All the laws employers need to know!What do employers need to know about the law? Plenty! Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace—and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this comprehensive guide to find answers to workplace questions, quickly and easily.The Employer’s Legal Handbook covers all the employment law issues you need to know about, including the latest rules and best practices when it comes to: applications, interviews and hiring must-have personnel policies wage and hour laws employee discipline and performance reviews health care and other employee benefits employee taxes and payroll family and medical leave employee privacy illegal harassment and discrimination terminations, and downsizing and layoffs.The 13th edition provides updated 50-state legal information and explains the latest developments in employment law, including the effect of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision on employment matters.

The all-in-one business law book!When you run a small business, legal questions crop up almost on a daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise—but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line.Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business clearly explains how to: raise start-up money pick the right business structure get licenses and permits negotiate a favorable lease protect yourself with the right insurance create binding contracts hire, fire, and manage employees cope with financial problems protect your personal assets, and save on business taxes.The 15th edition is completely updated with the latest business tax rules and numbers, including options for members of husband and wife LLCs, rules for depreciating and expensing business assets, and best practices for classifying workers (as employee or independent contractor).

When it comes to business, there is no standard lease!Ready to haggle for the best deal possible? Turn to Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business -- you’ll find the information, advice and strategies you need when negotiating with an experienced landlord.This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs, find the ideal location and then get the best possible terms. Learn how to:determine the real cost of rentingkeep future rent at manageable levelsget the most out of your broker and attorneysuggest alternatives to hefty security depositsallocate responsibility and cost of fixing up your spacenegotiate flexibility to expand, renew or leave earlyensure costs are shared fairly among tenantsavoid dealing with costly code compliance and clean-upssave your lease if you can''t live up to it now and thenThis edition provides new strategies and advice throughout, plus new checklists that will help you at every step of your negotiation.Comprehensive and written in plain English, Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease.

The most comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to selling a business available!Out there somewhere is a buyer looking to buy a business like yours -- so if you''re ready to sell, make sure that you protect your interests and maximize your profit with The Complete Guide to Selling a Business. It covers: getting your business ready to sell pricing your business and valuing your assets finding the right buyer analyzing the tax issues negotiating a payment plan and other terms of sale planning your future relationship with the business limiting your liability working with lawyers, accountants and brokers closing the deal and transferring the business to its new ownerThe Complete Guide to Selling a Business helps you create more than two dozen crucial documents for both asset and entity sales, including: the sales agreement confidentiality letter promissory notes and security agreements noncompete and consulting agreements closing checklistsThis edition edition is completely updated with the latest tax considerations, and now provides more advice on marketing the sale of your business.There are literally dozens of competing titles on the market, but none can match The Complete Guide to Selling a Business for sheer depth, accuracy and ease of use.

All the laws employers need to know!What do employers need to know about the law? Plenty! Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace—and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this comprehensive guide to find answers to workplace questions, quickly and easily.The Employer’s Legal Handbook covers all the employment law issues you need to know about, including the latest rules and best practices when it comes to: applications, interviews and hiring must-have personnel policies wage and hour laws employee discipline and performance reviews health care and other employee benefits employee taxes and payroll family and medical leave employee privacy illegal harassment and discrimination terminations, and downsizing and layoffs.The 13th edition provides updated 50-state legal information and explains the latest developments in employment law, including the effect of the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision on employment matters.

The all-in-one business law book!When you run a small business, legal questions crop up almost on a daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise—but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line.Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business clearly explains how to: raise start-up money pick the right business structure get licenses and permits negotiate a favorable lease protect yourself with the right insurance create binding contracts hire, fire, and manage employees cope with financial problems protect your personal assets, and save on business taxes.The 15th edition is completely updated with the latest business tax rules and numbers, including options for members of husband and wife LLCs, rules for depreciating and expensing business assets, and best practices for classifying workers (as employee or independent contractor).

When it comes to business, there is no standard lease!Ready to haggle for the best deal possible? Turn to Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business -- you’ll find the information, advice and strategies you need when negotiating with an experienced landlord.This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs, find the ideal location and then get the best possible terms. Learn how to:determine the real cost of rentingkeep future rent at manageable levelsget the most out of your broker and attorneysuggest alternatives to hefty security depositsallocate responsibility and cost of fixing up your spacenegotiate flexibility to expand, renew or leave earlyensure costs are shared fairly among tenantsavoid dealing with costly code compliance and clean-upssave your lease if you can''t live up to it now and thenThis edition provides new strategies and advice throughout, plus new checklists that will help you at every step of your negotiation.Comprehensive and written in plain English, Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease.

The most comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to selling a business available!Out there somewhere is a buyer looking to buy a business like yours -- so if you''re ready to sell, make sure that you protect your interests and maximize your profit with The Complete Guide to Selling a Business. It covers: getting your business ready to sell pricing your business and valuing your assets finding the right buyer analyzing the tax issues negotiating a payment plan and other terms of sale planning your future relationship with the business limiting your liability working with lawyers, accountants and brokers closing the deal and transferring the business to its new ownerThe Complete Guide to Selling a Business helps you create more than two dozen crucial documents for both asset and entity sales, including: the sales agreement confidentiality letter promissory notes and security agreements noncompete and consulting agreements closing checklistsThis edition edition is completely updated with the latest tax considerations, and now provides more advice on marketing the sale of your business.There are literally dozens of competing titles on the market, but none can match The Complete Guide to Selling a Business for sheer depth, accuracy and ease of use.