The latest and best practical information about workplace laws you must know!
- Confidently apply the latest thinking on the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Avoid the most common and costly Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
breaches including new federal focal points!
- Learn about the recent changes in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) wage and hour
laws
- Discover new legal thinking on employment-at-will, hiring, disciplining, and firing
- Identify hiring do's and don'ts that keep you out of the courtroom
- Stay current on the newest legal hot spots, such as high-tech privacy and records
retention
Now more than ever
what you don't know about employment law can hurt you
and your organization
There was a time when employment law was exclusively the concern of the company
attorney. Sure, there were certain things managers were told not to do
like ask questions about an applicant's family responsibilities during an interview
or have staff handle personal errands on company time but beyond these and
a few other "no-nos," employment law was pretty much considered common
sense. One quick look at recent, costly court cases and you'll realize those days
are gone for good.
Today, employment laws are far-reaching, and managers along with the organizations
they work for can't afford the luxury of ignorance. You must be up to date
on the law, as well as all its fuzzy interpretations, and know precisely how those
laws apply to situations within your organization. Otherwise, you risk employee
complaints, lawsuits, and hefty fines. Additionally, federal laws and the courts'
interpretation of those laws has changed in recent months. For the uninformed, it's
a recipe for disaster.
That's what makes this one-day program offering a comprehensive overview
of current employment law so valuable for managers, human resources directors,
and others in your organization. Unlike other presentations, this course focuses
on practical workplace applications that prepare you to deal with the real-life
issues you face every day that, quite literally, hold your company's profits and
your reputation in the balance.
Don't leave your organization at the mercy of confusing, unclear, contradictory
employment laws. Get the answers you need in one comprehensive presentation by enrolling
now!
Who should attend?
- Human resources directors and staff
- Managers, supervisors, team leaders
- Business owners
- General managers, operations managers
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Employment Law Seminar Overview
Americans with Disabilities Act & Family and Medical Leave Act
- Laws, recent court decisions, basic requirements, and current parameters
- "Reasonable accommodations" and "hardships" as defined and dictated
by courts
- The tricky terrain of stress-related and mental disabilities
- Policies that are legal in dealing with an employee who has a "managed"
health condition or disease
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Essential EEOC Documentation & BFOQ Standards
- How to ensure your Bona Fide Occupational Qualifications (BFOQ) for every job are
legally compliant
- Title VII: who's covered, what's covered, and the surprising things that aren't
- Recent rulings and where the law's laser-focus is scrutinizing EEOC compliance today
- The #1 thing you can do to ensure your policies and procedures are EEOC compliant
- Must-know tips for dealing with a multi-cultural workforce and language barriers
- Retaliation and whistleblowers what you can and can't do now
- Essential steps to take when investigating employee allegations
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FLSA Wage and Hour Law Compliance
- Case Studies: the surprising recent violations with the Department of Labor
- New changes in wage and hour law to keep you current
- At last clear-cut guidelines for classifying every employee as exempt or
non-exempt
- Tips for avoiding costly mistakes in classifying employees
- The essential step you must take to ensure jobs are classified in a way you can
justify
- Legally approved ways to deal with contract workers, telecommuters, and home-based
workers
- How you must treat "special absences" such as religious holidays
- When you can and can't legally dock pay or otherwise penalize
employees
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Employment-at-Will, Hiring, Disciplining, and Firing
- Understanding the Model Employment Termination Act (META)
- What you must know about "at-will" employment to sidestep legal landmines
- The single most important thing you can do to avoid wrongful termination suits
- How handbooks are impacting ability to terminate "at will" in court
- The most common ways employee handbooks expose you to legal risks
- Ways to ensure your employees are up to date on handbook and policy changes
- Essential techniques for following the court-accepted way to document performance
and behavior issues
- The art and purpose of writing behavior expectations into job descriptions
- Your rights in dealing with acceptable performers with attitude problems
what you can't do
- Simple steps you can take to make your discipline and termination practices above
legal question
- What you must never do when terminating an employee during probation
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Updates on Interviewing, Hiring, and Records Retention
- A checklist to ensure you interview and hire legally
- Pre-employment and employment records you must keep and how long to keep
them
- What to cover, and also what not to mention, in employment contracts and
offer letters
- Legal and illegal pre-employment testing: what you need to know
- The latest on background, credit, and reference checks that may surprise you
- Employers' rights with drug testing and substance abuse on the job legal
issues to avoid
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Employee Privacy "Hot Spots"
- What organizations can do to protect employee privacy of information
- Employee behaviors that impact their health and company insurance rates what
you can and can't mandate
- Your rights and responsibilities when you know of an employee's medical issue, managed
condition, or disease
- Guidelines for managing employee personal and medical information
- Employee rights regarding Internet, e-mail, voicemail, and video surveillance
- What you can monitor legally and what is strictly out of bounds
- Immediate steps to follow if an employee says you've invaded his/her privacy
- How to build technology policies and procedures to use at work and from remote locations
- The legal way to deal with inappropriate Internet communications, including company
bashing and employee gossip
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Fred
Pryor Seminars and CareerTrack are registered with the National Association of State
Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education
on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final
authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding
registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through
its website: www.learningmarket.org.
This course qualifies for 6 Intermediate Personnel/HR CPE credits. Already attended
this course? You can obtain a certificate documenting your CPE credits by visiting
our certificate page. Certificates
will be available 10 days after your event has ended. You can find more information
on CPE credits, including a complete list of eligible courses, in our
FAQs.
To find out more about Employment Law, contact our customer service department
at customerservice@pryor.com or by phone at
(800) 780-8476.
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