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Global Employer Handbook
Your Resource for Obtaining Practical Labor & Employment Law Information Worldwide

Welcome to the launch page for the ELA Global Employer Handbook. If you are looking to access the Handbook (or the ELA Webinar materials), you must you must first create an account on the ELA website by clicking here, or if you have registered previously, you must log in here. To register, click “create an account” on the upper right side of your computer screen. Enter the requested information and click “submit.” As soon as you receive your password, you can start using the Handbook (and listen to all of our past webinars).

The Global Employer Handbook is designed to provide businesses with practical, concrete, up-to-date information on the labor and employment laws in all 50 U.S. states, every Canadian province and more than 100 countries. Through the use of hyperlinks, you will be able to immediately access critical laws, regulations and cases that will help you ensure global legal compliance.

Detailed information is provided for each jurisdiction on all of the critical labor and employment law and human resource legal issues including: hiring, disciplining and terminating employees; wages, hours, overtime, compensation and benefits; vacation and sick leave; pregnancy, maternity, paternity, family and other medical leaves; worker's compensation and employee injuries; layoffs, workforce redundancies and workforce reductions; unfair competition, covenants not to compete and protection of trade secrets; required legal postings; maintaining personnel records; drug and alcohol testing as well as other pre- and post-employment testing; workplace surveillance and monitoring; unemployment compensation; safety and health; labor and trade unions; discrimination; sexual and other workplace harassment; employment applications, references and background investigations and applicant background investigations; workplace privacy; lie detector, personality and character traits and fingerprint testing; workplace searches and monitoring; and union organizing and collective bargaining.

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Employment Law Webinars

Your Top Talent Walks Out the Door: Now What?

How to Stop Your Competitors from Raiding Your Workforce and Engaging in Unfair Competition in the U.S. and Canada

Presentation date: June 9, 2010 View Slide Show

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Employment Law Alliance Success Stories

Ricoh Americas Corporation

We have direct sales and service offices all over the U.S., but have not necessarily had the need in the past for assistance with legal work in every state where we have a business presence. From time to time, we suddenly find ourselves facing a legal issue in a state where we have no outside counsel relationship. It has been a real benefit to know that the ELA has assembled such an impressive team of experts throughout the U.S. and overseas.

A few years ago, we faced a very tough discrimination lawsuit in Mississippi. We had never had to retain a lawyer there before. I was absolutely delighted with the Mississippi ELA firm. We received an excellent result. They will no doubt handle all of our employment law matters in Mississippi in the future. I have also obtained the assistance of several other ELA firms around the U.S. and have received the same outstanding service. The ELA is a tremendous resource for our company.

Paul Nix
Vice President & Deputy General Counsel
Ricoh Americas Corporation
Atlanta, GA

Capgemini Outsourcing Services GmbH

As an international operating outsourcing and consulting supplier Capgemini has used firms of the Employment Law Alliance in Central Europe. We were always highly satisfied with the quality of employment law advice and the responsiveness. I can really recommend the ELA lawyers.
Stefan Hardt
HR Director
Capgemini Outsourcing Services GmbH
Germany

Boyd Coffee Company

Employment Law Alliance (ELA) has provided Boyd Coffee Company with a highly valued connection to resources, important information and learning. With complex operations and employees working in approximately 20 states, we are continually striving to keep abreast of specific state laws, many of which vary from state to state. We have participated in the ELA web seminars and have found the content very useful. We appreciate the ease, cost effectiveness and quality of the content and presenters offered by these web seminars.  The Global Employer Handbook has provided our company with a very helpful overview of legal issues in the various states in which we operate, and the network of attorneys has helped us manage issues that have arisen in states other than where our Roastery and corporate headquarters are located in Portland, Oregon.
Ann Nordquist
Vice President of Human Resources
Boyd Coffee Company

Nikkiso Cryo, Inc.

Until recently, I was unaware of the ELA's existence. We have subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the United States, as well as in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. When a recent legal issue arose in Texas, our long-time Nevada counsel, who is a member of the ELA, suggested that this matter be handled by his ELA colleague in Dallas. We are very pleased with the quality and timeliness of services provided by that firm, and we are excited to now have the ELA as an important asset to help us address employment law issues worldwide.
Charles Molina
President
Nikkiso Cryo, Inc.
Las Vegas, NV

Starwood

We own, manage, and franchise hotels throughout the U.S. and in more than 90 countries. With more than 145,000 employees worldwide, ensuring that we comply with the complex web of local labor and employment laws in every one of these jurisdictions is a daunting task. The Employment Law Alliance has served as an important resource for us and we have benefited greatly from its expertise and long reach. When a legal dispute or issue has arisen in some far-flung place, Employment Law Alliance lawyers have always provided responsive, practical, and cost-effective assistance.
Keith Grossman
Senior Vice-President, Deputy General Counsel
Starwood Hotels And Resorts Worldwide Inc.
White Plains, NY

Wilmington Trust Corporation

Wilmington Trust has used the ELA to locate firms in California, Washington State, Georgia, and Europe. Our experience with the ELA lawyers with whom we have worked has always been one of complete satisfaction and prompt, practical advice.

Michael A. DiGregorio
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
WilmingtonTrust Corporation
Wilmington, DE

Palm, Inc.

The ELA network has been immensely important to our company in helping us address an array of human resources challenges around the world. I strongly encourage H.R. executives who have employees located in many different jurisdictions to utilize the ELA's unparalleled expertise and geographic coverage.
Stacy Murphy
Director of Human Resources
Palm, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA

Hollywood Entertainment Corporation

As the Vice President for Litigation & Associate General Counsel for my company, I need to ensure that we have a team of top-notch employment lawyers in place in every jurisdiction where we do business. And I want to be confident that those lawyers know our business so they don't have to reinvent the wheel when a new legal matter arises. With more than 3400 stores and 35,000 employees operating in all 50 U.S. states and across Canada, we rely on the ELA to partner with us to help accomplish our objectives. I have been delighted with the consistent high quality of the work performed by ELA lawyers. I encourage other in-house counsel to use their services, as well.

E. Barry Parker
Vice President – Litigation & Assistant General Counsel
Movie Gallery US, LLC
Movie Gallery Canada, Inc.
Hollywood Entertainment Corporation
Dothan, AL

Rich Products

As the General Counsel for a company with 6,500 employees operating across the U.S. and in eight countries, it is critical that I have top quality lawyers on the ground where we do business. The ELA is an indispensable resource. It has taken the guesswork out of finding the best employment counsel wherever we have a problem.
Jill Bond
Vice President & General Counsel
Rich Products
Buffalo, NY

Barrett Business Services, Inc.

I recently participated in the ELA-sponsored webinar on the Employee Free Choice Act.  I was most impressed with that presentation.  It was extremely helpful and very worthwhile.  I have also been utilizing the ELA’s online Global Employer Handbook.  This compliance tool is absolutely terrific.  I am familiar with several other products that purport to provide up-to- date employment law information and I believe that this resource is superior to other similar compliance manuals.  I am delighted that the ELA provides this free to its members’ clients.

Heather Wiswall
Director of Human Resource Services
Barrett Business Services, Inc.
Vancouver, WA
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