Fair Measures Managing Within the Law web workshop teaches managers to spot legal issues and partner with their internal experts to avoid lawsuits and create a respectful workplace for all. Highly rated by managers across industries nationwide, this illuminating, engaging, and fun program provides learning that stays and informs decisions for years to come. Taught in real time by our expert attorney trainers, Managing Within the Law inspires managers to create strategies based on the law and company policy, while leading from their values and gives them an approach to handling employee situations. Managers are able to ask questions, to go beyond fact memorization and to understand “why?” Our web classes have all the advantages of live training – because they are live – without the cost, time and travel of the traditional classroom.
Who should attend: Executives, managers, supervisors, leads.
Participants will learn:
- The Four Key Concepts of Employment Law
1. Be consistent
2. Have a legitimate business reason for decisions
3. Document: importance, electronic files, how to write it
4. Call the experts: your management, HR and legal team
- Rules for Preventing Wrongful Action
1. Treat employees fairly: good reason, progressive discipline, performance appraisals
2. Keep your promises: policies, handbooks, oral promises
3. Respect whistle-blowing
4. Handling Layoffs
- Preventing Discrimination: EEO/AA
1. The 14 protected characteristics
2. Stereotyping, glass ceilings, reasonable accommodation
3. Hiring: behavior-based interviewing, illegal questions, references policy
Format: This on-line training program is highly interactive, using humor, polls, stories and cases to ensure learning and practical application. We feature excerpts from outstanding video programs that demonstrate the complexities of these issues. Our instructors are seasoned attorneys, experienced trainers, and skilled facilitators who use personal stories and appropriate humor to make these topics come alive!
Length: 4 Hours (with 30 minutes of break time)
To find out more about our national training programs, or to book training for your organization, please call 800-458-2778 or email training@fairmeasures.com.
