The Small Business Employment Law Handbook: A Plain-English Compliance Guide for FLSA, OSHA, ADA, FMLA, EEOC, and IRS Pa, (Paperback)

<b>You can't afford to get employment law wrong.</b> You also can't afford a full-time HR department.<p>Every week you're making employment decisions that carry real legal exposure - classifying workers, handling overtime, responding to a medical leave request, navigating a harassment complaint, running payroll. Most small business owners are doing this on instinct, internet searches, and expensive attorney consultations for questions that should have straightforward answers.</p><p><b>This book gives you those answers.</b></p><p><b>The Small Business Employment Law Handbook</b> compiles the six federal employment laws that affect small employers most - the FLSA, FMLA, OSHA, ADA, Title VII/EEOC, and IRS payroll requirements - into a single plain-English reference built around how you actually use the information. It's drawn directly from U.S. government publications: DOL employer guides, OSHA standards, EEOC technical assistance, and IRS Publication 15. No filler, no law school theory, no padded chapters.</p>Inside this book: <ul><li><b>A threshold table that answers the first question in employment law: </b> which of these laws actually applies to your business right now, based on your employee count - and which ones you need to prepare for as you grow.</li><li><b>The wage and overtime rules small employers get wrong most often</b> - exempt vs. non-exempt classification, how to calculate overtime correctly, what counts as hours worked, and the recordkeeping that protects you if the DOL investigates.</li><li><b>OSHA compliance without the complexity</b> - your core obligations, the General Duty Clause, what inspectors look for in small businesses, your rights during an inspection, and how to use OSHA's free on-site consultation before an inspector arrives.</li><li><b>The ADA interactive process, step by step</b> - how to handle an accommodation request, what you must document, where the FMLA ends and ADA obligations begin, and the mistakes that turn manageable situations into EEOC charges.</li><li><b>Hiring, harassment, and termination guidance</b> - what you can and cannot ask in interviews, how employer liability for harassment actually works, why retaliation charges catch small employers off guard, and how to reduce legal exposure in termination decisions.</li><li><b>Payroll tax obligations from day one</b> - withholding, FICA, FUTA, deposit schedules, the forms and their deadlines, and a plain-English explanation of the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty that holds business owners personally liable when payroll taxes go unpaid.</li><li><b>A master record retention schedule</b> consolidating every "how long do I keep this?" question from all six laws into one reference table.</li><li><b>A step-by-step response guide for investigations and charges</b> - DOL wage and hour investigations, OSHA inspections, EEOC charges, and IRS payroll audits. What to do in the first 48 hours. When to call an attorney. What never to do with records once a complaint arrives.</li><li><b>End-of-chapter compliance checklists</b> you can use for annual self-audits, when you hire new employees, or when you cross a threshold that activates a new law.</li></ul>This book is not legal advice. It's something mo

• The Small Business Employment Law Handbook: A Plain-English Compliance Guide for FLSA, OSHA, ADA, FMLA, EEOC, and IRS Pa, (Paperback)
• Author: Lexis Pro
• ISBN: 9798195871277
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-06
• Page Count: 172