Labor law general resources
- Federal labor law
- Employment Background Checks
- Business Management Daily blog
- HR Hero blog
- Administrative Essentials
- Trustee Essentials
- Employment law resources from the Wisconsin State Law Library
- Winnefox Library System extranet resources
- Wisconsin Retirement System
- Wisconsin Public Library Policy Resources: Personnel
- Sample personnel policy on OWLSnet
- Library Addendum to the City of Columbus Personnel Policies and Procedures Handbook
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Guide to Wisconsin’s Employment of Minors Laws
- Wisconsin labor standards
- Compliance Assistance - Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Handy Reference Guide
- Summary of Exempt vs. Non-Exempt
- FLSA: Exemption Test Questionnaire from the Society of Human Resources Management
- Fair Labor Standards Act presentation from the U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Youth and Special Services consultant Tessa Michaelson Schmidt tessa.schmidt@dpi.wi.gov
- The ADA: Your Responsibilities as an Employer from the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
- Great Lakes ADA Center
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Disability Law Handbook
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Family & Medical Leave Act Employee Guide
- Family and Medical Leave Act (US Department of Labor)
- Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
- Comparison of Wisconsin & Federal laws
Workplace discrimination
- Wisconsin discrimination and fair employment law
- Non-Discrimination in the Hiring Process
- Wisconsin Equal Rights Division
- US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employee performance evaluations
- Performance Evaluation Samples
- Supervisor's Checklist for Preparing for Employee Performance Reviews
- Participating in Your Own Performance Review: Tips for Employees
- Ten Biggest Mistakes Bosses Make In Performance Reviews
Progressive discipline and termination
- Examples of disciplinary letters Word document
- What Is Progressive Discipline for Employees?
- Designing a Progressive Discipline Policy
- Firing or Terminating an Employee
- Sample grievance procedure Word document
Working with difficult staff
- How to Supervise People
- Taming the Difficult Employee
- 5 Steps to Deal with Difficult Employees
- 10 Tips for Dealing With Difficult People at Work
Volunteers
- How to Work With Volunteers
- Older Volunteers
- A Few Pointers On the Unpleasant Topic of Firing Volunteers
- Firing High Maintenance Volunteers — How to Fire Volunteers and Move On
- Wisconsin Volunteer Coordinators Association
Books about HR/personnel management
- The Accidental Library Manager
- Administration of the Small Public Library
- Effective On-The-Job Training: Developing Library Human Resources
- Fundamentals of Library Supervision
- Managing Library Volunteers: A Practical Toolkit
- The Practical Library Manager
- Putting Service Into Library Staff Training: A Patron-Centered Guide
- Small Libraries: Organization and Operation
- Small Public Library Management
- Training Library Staff and Volunteers to Provide Extraordinary Customer Service
- Training Student Library Assistants
The New Public Library Director Boot Camp project is supported by funds awarded to the WI Dept. of Public Instruction by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the agency that administers the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA).