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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Smith, Shawn A., 1958–

The HR answer book : an indispensable guide for managers and human resources professionals / Shawn Smith and Rebecca Mazin.—2nd ed.
      p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8144-1717-1 (hbk.)

ISBN-10: 0-8144-1717-5 (hbk.)

1. Personnel management—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Mazin, Rebecca A. II. Title.

HF5549.17.S62 2011

658.3—dc22          2011003898

© 2011 Shawn Smith and Rebecca Mazin
All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.

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