CPE Courses
Independent Contractors: Issues, Practices, and Steps to Successfully and Legally Staff Your Company
Companies meet their staffing needs by using a variety of arrangements. Besides the hiring of traditional employees, employers can use contingent employees such as temporary employees, seasonal employees, and leased workers hired through temporary staffing agencies. A growing number of companies are leveraging independent contractors, especially because a larger percentage of the workforce is preferencing "..
Investigating a Complaint in the Workplace
In this course, you will first be given examples of sexual harassment and the outcomes based on how the complaint was handled. In one case, for example, ignoring the complaint by management led to the murder (massacre) of many people. In another case, a man falsely accused almost lost his job. This will be followed by a brief summary of the laws pertaining to harassment and discrimination. Some information ..
It Smells and It’s Making Me Sick: Employer Responsibility Around Fragrance and Odor Sensitivity and Workplace Accommodation
When the subject of workplace accommodations comes up, most managers and supervisors think about the more common situations such as an employee recovering after surgery. Or perhaps, they recall an employee who had an ongoing physical – and mostly visible - disability. These days, however, employees are approaching their employers with health problems triggered and perpetuated by odor and fragrance sensitivi..
Leading When You’re Not In Charge! Leadership Without Authority
Whatever it is we call ourselves in the office, we all need to get work done while dealing with other people. But leadership today isn’t like 40 years ago. Getting people to work by saying “because I’m the boss” just doesn’t work anymore. Because being a leader isn’t about having authority or exercising power. Being a leader is a learned skill. It means acting in a way that people are moved to action by you..
Legal Claims Arising From COVID-19: How to Prepare Like a Lawyer
In HR, we always hear "document, document, document." That directive is more necessary now than ever. When the COVID-19 danger passes, we will be left with a barrage of lawsuits for disability discrimination, HIPAA violations, invasion of privacy claims and many, many other allegations. hat employers interpret as "for the good of the order" is going to fly directly in the face of employees who feel they wer..
Legal Documentation Techniques: If it Wasn’t Documented, it Didn’t Happen
Good documentation just doesn’t happen by accident. Left to our own devices, many of us probably think we have better things to do than write down what the weather was that day, fill out the performance log or, dare I say, update the schedule. After all, there’s work to be done. However, it only takes one time in litigation to change that mindset. In addition, the reality of a dispute resolution forum is th..
Legally Terminating Employees: 10 Complex Issues You Must Know
Employers must terminate employees from time to time in order to run their businesses effectively. In today’s litigious world, terminating employees is an emotional and legal minefield for managers and supervisors. Even subtle differences in preparing for and conducting terminations can impact greatly the level of legal risk, and whether an employer faces a claim that may cost six figures (or more) in poten..
LGBT Inclusion in the Workplace: Navigating Policies, Procedures, and Practices
Workplaces have made progress towards LGBTQ equality yet LGBTQ workers still go to work every day with the fear that they might lose their jobs because of who they love and who they are. There is no federal law protecting the LGB community from workplace discrimination and harassment. There is confusion among organizations as to whether the federal civil rights law Title VII protects gay, lesbian, and bisex..
Managing Difficult Employees and Tough Situations
When difficult employee behavior is not addressed properly, other employees become resentful, they lose respect for your organization’s leaders, and they start modeling the difficult employee’s behavior. Employee morale decreases and your organization’s results and culture suffer. This webinar provides practical strategies for dealing with difficult people and situations in the workplace. The strategies tha..
Managing Medical Leave in California: What’s the difference between FMLA, CFRA and PDL
This webinar will discuss the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and distinguish the important differences between it and the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) and Pregnancy Disability Leave. It is vital that employers who conduct business in California or have employees in California be aware of the important differences, which can result in heavy fines for non-compliance for the employer.Learning Objective..
Managing Poor Performance
Every manager complains about their employees’ performance problems at some point in their career. Over the years, I’ve come to look at the challenge of problem performance a little differently. What I have come to accept is poor performance takes two players; the manager and the employee. And while it is always easier to focus our attention on the latter we must look at our own contributions to the perform..
Managing the Remote Workforce During COVID-19: Policies, Procedures, and Practices
Employers and employees are experiencing one of the biggest challenges in history in how people work. Some have never worked from home—some with spouses, kids, and pets at their desks – assuming they even have a desk at home. Many managers have never managed employees who work from home. The new situation is stressful and maybe all-consuming.How should remote teams communicate? How often? How do they have a..
Managing Workplace Conflict
What impact does dysfunctional conflict have on your workplace? High tensions, stress, and anxiety? Reduced effectiveness, productivity, and quality? Increased absenteeism, turnover, hostility, and possibly violence? Is conflict displayed as outward aggression and dominance or are their issues with conflict avoidance where important issues are unresolved?The dysfunctional conflict has destructive consequenc..
Mastering Coaching and Mentoring for Outstanding Job Performance
Empower your employees to become more productive, effective, and committed team members!In today’s tough business environment, your organization can’t afford anything less than outstanding performance. Are you prepared to get the best from your team? Keep your team members’ productivity up to par—and show them how to do the best job they can? You’ll learn a step-by-step approach to effective coaching and su..
Mastering The Leap To Management
Going from being a doer to one who manages others doing can be a daunting challenge. This webinar gives new managers tools to help them succeed in their new role.In this 60 minute webinar, Larry will provide you answers to some of the common problems new managers face like:Understanding the psychological challenges of making the leap to a managerial/supervisory role Avoiding five big mistakes every new mana..