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CalBizCentral Announces Booklets to Help Businesses Navigate State, Federal Employment Laws, Reduce Legal Risk

Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) April 3, 2008 -- CalBizCentral, a leading provider of human resources and legal information for California businesses, announced today the launch of a five-booklet series designed to help educate managers about employment law and keep their companies out of court.

The mini-books are designed to make it easy to train managers, comply with employment law and reduce legal risk.

"It's not enough to have legally compliant policies - without a training program, businesses can still be sued. Courts have consistently found that printed policies without follow-up training can demonstrate that the company shows disregard for whether the law is followed or not," said Jessica Hawthorne, employment attorney with CalBizCentral, a division of the California Chamber of Commerce. "This series of booklets - What Every Manager Needs to Know About - is designed to help businesses of all sizes train managers on state and federal employee law and avoid costly lawsuits."

A 2005 Chubb Private Company Risk Survey revealed that in the past five years, 35 percent of private companies have had an employment law case or complaint filed against them. Court records show that plaintiffs win nearly 70 percent of the time, with awards averaging $170,000.

The CalChamber has assembled top business and legal experts in California to make CalBizCentral's What Every Manager Needs to Know About series a valuable resource for California businesses, and especially for non-HR managers. The five booklets that make up the series cover topics such as:

?    Hiring Employees, including detailed questions managers should - and should not - ask.

?    Evaluating Employees, including monitoring performance and knowing what to say.

?    Disciplining Employees, including techniques and standing your ground.

?    Paying Non-exempt Employees, including meal, rest breaks, travel and time off.

?    Terminating Employees, including working with unions and knowing whom to terminate.

"We developed the series as an easy guide for anyone involved in supervising employees, whether you are a small business owner or a manager at a larger corporation," Hawthorne said. "Small businesses generally don't have the capacity to have human resource and legal staffs and can use the series as easy guides. For larger companies, these booklets integrate into existing policies and are easy for managers to use so that all managers understand their responsibilities."

All five of the small, paperback booklets - retailing for $25 for the set - feature chapters on a myriad of topics and include pages where supervisors can add their own personal notes. Each booklet also contains "Frequently Asked Questions" that are likely inquiries managers will receive from employees.

"The booklets will help managers manage employees in compliance with state and federal laws and avoid potentially costly litigation," said Hawthorne. "With better managed employees, comes improved employee morale."

The What Every Manager Needs to Know About Series is available at www.CalBizCentral.com or by calling 800-331-8877.

About CalChamber

The California Chamber of Commerce (CalChamber) is the largest broad-based business advocate to government in California. Membership represents one-quarter of the private sector jobs in California and includes firms of all sizes and companies from every industry within the state. Leveraging our front-line knowledge of laws and regulations, we provide products and services to help businesses comply with both federal and state law. CalChamber, a not-for-profit organization with roots dating to 1890, promotes international trade and investment in order to stimulate California's economy and create jobs. Please visit our website at www.calchamber.com.

About CalBizCentral

CalBizCentral is a one-stop site for products that answer California and federal labor law and HR questions, alleviate confusion and allow businesses to focus their time and effort on their work. For more information or to review CalBizCentral's products, please visit www.calbizcentral.com.

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