HR & Payroll

1. Fatal Errors Employers Make When Updating Employee Handbooks that Can Be a Legal Landmine! Learn What Policies are Mandated for 2022!

On-demand Webinar (90 Min)

Speaker- Margie Faulk 

Employers should know that the employee handbook is one of the documents that is reviewed by attorneys who are looking to sue them. Having an employee handbook is critical to a company and having it updated with all the necessary policies is crucial. Labor research has proven that Employers have a delay in implementing new regulations and adding it to Employee Handbooks or stand-alone policies.

New regulations go hand in hand with employee handbook and standalone policy updates. As a compliance officer, I am always providing support to Employers and professionals and see what the gaps are when protecting employees. Federal, State, and local regulations have an impact in maintaining workplace compliance and Employers need to be aware that when Federal, State and Local regulations clash the regulations with the most benefit for the employees supersedes.

That is why it is important to be aware and follow all workplace regulations. Now more than ever, Employers need to ensure employee handbooks are up to date, consistent, includes all new regulations and changes that involve the workplace. This training will focus on some of the major errors that are made when updating employee handbooks and how to avoid some of the large penalties.

Session Highlight:

·       Learn what policies must be included for 2022

·       2022 Federal regulations are already listed for employee handbooks

·       Learn what policies are consistently missed by Employers

·       Which handbook errors impact COVID-19 Vaccinations

·       Why do Employers need to be aware of what the NLRB updates are on employee handbooks?

·       Common mistakes

·       Updates on policies for masks and vaccines that need to be included in employee handbooks

·       New update called bystander discrimination and harassment reporting and what is the Employer risk

·       State regulations need to be revised with over 18 new regulations impacting COVID-19 vaccines mandates, sexual harassment

·       Learn how the At-Will statement can cause litigation nightmares

·       Learn why grooming and dress code policies can be discriminatory practice

·       The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was updated to include sexual orientation by the Supreme Court in 2020 but Employers have not updated their handbook

·       Learn how tracking reasonable accommodation requests for Covid-19 can avoid disability and discrimination allegations

·       Learn how workplace vaccine mandates need to be updated in the employee handbook

·       Learn why teleworking policies are a landmine if not written appropriately

·       Learn how vaccine mandates by safety in the workplace enforcement by OSHA needs to be included even though it has not been established

·       Learn how the Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) can be a huge benefit when trying to manage employee relations issues

·       Why are complaint procedures creating havoc for Employers?

2. Offboarding with Care: Conducting Legal & Ethical Employee Terminations

On-demand Webinar (75 Min)

Speaker- Diane Dee

If an employer has exhausted all the necessary steps to help the employee improve his or her work performance – and those steps are not working – it may be time to terminate the employee.

Terminating an employee is not only stressful for the employee losing a job, but also for the employer. There are legal, ethical steps to take when you terminate an employee.  The company must ensure its actions are above reproach.  How the company terminates an employee sends a powerful message not only to the terminated employee, but also to remaining staff, either positive or negative. 

Session Highlight:

·       Offboarding not an afterthought

·       Pre-termination efforts on the part of the employer

·       3 key aspects of a proper termination

·       Top 10 things NOT to do when terminating an employee

·       Laws affecting termination

·       Legal ramifications of not terminating an employee

·       Contractual and At-Will Employment situations

·       Offboarding involuntary and voluntary separations

·       Conducting the termination meeting

·       Preparing for and effectively dealing with a volatile employee

·       Determine when severance is appropriate

·       Final pay considerations:  Federal vs. State laws

·       Resources to assist the employee in the transition

·       Handling requests for references for terminated employees

·       Communicating the termination to co-workers without invading the employee’s privacy

·       Documenting your termination discussions

·       Post-termination record retention guidelines

·       Recognizing lessons learned

3. Behavioral Interviewing: Hire the Right People, With the Right Skills, For the Right Position

On-demand Webinar (60 Min)

Speaker-Marcia Zidle

Does your interviewing process consist of proven practices or just a hodgepodge of activities that get into gear when someone says, “I need more people” or “Sally has left, and we need someone to take her place NOW?”

The effectiveness of your interviewing process impacts the effectiveness of the organization.  A new hire that does not fit the position will be difficult to develop, will perform poorly and more likely leave resulting in the need to repeat the process. Only when interviewing is approached as a specific methodology with definable steps and measurable results can it be managed to ensure the hiring of quality people.

Smart hiring is more than posting requisitions, screening, and talking with the candidates, checking references, making an offer, etc. It is a series of specific interviewing principles and techniques that can bring in top talent rather than lead to poor hires. The topics to be covered are:

·       Fine-tune Your Shopping List

·       Focus on Behavioral Interviewing

·       Develop Questions to Assess KSA’s

·       Use a Rating Scale & Guide

The focus of this webinar is to help companies maximize their hiring efforts as well as helps managers and recruiters enhance their interviewing effectiveness.

Session Highlight:

·       Develop a position profile – A multi-functional job description tool for recruitment and smart interviewing

·       Create behavioral interview questions that go beyond the resume to assess a candidate’s capabilities and experience

·       Produce an interviewing guide with key questions and tips to ensure hiring the right person for the position

·       Ask the right questions to get applicants to speak openly while avoiding inappropriate and illegal questions

·       Avoid the 5 top interviewing mistakes that hiring managers and recruiters make – even experienced ones

·       Develop selection criteria and rating system to ensure your organization will not hire round pegs to fit into square holes

·       Learn to avoid early judgments. First impressions can make an impression, but it can be the wrong impression

Who Should Attend:

·       All Employers

·       Business Owners

·       Company Leadership

·       CEO

·       COO

·       Vice President

·       Chief Learning Officers

·       Compliance Professionals

·       Directors

·       HR Professionals

·       Project Managers

·       Operation Managers

·       Managers/Supervisors

·       Team Leaders

Note: All 3 webinars will be available for you to attend as per your convenient time and date even after December 8, 2022 once you book your session.