Unfortunately, managers are often the ones who are responsible for creating liability for an organization. However, the reason this happens is simply that they are not provided with the requisite training on the employment laws. This seminar is an overview of what a manager needs to know, from hiring to firing, to ensure compliance with the employment laws and to avoid creating potential liability for an organization. It is a managing within the law 101 webinar to ensure that managers understand how all the employment discrimination and leave laws impact them in every decision they make in the workplace. The goal is by educating your managers, you will help avoid legal liability for your organization.
Your managers will learn the following:
- What they should ask and should not ask when hiring candidates
- How to avoid asking questions that can lead to discrimination claims
- What the laws are with regard to asking about past salary history
- How to prevent sexual harassment
- The heightened responsibilities managers have for preventing sexual harassment in the workplace
- How to be a partner with HR in managing leaves of absence
- Step-by-Step what is necessary to ensure compliance with the FMLA
- What constitutes a "serious health condition" under the FMLA
- How to best manage FMLA intermittent leave
- How to recognize a request for a reasonable accommodation under the ADA and ADAAA
- What constitutes a disability within the meaning of the ADA
- Who is a "qualified individual with a disability" and protected by the ADA
- How to manage performance within the law
- Best practices for managing performance to avoid discrimination claims when an employee is terminated
- How to draft disciplinary letters that will protect you in a court of law
- How to avoid liability when terminating employees
- And much more.....
Who Should Attend our HR Webinars?
- General Counsel
- HR Professionals
- VP of HR
- In-House Counsel
- Outside Counsel
- Managers