Employee Handbooks
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An issue facing employers in today’s legal environment is whether and how to draft and publish an employee handbook containing personnel policies and procedures. An employee handbook can be an extremely beneficial tool in accomplishing the employer’s human resources objectives.
A well-drafted employee handbook provides an employer with an ideal opportunity to communicate the philosophy of the company with respect to its customers, products and workforce, as well as the employer’s specific expectations as to individual employee conduct and performance. A handbook also permits an employer to establish non-discriminatory employment policies that may be administered in a consistent and uniform fashion, thereby minimizing the risk of both groundless and meritorious claims of unlawful employment discrimination.
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New Form I-9 for Immediate Use
By Philip Ripani
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On March 8, 2013, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a revised Form I-9 for employment eligibility verification. In its announcement, USCIS advises that employers must use the new Form I-9 immediately. However, employers who need additional time to make necessary updates to their business processes to use the Form I-9 may continue to use previously accepted revisions until May 7, 2013. After May 7, 2013, all employers must use the new revised Form I-9 for each new employee hired in the United States. Employers do not need to complete the new Form I-9 for current employees for whom there is already a properly completed Form I-9 on file. However, the new revised Form I-9 should be used for re-verification purposes. The new Form I-9 can be found at www.uscis.gov.
The revised form added data fields including those for an employee’s foreign passport information (if applicable), telephone number and email address. The form’s layout was changed, expanding the I-9 from one to two pages. Instructions were expanded from three to six pages. The new form bears the date 03/08/13 N with an expiration date of 03/31/2016. Also, the information in the List A documents concerning foreign passports has been reformatted and the List C information for a Social Security card has been revised to show three restrictions on a Social Security card that render the card unacceptable as a List C document.
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IALF to Host Mineral Rights Seminars
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This year the IALF along with Indiana Farm Bureau will host two seminars focused on mineral rights for those interested in learning more about the laws and regulations affecting mineral extraction. The first seminar will be held on Monday, July 29, 2013 in Vanderburgh County and the second will be held on Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at the Indiana Farm Bureau home office in.
These seminars will provide landowners a look at leasing considerations, state laws dealing with mineral extraction, and surface owner impacts among other topics. Shale gas development activity, coal bed methane considerations, and carbon dioxide and natural gas storage opportunities will all be covered.
The program will be focused towards the interest of landowners; however, attorneys who represent landowners may find the information beneficial. In addition, continuing legal education credits are being sought for the program.
More information will follow, as the dates get closer.
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Over the next year, we will explore the various aspects of labor and employment law, but we hope to expand the scope over time.
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The IALF is a charitable organization established by Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc., to promote better understanding of legal issues facing the agricultural community.
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