CPE Courses
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 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 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..
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..
Employer Recordkeeping Obligations
There are many legal requirements for employers when it comes to record retention. Laws such as Title VII, the Immigration Reform and Control Act, and ERISA, to name a few. Employers must follow regulations published by many federal agencies: the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service, and more. How do you store these records? Can you store records..
Essentials for Documenting Investigations: HR and Management’s Responsibility to Minimize Liability
As the saying goes - If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen! Documentation is essential for many legal issues, disputes, audits, meetings, and decision making, to name a few. Perhaps nowhere is it more critical than when documenting your investigation. Your documentation memoralizes the entire investigation, it minimizes confusion, corroborates stories and evidence, demonstrates patterns of behavior and s..
Everything About the W-4 Form You Need to Know
On May 31, 2019, the IRS released a draft of the 2020 W-4 form for the payroll and tax community to review. This webinar will prepare the payroll professional to understand the changes to the Form W-4 for 2020 and to review the recently released final of the 2020 W-4 Form. Before changes, the Form W-4 was a critical form that all companies have to obtain from employees and has had special processing require..
Excel: Tools of The Trade
This webinar will raise your level of Excel competence and knowledge. In the 20+ years of training students in Excel classes, Andy has always included this set of skills to all levels of Excel users. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been using Excel, you will probably learn something new, or at least get an idea of a new process by attending this webinar.You will learn how to skip through the spreadsheet t..