CPE Courses
Handling a Chaotic Work Environment: How to Prioritize Work and Make Good Decisions Under Pressure
This highly interactive Webinar offers you and your team an array of practical tools to help you get things done in today's chaotic and constantly changing work environment. You’ll learn practical techniques for making structured decisions—even under pressure—to earn buy-in from bosses, coworkers, and customers. In a workshop environment, you will participate in valuable exercises utilizing real-world case ..
Handling Supplemental Pay Under the FLSA
This session will help you understand areas such as when employees have to be paid to get dressed and undressed; when you have to pay them to be on an airplane and when you don’t; what breaks need to be paid and what breaks don’t need to be paid; why you have to pay for breastfeeding; and other areas of supplemental pay. Reduce your chances of being investigated by making sure your pay practices are in comp..
Harassment, Bullying and Discrimination in the Workplace
It covers all aspects of harassment, abusive behaviour, bullying and discrimination in the workplace. There are many examples of subtle abuses as well as discussion about the more obvious ones. Today’s climate, thanks in part to the #Me-too movement will also be discussed. Participants will learn about Quid Pro Quo and the meaning of hostile work environment. We will bust some common myths and offer remedie..
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Implicit, or unconscious bias, exists in classrooms and on college campuses. What does it look like? How can faculty create an unbiased learning environment? How can faculty get in touch with their own unconscious biases to combat unintentional bias with students? Research suggests that unconscious bias regarding race and gender impacts relationships with professors. One study showed that certain academic f..
How Do They Work Together—Or Not? : The Complexity & Interplay Among the ADAAA, FMLA, and Worker’s Comp
Challenges - It’s confusing, isn’t it? How are we supposed to keep it all straight when there are times when the legal requirements of both the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the American Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA) are similar, yet at other times one law contradicts another? We find that we can’t comply with both laws at the same time, so which one takes precedence over the other? And where..
How To Build An Insanely Positive and Productive Workplace Culture a Webinar for Managers, Supervisors and Team Leaders
Year after year, companies like Marriott, USAA, and Wegmans Markets are listed in Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies To Work For. How do they do it? It’s more than offering high salaries, onsite health centers, and gourmet cafeterias. It’s enlightened people management that creates a culture where people want to do their best and never leave.In this session, Larry Johnson will share the secrets of some o..
How to Conduct an Effective Workplace Investigation
In today’s workplace, there are numerous situations that can cause problems for employers that need to be followed up on and investigated by HR. These include claims of harassment, claims of discrimination, claims of a hostile environment, claims of retaliation, claims of improper pay practices, and many more claims of improper management practices. HR usually ends up with the responsibility for conducting ..
How to Create Team Spirit When Mainly Working Virtually
There are many virtual communication tools. What’s the difference between using phone or using one of the many video conferencing tools? What features should you learn to use so you can increase team spirit, motivation? How can you get the team members to eagerly await the sessions rather than dread them?In this program, we will address the benefits and detriments of virtual team interactions and many engag..
How to Document Employee Discussions and Why That is Important
This session, which will provide participants the information needed to be better able to document employee discussions and defend the organization from losses incurred due to poor documentation practices. Learning ObjectivesHow and why documentation is goodo Meets the legal requirements of Federal statuteso Provides a record of interactions with employees in order t..
How to Effectively Use Pre-Hire Assessments for Improved Employee Selection
Minimize hiring mistakes by using pre-hire assessments to measure job skills and personality attributes needed for top performance in key roles in your organization. Avoid costly turnover by hiring new employees who not only have the skills to do the job but who will also embrace the work required with high engagement and fit into your culture. Understand what assessments are available and how they can be a..
How to Improve Your Leadership Style
Before you start any journey you need to be certain of your “starting point” and then plan the best route to reach your destination. We will discuss basic behaviors and styles of leadership so you can figure out where you fit now. Then we will explore the necessary characteristics for becoming a great leader.Next, we will examine exactly how we become the way we are now, why we act the way we do, and how we..
How to Legally Use Background Checks and Avoid the EEOC
This webinar provides an overview of the use of background checks during the hiring process – what are they typically and why are they used by employers. The Presentation will also discuss the potential discriminatory disparate impact the use of criminal background checks may have on applicant pools. New trends in the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, particularly by the Equal Employment Opportunity ..
How To Make Sure Your Independent Contractors Are Really Independent
The Webinar will discuss methods to ensure that workers classified as independent contractors are independent. With the push by the US Department of Labor to clamp down on misclassification of employees as independent contractors it is important for companies to make sure they have everyone classified correctly. Under the Affordable Care Act, many employers have thought about using independent contractors m..
How To Set Up and Manage An Employee Safety Committee
Employee Safety Committees are important mechanisms in the workplace that offer many advantages over the traditional ‘I’m the Boss’ Theory X generational management model. In brief, those days are increasingly diminishing.Participatory engagement is becoming the new mantra for an enlightened (SAFE) workplace, particularly for:Manual labor tasks, factory work, assembly, etcLanguage and cultural differences a..
How To Thrive and Survive During Times Of Change
Nothing is so predictable as change - and change is painful, sometimes devastating. Those who survive major changes are those who keep their spirits up and never stop looking for new ways to perform more efficiently, market more effectively and apply more creativity to their real estate practice. Drawing on well-documented research and 22 years of investigation and consulting experience with some of the wor..