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Do not Hire Independent Contractors, Especially Now!
During this 60-minute program, will be discussing what an independent contractor is under the law, the differences between an independent contractor and an employee as defined by the DOL and IRS, what companies should have in place to support a company/independent contractor model? the government initiatives in place to address worker classification, why hiring independent contractors is so risky (especiall..
Documenting Employee Problems: Effective and Defensible Documentation
You’ve heard the statement, “If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen.” The human resources mantra to managers and supervisors is to "document, document, document," because disciplinary actions can often give rise to claims of discrimination, leading to high costs of litigation. But do your managers and supervisor know how, when, and what to document? Although it may seem like a headache to write a report..
Documenting Misconduct that Will Stand up in Court
It is estimated that 60-70%o f litigation is employment-related. Let’s face it. If you stay in business long enough, your company will inevitably be sued. The time to prepare your defense begins before that suit is filed. Juries look to your documentation when they are making the decision of whether you ran afoul of the law. At the same token, plaintiff attorneys try to pick apart your documentat..
Do’s and Don’ts of Documenting Employee Behavior, Performance, and Discipline
The absence of solid documentation is the single most common mistake employers make when handling employee performance, behavior, and discipline issues. Not properly documenting, or not documenting at all, can hurt employers and employees in several ways. Documentation can make or break a manager’s ability to discipline, terminate, fairly promote, reward, and recognize employees. Additionally, solid documen..
Dress and Appearance Code: Rights, Responsibilities, and Potential Liabilities for 2022
From the style and length of one’s hair, to the number and location of visible tattoos, to recognizing gender non-conformity style, to creating a summer dress code, employers are facing an increased need to determine their organization’s culture and policies, as well as following federal and state laws. How does an organization balance employees’ rights to express themselves with the organization’s ri..
Dress Codes for the Modern Workplace
Since employees typically are the first contact made with a company it is often necessary to control that image projected. In the past, employers used dress and appearance policies to help employees work comfortably and safely while still projecting a professional image to clients, customers and future employees. Over the years employers have also used dress and appearance policies to help create an employm..
Driving Down Turnover Through Effective Employee Engagement
Employee engagement programs have grown in popularity. One reason they are so popular is as a strategy to drive down the turnover of average workers and superstar performers. This webinar will describe the components of an employee engagement program, how to make the business case for such programs, and how to use an employee engagement program as a deliberate and systematic way to drive down avoidable turn..
EEOC Report: Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Not Working - Workplaces Fail To Implement Systemic Changes
You have been in Human Resources or management for years. Your plate is full - too much to do and to know in your increasingly stressful job. You are expected to stay current in discrimination and harassment case law for all the federal and state-protected classes. Are you current? It seems like an unending responsibility. You remember hearing something in the news about a change in the pregnancy law, but c..
Effective Boardroom Leadership
Across the world, business cultures have the important topic of board leadership exactly backwards. For most jobs, we vet candidates based on their experience, training and previous success for a position. Only after rising to the top through a tough winnowing process do we name the final candidate to the role. Over the past century, we’ve developed an infrastructure of business schools, MBA programs, profe..
Electronic Recordkeeping for HR Professionals
Maintaining employment records in an electronic format provides employers with the convenience of eliminating the need to provide physical storage space and is cost-effective. While the storage of electronic personnel files is legal, employers must be aware of key legislation governing HR Records. Areas Covered How to set up an electronic filing system for your HR Records?Key HR Record Reten..
Emojis, AI, Algorithms, Vulnerable Workers and Systemic Harassment – YIKES! Are You Ready to Apply the New Proposed EEOC Guidelines and Court Rulings?
A court in Louisiana found a winking smiley face coupled with a narrative about a colleague’s good looks, to be flirtatious and offensive. But was it illegal? Saying the N-word one time may be severe enough for the case to go to court or can it?You are used to knowing about the typical issues around harassment so what in the world is going on now!? What is it with emojis, and AI? You have been in Human Reso..
Employee Discipline Done Right – Best Practices for HR to Use
Almost every day David shares employment law horror stories on social media. Many of these involve employers not using the most effective discipline techniques. This session gathers the key practices HR professionals should be using themselves when they discipline employees. Also, when you leave this session, you can use the examples covered to train the managers and supervisors in your organization so they..
Employee Engagement that Works
The lack of engagement dampens an employee’s "discretionary effort", with huge consequences including poor performance, turnover, customer dissatisfaction, brand damage, and lawsuits. All of which impact company culture and the bottom line.Today’s remote and hybrid work arrangements, coupled with the accelerating rate of change, are constantly challenging the engagement effort. In this fast-moving program, ..
Employee Expense Reimbursements
Will give best practices on how to handle employee expense reimbursements. Discuss and review the different IRS-approved methods from Per Diem to Accountable and non-accountable plans. Discuss details of electronic-based reimbursement programs and the requirements the IRS has for them. Review of special travel situations such as spousal travel and frequent flyer miles.Areas CoveredIRS expense reimbursement ..
Employee Monitoring in 2022: The High Tech Tools vs The Legal Rules
This program will discuss the various scalable options for employee monitoring, including tools for on-location time tracking, biometric collection for information security, and remote access monitoring tools. Many of these tools attach to programs you probably already use, such as Google®, Microsoft Teams® and many other popular apps. This program also will explore the legal issues that arise with th..