Personnel Law for Managers and Supervisors

Best practices to protect your company 

The best intentions don’t work anymore at work. It’s the best practices that count, especially when it comes to human resource issues. No one who deals with employees can afford to be without accurate information and current insight on personnel law.

Don’t let your managers get caught unaware and unprepared. Give them know-how…give them the opportunity to learn the best practices that reduce risk and liability for your company.

Learn to better manage in today’s litigious workplace.

In just one-day, participants learn essential guidelines including:

• Mistake-free recruiting, interviewing and hiring
• Airtight discipline and discharge procedures
• Avoidance of sexual harassment charges
• Rooting out discrimination before accusations are made
• Proper management of contract labor
• Key issues on privacy rights
• And that’s not all…discover what new, and potentially explosive, legal issues impact the workplace!

The Latest Legislation and Legal Issues

• EEO, Title VII, ADA, CRA, FMLA
• Pending legal issues that could greatly impact your present practices

Recruiting, Interviewing and Hiring

• Getting information during an interview without overstepping legal bounds
• Pre-employment testing and reference checking

Performance Reviews, Discipline and Discharge

• Disciplinary practices that could lead to legal struggles
• At-will Employment and Discharge: How do the courts view it?

Understanding Sexual Harassment

• Practices that minimize the risk of sexual harassment at work and ensure that no employee sets your company up for legal challenge
• Handling sexual harassment complaints quickly, fairly and legally

Hostile Work Environment and Other Discrimination Pitfalls

• What does hostile work environment really mean?
• Before it involves lawyers and courts, reduce and minimize emotional abuse at work

Managing Contract Labor Safely and Legally

• Key guidelines in accurately classifying workers

Employee Privacy Rights

• Situations where you can (and should) legally invade employee privacy
• Files, email, correspondence and other intellectual property: Whose is it?

Workplace Issues on Drugs

• Dos and Don’ts for drug testing
• How to handle suspected drug use

Providing a Safe Workplace: OSHA and Worker’s Compensation

• OSHA requirements for compliance
• How to safely investigate and manage Worker’s Comp claims

Violence in the Workplace: Preventing Problems and Protecting Employees

• Guidelines to minimize violence and identify potential problems
• How to develop and institute an emergency response plan
• Company liability in violent incidents

Fair and Comprehensive Employee Investigations

• When to initiate an investigation and how to tell if you’re justified in proceeding 
• Keys to keeping investigations confidential to avoid the rumor mill
• Employee Background Checks: What's legal, what’s invasion of privacy?

Sound Personnel Policies and Procedures

• Assessing and auditing your policies and procedures for legality
• When and how to revise policy and to communicate change properly

Employee Benefits and Effective Record Keeping 

• Exempt and Non-exempt: How recordkeeping can impact employee status
• Wage Garnishment: How to avoid getting in the middle of an employee's personal problems

Legal Challenges and Adversarial Situations

• How to confront and deal with illegal employee behavior
• Giving depositions with confidence and professionalism