The following content is provided to the association by AAMP Member and Attorney Rick Alaniz of Alaniz Law & Associates in Houston, Texas. He can be reached at (281) 833-2200 or at ralaniz@alaniz-law.com.

Hiring and Firing: The Dos & Dont's

Hiring and Firing Guidelines - By Richard Alaniz

OSHA

OHSA Guidance

Safety Awareness Checklist

Article: OSHA Fines Increase in 2018

Article: Successfully Navigating Workplace Safety Issues in 2016 (OSHA Update)

Hiring of Minors

Hiring minors for your business: What you need to know

Meeting the Millennial Challenge

Auditing

Article: ICE is Coming – Time to Audit Your I-9s

Updated I-9 Form | Instructions for Form I-9

Updated I-9 Form (Spanish) | Instructions for Form I-9 (Spanish)

I-9 Audit – Guidance Document

Article: ICE- Coming to Your Workplace Soon

Donning & Doffing Issues

Article: Limiting Donning & Doffing and Other Wage & Hour Liability

Article: Off the Clock – Is It a Problem?

Article: The ABCs of Donning & Doffing

Job Interviews

Article: Effective Job Interviews

Sample Employment Application

Workplace Policies

Article: Occupational Illness and Injury Reporting Policy

Article: Incident Without Injury Reporting Policy

Five Must-Have Workplace Policies

Article: Medical Marijuana in the Workplace

Article: Progressive Discipline

Sample Handbook Policies

Harassment Policy Example (Word Document)

Employee Wages

Article: The Push for $15, and the Impact on Employers

Article: DOL Doubles Minimum Salary For Exempt Workers

Article: Wage & Hour Audits May be Coming (11/1/21)

Records Retention

Article: Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s—Employment Records You Must Have

Workplace Posters

Some of the statutes and regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) require that notices be provided to employees and/or posted in the workplace. DOL provides free electronic copies of the required posters and some of the posters are available in languages other than English. View labor law posters on the DOL website here.

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum Wage — Establishes minimum wages, overtime pay, record keeping and child labor standards for private sector and government workers.

Job Safety and Health: It’s the Law (OSHA) —  Requires employers to comply with occupational safety and health standards issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and to provide employees with a workplace that is free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Employee Rights and Responsibilities Under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) — Provides an entitlement of up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave during any 12-month period to eligible, covered employees for the following reasons: 1) birth and care of the eligible employee’s child, or placement for adoption or foster care of a child with the employee; 2) care of an immediate family member (spouse, child, parent) who has a serious health condition; or 3) when the employee is unable to work due to his or her own serious health condition.

Migrant and Seasonal Agriculture Worker Protection Act (MSPA) — Requires farm labor contractors, agricultural employers, and agricultural associations who recruit, solicit, hire, employ, furnish, transport, or house agricultural workers, as well as providers of migrant housing, to meet certain minimum requirements in their dealings with migrant and seasonal agricultural workers.

Employee Handbook

A Manual of Employee Benefits and Personnel Policies. The Employee Handbook is a compilation of personnel policies, practices and procedures currently in effect. (PDF Download) (Word Download)

This Manual is designed to introduce employees to the organization, familiarize you with Company policies as they pertain to you as an employee, provide general guidelines on work rules, disciplinary procedures and other issues related to your employment, and to help answer many of the questions that may arise in connection with your employment.