Certain policies are mandatory and must be included in your employee handbook. For example, California employers must have a written harassment, discrimination and retaliation prevention policy. Including these policies clarifies for employees their rights and obligations, and protects you from potential liability.
A handbook is a guide or list of instructions on one particular subject. A new car comes with a handbook explaining how its controls work and giving tips for problems that arise. Sometimes new parents wish their newborn infant came with a handbook.
While employee handbooks cannot be considered legal documents, employers typically have employees sign off that they've reviewed the handbook and understand the content.
: a book containing or dealing with laws, legal subjects, or cases adjudicated.
Elder law is another aspect of estate planning, focusing primarily on the needs of families and individuals as they age. Issues of aging include senior housing and home care, long-term (or nursing home) care, guardianships and health care documents, Medicare and Medicaid.
The California Physician's Legal Handbook (CPLH) is the legal resource for health care law. CPLH offers more than 5,400 pages of comprehensive legal information including current laws, regulations and court decisions that affect health care in California.
After graduating from a law school approved by the American Bar Association with a doctor of jurisprudence degree, candidates must then take the bar examination – a comprehensive test of knowledge in many areas of law. After passing this test, the person is licensed to practice law.
There is no state in the US which permits someone not otherwise licensed to become a lawyer in that state without passing their state bar exam. Even in states with apprenticeship programs, those are in lieu of the education requirement of a JD, not exemptions from sitting for the bar exam.
There are certain requirements and steps you'll need to take to become an Army Lawyer. Have a Juris Doctor (J.D.) Law degree from an American Bar Association (ABA)-accredited law school. Have a license to practice law in any state. Be a U.S. citizen by the time you commission as an Officer. Be under the age of 42.
A person has to say, “I want an attorney. I will not talk until I have an attorney.” It has to be an unequivocal request for an attorney.