Mike Broad - Attorney Lawyer

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	As soon as you hire your first employee, you'll need to know about laws governing employers' relationships with their workers. As a employer, you are held accountable to a host of state and federal laws that regulate your relationship with your employees. Among the things you'll be expected to know and understand:
	Proper hiring practices, including how to conduct interviews, investigate job applicants and respect privacy. Wage and hours law, including those governing the minimun wage, overtime and compensatory time. How to avoid sexual harassment as well as discrimination based on gender, age, race, pregnacy,sexual orientation, disability and national origin. The minimun requeriments for sick, vacation, parental and others types of employee leave. How to write an employee handbook, conduct performance reviews and discipline employees. How to fire an employee without trampling on his or her legal rights. How to protect your business and respect employees' right when they leave. What the law allows if you want to run a background check, do a workplace search or monitor employee conduct.