Audience: * Businesses of all sizes and their owners, human resource departments, and supervisors and managers. What is new in this edition: * This book provides the expert legal guidance employers need in order to avoid a toxic workplace and ultimately head off lawsuits, given that employees who get fired for stirring up trouble at the workplace are also often the ones to sue for wrongful termination. * Readers will learn to identify problem employees early on, so as to take control of the situation and get them back on track or root them out before they have a chance to do more damage. * Provides detailed information on how to put together severance packages and releases that will hold up in court. An effective release can bring employers peace of mind that the employee will not file a lawsuit after being fired or let go. * New in this edition: management strategies for the remote workforce, and updated 50-state employment law charts on drug testing, illegal discrimination, and more.