Applying HR Law: Enhanced 2-Day Training
Because of the risks to you, your employees and your organization, HR law isn’t something you can afford to take lightly. That’s why we created this 2-day intensive program. It brings a whole new level of comprehension to anyone dealing with the complexities of employment law. And it provides the powerful insights you need to fully grasp your legal obligations to employees.
Enroll now in this instructor-led, virtual course and you'll gain a strong understanding of equal employment requirements, best practices for eliminating harassment and discrimination, and respective laws that keep employees safe and ensure their positions are protected, should they become injured or ill. You’ll also learn how to better manage your employer-employee relationships, communication, privacy matters, company policy and much more.
Course Outcomes
- Master key laws governing employee-employer and independent contractor relationships
- Apply best practices for lawfully recruiting, interviewing and managing employees
- Effectively manage workplace documents and records to ensure compliance
- Understand the laws dictating fair and equitable treatment of applicants and employees
- Develop written policies to address and manage harassment complaints
- Navigate the Fair Labor Standards Act and other state and federal compensation laws
- Administer employee protection benefits, including COBRA, FMLA and unemployment insurance
- Apply practical guidelines and real-life examples to enhance your day-to-day HR operations
Course Agenda
Day 1
Day 2
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Applying HR Law: Enhanced 2-Day Training
Because of the risks to you, your employees and your organization, HR law isn’t something you can afford to take lightly. That’s why we created this 2-day intensive program. It brings a whole new level of comprehension to anyone dealing with the complexities of employment law. And it provides the powerful insights you need to fully grasp your legal obligations to employees.
Enroll now in this instructor-led, virtual course and you'll gain a strong understanding of equal employment requirements, best practices for eliminating harassment and discrimination, and respective laws that keep employees safe and ensure their positions are protected, should they become injured or ill. You’ll also learn how to better manage your employer-employee relationships, communication, privacy matters, company policy and much more.
Day 1
Session 1: Your Role in Employment Law
- Discover the most common legal mistakes made by managers and supervisors.
- Learn how policies help you communicate rules and their impact to employees
- Determine when an event should result in a written policy or procedure
- Develop a strategy for managing workplace documents and records
- Discuss how to create a document destruction process
Session 2: Equal Employment Opportunity
- Differentiate between unlawful and lawful discrimination
- Identify the most commonly protected classes of individuals under federal, state and local laws
- Describe how disparate treatment differs from disparate impact and why they're both considered discriminatory
- Explain reasonable accommodation under the ADA
- Determine when you can legally ask an employee for additional medical information
Session 3: Harassment in the Workplace
- Discuss the nature of unlawful harassment
- Explain the differences between unlawful harassment and inappropriate behavior that isn’t legal
- Define sexual harassment and how it impacts equal employment opportunities
- Review the employer’s duty to exercise reasonable care through policy and complaint procedures
- Describe the elements that any anti-harassment policy and complaint procedure should contain
Session 4: Important HR Laws
- Discuss the medical expense and wage replacement benefits of state workers’ compensation statutes
- Recognize the respective safety-related responsibilities of both employers and employees under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- Identify how USERRA protects the job-related rights of those who will serve, currently serve and have served in the Armed Forces
- Explain the limits of privacy in the private sector workplace under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA)
Day 2
Session 1: The Employment Relationship
- Discuss the basic common law rules governing the employer-employee relationship in the United States
- Determine the differences between employees and independent contractors
- Understand the ABC test for independent contractors and how it could impact your company
- Explain at-will employment, including disclaimers and exceptions
- Differentiate between vertical and horizontal employment relationships
Session 2: Talent Management, Discipline and Discharges
- Identify what lawful interviewing is — and what questions are unacceptable
- Explain best practices for lawfully recruiting, interviewing and managing employees
- Understand how to stay within the legal bounds of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
- Describe the performance management process and common rating errors to avoid
- Recognize the components of a fair and equitable progressive discipline policy
Session 3: Compensation Law Basics
- Discuss the nature of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Understand how to compute basic overtime
- List the requirements for overtime exemptions under the FLSA
- Explain tip regulations under the FLSA
- Know the rules for managing your subordinates' compensation
Session 4: Employee Protection Benefits
- Recognize health care continuation coverage time frames and costs
- Explain triggering events that may result in COBRA coverage
- Discuss the benefits and limitations of job protected family and medical leave
- Determine who is eligible for FMLA benefits and who is not
- Recognize the nature of federal and state unemployment insurance benefits