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The 2012 Update to the 1300 page Employment Law Manual for Wisconsin Employers contains 500+ replacement pages of the most recent Wisconsin and federal employment law changes, including:

• Hiring – Guidance on taking an adverse employment action against an applicant or employee based on credit scores; EEOC’s latest discussion related to when employers require a high school diploma; the VOW to Hire Heroes Act tax credit
  
  
• ADA – Chapter completely revised and restructured with additional information and case examples on the interactive process when an employee requests accommodation and making facilities accessible and usable; new guidance box on cost of failing to provide a reasonable accommodation
  
  
• Labor Relations – Social media issues before the NLRB; new NLRB poster on employee rights to unionize; new composition of the National Labor Relations Board and its impact on employers
  
  
• Wage and Hour – New Wisconsin Child Labor regulations; new federal amended tip credit regulations; updated information on the “opportunity” wage
  
  
• Employee Handbooks – Discussion on drafting a concealed carry policy; sample language
  
  
• Workplace Violence – Concealed carry law rights and obligations for employers; OSHA’s new directive on “Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Workplace Violence Incidents”
  
  
• Family and Medical Leave Act – Employers using DOL model certification forms are prohibited from requesting from or acquiring genetic information about an individual or family member except as allowed by law; three sample disclosure forms that comply
  
  
• Unemployment Insurance – Wisconsin’s new one-week waiting period for benefits with examples; penalties for retaliating against claimants and witnesses
  
  
• OSHA – Guidance box on OSHA’s ability to issue citations going back five years
  
  
• Immigration – All new section including guidance box on best ways to survive I-9 audits, with new information on the “virtue memorandum” from ICE and recent 2011 case defining substantial violations
  
  
• Discipline – Expanded discussion on the seven questions to ask prior to discipline or discharge
  
  
• Affirmative Action – New guidance box on OFCCP onsite reviews; conducting compensation audits; new OFCCP enforcement protocol
  
  
• Substance Abuse – Wisconsin's law change regarding treatment of mental and nervous disorders
  
  
• Worker’s Compensation – Refusal to rehire and requirement to provide work-related modifications or accommodations
  
  
• Posters – Ten updated posters since 2011 edition; more guidance regarding required posters for employers