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Georgia Human Resources Compliance Center
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State & Federal Human Resources Library
Easily understand state and federal labor laws with plain-English guides to your responsibilities as an employer. This online resource provides 35 chapters on key employment issues, regulation compliance guidelines, best practices, model policies as well as editable forms and templates. Additional topic-specific guides within the library address federal issues. Access the library here.
Library Subscription Options
There are several options for annual subscriptions, depending on the level of access and amount of information you need. Some packages also include workplace posters. Purchase your subscription below or call 866-439-2227 to place your order by phone.
All packages include:
digital & print publications • top attorney insights • state & federal labor law comparisons and downloadable policies and forms • employment law alert emails • personal online HR Dashboard • weekly HR Update newsletter • educational webinars • phone and email customer service support
Georgia Chamber Investors receive 20% off the list price by entering code GCCINVESTOR
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$248
- Georgia Human Resources Manual
Online & Print - Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers
Online - 1-Year Subscription + 1 Hardcopy Book
- Snapshot — An HR audit
- Compliance thresholds
- Recruiting and hiring
- Employment eligibility and immigration
- Background checks
- Employee policies and procedures manuals
- Employee personnel files
- Restrictive covenants, trade secrets, and intellectual property
- Wages and hours
- Child labor
- Temporary and leased employees
- Performance evaluations
- Independent contractors
- Privacy and monitoring
- Electronic information and communication practices
- Social media
- Lie-detector tests
- Discrimination in employment
- Workplace investigations
- Disabilities and reasonable accommodation
- Politics in the workplace
- Employee discipline
- Termination
- Plant closings and mass layoffs
- Family and medical leave
- Military leave
- Workplace safety and health
- Workplace violence
- Disaster planning
- Employee benefits and ERISA
- Retirement plans
- Group health plans
- Workers' compensation
- Unemployment insurance
- Public employers
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Posting requirements
Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers
- Where to start
- Job descriptions and applications
- Candidate screening
- Time of hire
- Time off and leaves of absence
- Employee benefits
- Basic company policies
- Employment status, hours of work, and overtime
- Reviews and promotions
- Confidentiality and conflicts of interest
- Complaint procedures
- Other matters
- Terminations of employment
- Acknowledgment of receipt of handbook
- Recordkeeping requirements
- Posting requirements
Georgia Human Resources Manual authored by:
Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers authored by:
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$386
- Georgia Human Resources Manual
Online & Print - Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers
Online - Wages and Hours - An Employer's Guide
Online & Print - 1-Year Subscription + 3 Hardcopy Books
Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers
- Snapshot — An HR audit
- Pre-employment issues
- Pre-employmen testing
- Interviews
- Background checks
- The employment relationship
- New hire reporting
- Policy manuals and employee handbooks
- Employee personnel files
- Employment contracts
- Non-compete agreements and trade secrets
- Affirmative actions
- Discipline
- Termination
- Layoffs
- Employment litigation — how to avoid a lawsuit
- Increased union-organizing activity
- Social media
- Federal recordkeeping requirements
- Posting requirements
Wages and Hours – An Employer’s Guide
- Snapshot — An HR audit
- Overview of wages and hours
- Covered employers
- Workers not covered by the FLSA
- Leased or temporary employees
- White-collar exemptions
- Additional exemptions
- Non-exempt employees: minimum wage requirements
- Non-exempt employees: overtime compensation
- Non-exempt employees: determining work time
- Deductions from pay
- FLSA recordkeeping requirements
- Enforcement
- Remote workers and telecommuting
- Posting requirements
- Employment of minors
- Equal pay
- Payment of wages
- Where to go for more information
- State agencies
- Wage and hour District Offices
Georgia Human Resources Manual authored by:
Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers authored by:
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers authored by
Wages and Hours – An Employer’s Guide authored by
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$587
- Georgia Human Resources Manual
Online & Print - Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers
Online - Wages and Hours - An Employer's Guide
Online & Print - Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers
Online & Print - Employment Verification: Immigration, Form I-9, E-Verify
Online & Print - An Employer's Guide to ADA & FMLA
Online & Print - Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual
Online & Print - Employee Benefits - An Employer's Guide
Online & Print - 6-in-1 federal poster
Online & Print - 1-Year Subscription + 7 Hardcopy Books + 1 Federal Poster
Employee Benefits – An Employer's Guide
- Snapshot — An HR audit
- Employee benefits law
- Life insurance
- Health benefit plans
- Regulation of group health plans
- Health care reform
- Disability plans
- Severance plans
- Cafeteria plans
- Retirement plans
- Additional 401 (k) qualification requirements
- Nonqualified deferred compensation plans
- Employee communications under ERISA
- Fiduciary duties under ERISA
- Other fringe benefits
