From Hiring to Firing: The Legal Survival Guide for Employers in the 90's

This book is great if you're a new manager or starting your own business. It gives you all the basics (generalized, tho - not state specific) on how to manage employees. The book gives tips on how to approach situations, as well as the legal perspectives of your liability exposure. This is NOT a book you'd use as a reference... it's more of the type of book you'd read from cover to cover, highlighting as you go, to help you focus on what things you need to take care of in your own company. Not a substitute for an HR professional's advice, but it will put you in the HR frame of mind and give you the vocabulary to communicate with your Human Resources consultant or Labor attorney.