Model Personnel Policies and Procedures

The personnel rules and regulations combine with the city charter and code to form a legal basis of operations for your municipality. Model Personnel Rules And Regulations can be a municipality\u27s statement of policy and procedure. MTAS Municipal Personnel Report no.

Hot Topic: Fair Credit Reporting Act

The Fair Credit Reporting Act is designed primarily to protect the privacy of consumer report information and to guarantee that the information supplied by consumer reporting agencies is as accurate as possible. The amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act make numerous and significant changes to using consumer credit information and restrict an employer\u27s ability to obtain background information without the consent of the individual, whether he or she is an applicant or employee

Hot Topic: The 1998/99 MTAS Salary and Fringe Benefit Survey

The MTAS annual salary and fringe benefit survey for 1998/99 is complete and shows salary increases for city employees grew at a rate slower than 1997/98. This report contains a summary of the findings as well as a means to request specific information

Hot Topic: Congress Increases Minimum Wage

President Bush has signed a spending bill that amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps

Hot Topic: New Minimum Wage Set

President Bill Clinton signed into law the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996. The bill contains several amendments affecting government employees. Among them are the Minimum Wage Increase Act of 1996 and the Fair Labor Standards Act Amendment of 1996. (FLSA) The Small Business Job Protection Act also provides an extension of the Employer-Provided Educational Assistance Programs

Hot Topic: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: You Must Comply, One Way or Another

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) amended the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide, among other things, improved portability and continuity of health insurance coverage

Hot Topic: MTAS Salary & Fringe Benefit Survey (2003-2004)

The MTAS annual salary and fringe benefit survey contains a summary of thefindings as well as a means to request specific information

Technical Bulletins: Interviewing and the Law (2012)

Congress provided federal legal enforcement for equal employment in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with strengthening amendments added in 1972. Unlawful discrimination in the employment process also is enforced through the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Technical Bulletins: The 1990 MTAS Salary and Fringe Benefits Survey: A Look at Compensation of Tennessee Municipal Employees

The salaries of workers in Tennessee\u27s cities and towns are keeping pace with inflation. That\u27s just one of the findings of the comprehensive salary and fringe benefit survey conducted annually by The University of Tennessee\u27s Municipal Technical Advisory Service. This summary of the 1990 findings is designed to help towns, cities, and others evaluate and compare the data and prepare budgets based on the most up-to-date information

Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Do

Workplace Substance Abuse: What Employers Can Dodiscusses substance abuse problems. Options on how municipal employers can minimize exposure to lawsuits are outlined. Steps in establishing a comprehensive substance abuse policy are provided. MTAS Personnel Report, no.