An Employer’s Guide to FMLA and ADA
- Introduction to FMLA
- FMLA definitions
- Employer coverage and employee eligibility
- Reasons for leave
- Serious health conditions
- Military leave under the FMLA
- Length of leave
- Notice and documentation — employee obligations and employer challenges
- Certifications necessary for leave
- Employer notice and documentation requirements
- Employee rights under FMLA
- Enforcement of the FMLA
- FMLA and DOL updates
- Introduction to the ADA
- The ADA Amendments Act of 2008
- Employers and ADA protection
- "Disability" in detail
- Reasonable accommodation under the ADA
- How the ADA impacts your business
- Enforcement of the ADA
- Leave and other state laws
Employment Verification: Immigration, Form I-9, and E-Verify
- Snapshot — An HR audit
- Immigration and employment
- Immigration visas
- I-9 Form
- Tips to complete the I-9 Form
- Anti-discrimination under IRCA
- No-match letter and wage reporting compliance
- Additional verification services
- ICE investigations
- ICE IMAGE program
- How to respond to visits and calls concerning immigration
- E-Verify
- E-Verify regulations for federal contractors and subcontractors
- Helpful steps to comply with E-Verify requirements
- Trends in criminal enforcement and I-9 audits
- Sample memorandum
Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual
- Snapshot — An HR audit
- Introduction
- Duties and responsibilities
- The employer's general duty
- OSHA recordkeeping requirements
- Significant standards
- Inspections
- Citations and civil penalties
- Setting citations
- Procedural and affirmative defenses
- Criminal penalties
- Developing a comprehensive health and safety program
- Whistleblower protection — prohibition of discrimination and retaliation
- Emergency response and preparedness
- Required postings
- OSHA Forms 300 and 300A
- Reporting fatalities and multiple hospitalization incidents
- Partially exempt industries from OSHA recordkeeping requirements
- Safety checklist
- Inspection checklist
- U.S. Department of Labor regional OSHA offices
- Directory of states with approved occupational safety and health plans
- State plan notice of contest timeline
- Safety and health management systems
- Sample emergency action plan
- Emergency action plan checklist
- Safety and health policy
- Model written hazard communication program
- Time period for filing complaint under whistleblower
- Company's commitment to safety
- Safety strategies
- Model written lock out/tag out program
- Hazard assessment form
- Vaccination acknowledgement
- OSHA's frequently cited "low-hanging fruit" standards
- OSHA injury & illness Recordability Worksheet
- Getting off OSHA's Severe Violator's Enforcement Program
- Union representatives and walk-around inspections
- Safety-incentive programs
- Publishing worker injury data
- Handling violence in the workplace
Georgia Human Resources Manual authored by:
Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers authored by:
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers authored by
Wages and Hours – An Employer’s Guide authored by
Employee Benefits – An Employer's Guide authored by
An Employer’s Guide to FMLA and ADA authored by
Employment Verification: Immigration, Form I-9, and E-Verify authored by
Workplace Safety and Health Compliance Manual authored by
State & Federal Workplace Posters
After hearing from members frustrated by companies selling required state and federal workplace posters that were exorbitantly expensive, and worse, inaccurate or outdated, the Georgia Chamber is now providing state and federal workplace posters. Backed by the employment law expertise of member firm Troutman Sanders, the posters have been authored and packaged according to Georgia and federal guidelines – you won’t have to worry about researching the right posters for your company. Providing added risk reduction for our members, purchasers will be notified if any part of the poster needs to be updated.
Ranging from $15 for all Georgia required posters to $50 for a complete suite of required and optional State and Federal posters, these conveniently packaged and well-priced sets ensure you stay up-to-date. With your member discount of 20%, a complete set of required and optional state and federal posters costs only $40, and individual postings start at just $8.
Click here to view all poster packages and options.
To Order:
Georgia Chamber members receive an additional 20% discount off the list price of any subscription or poster purchase with code GCCINVESTOR.
Online: Click here to select your posters. Please note that some Library subscriptions include posters.
By Phone: Call 866-439-2227 to place your order.
Human Resources Hotline
All Georgia Chamber members receive complimentary access to the HR Hotline where experienced professionals are available to answer questions and help solve real-life workplace problems. Regulatory compliance, harassment, policy matters, discharges, pay, benefits, etc. are just some of the issues covered. This benefit is offered by the Georgia Employer’s Association (www.georgiaemployers.org), an affiliate of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
To access the hotline, dial 478-722-8282 or email hrhotline@gachamber.com.
Drugs Don't Work Discount
State certified drug free companies in GA receive a state mandated 7.5% discount on workers’ compensation insurance. Certification is a simple, 5 step process. The application fee is only $35. The GA Chamber’s affiliate; the Council on Alcohol and Drugs assists companies statewide in meeting state certification requirements at a discounted rate for GA Chamber members. Contact Staci Wade at 404.223.2486 or at swade@livedrugfree.org for more information.
Click here to start the application.
Program Contact:
Tiffany Holmes: tholmes@gachamber.com | 229.349.6900
For Posters or Library Assistance: Call ACCR at 866.439.2227.