low-hanging fruit" standards
36. OSHA injury & illness Recordability Worksheet
37. Getting off OSHA's Severe Violator's Enforcement Program
38. Union representatives and walk-around inspections
39. Safety-incentive programs
40. Publishing worker injury data
41. Handling violence in the workplace