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This workbook will assist administrators, district managers, risk managers and human resources staff understand the meaning of "disaster service," "disaster service worker," the California Emergency Services Act, and State and Federal declarations of emergency. The workbook will also assist readers: •to register employees as disaster service workers •to identify job duties as disaster service workers •to assess when to pay for disaster services and •to evaluate when immunity exists for performing disaster services. The workbook will also discuss workers' compensation benefits for injuries sustained in performing disaster service and issues related to convergent volunteers.

The hiring process in community colleges is controlled largely by statutory and constitutional law, as well as a set of highly detailed regulatory procedures. In particular, human resources personnel who oversee hiring, administrators who collaborate with human resources in the hiring process, and screening and selection committees must be familiar with these procedures.

In order to manage public employees, today's supervisors and managers need to be aware of the many laws, rules and policies affecting the workplace. The United States and California constitutions and statutes, case law, ordinances, administrative policies, labor agreements, and personnel rules all shape the relationship between labor and management, the employer and employee.

Liebert Cassidy Whitmore is pleased to make available the 2013 Fair Labor Standards Act: A Public Sector Compliance Guide. Exhaustively researched and updated, it will provide you with the important information you need to know to ensure that your agency's employment polices and procedures are in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act.