Employer Issues and Resources

Hiring or working with employees or independent contractors? Find links to important resources below.

• Agricultural/Migrant/Seasonal Workers and Farm Labor Contractors
• Background Checks
• Child Support Payroll Deductions
• Construction Businesses and Independent Contractors
• Criminal Record/Convicted Felon – Hiring – see Background Checks
• Disabled Employees – Hiring or Accommodating
• Discrimination and/or Harassment
• Employee or Independent Contractor
• Employee Handbooks
• Employee Mental Health
• Employee Training
• Employer Identification Number (EIN)
• Employer Tax Incentives/Tax Credits
• Employment Posters
• E-verify (Employment Verification Initiative) – Social Security
• Family and Medical Leave Act
• Federal Bonding Program
• Foreign Labor Certification
• Health Plans and Benefits
• Idaho Labor Laws
• Insurance – Workers’ Compensation
• Layoff Assistance
• Legal Right to Work in the U.S./Employment Eligibility Verification

• Licenses – Occupational and Professional
• Married Couples in Business
• Military Service – Employer Responsibilities
• Minimum Wage
• Misconduct Investigations
• New Hire Reporting
• Occupational Safety
• Overtime Payment
• Pension/Retirement Plans
• Rehabilitation of Injured Workers
• Social Security/Medicare Withholding
• Substance Abuse in the Workplace – see the FAQs page and look for “Employer Issues”
• Taxes (withholding & reporting requirements)  
• Teenage Employees
• Terminating Employees
• Unemployment Insurance Tax – Federal and State
• Union Members
• Veterans – Hiring
• Wage and Payment Practices
• Wage Garnishment
• Working Conditions