HR Compliance
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 Achieve Flawless Execution
Flawless execution is the ultimate practical behavior that the most successful companies strive to attain. The stories about Steve Jobs demanding perfection at Apple are legion. The quality and design excellence of Apple products is also common knowledge. This webinar will show you how to attain flawless execution without sacrificing people or human dignity.Errors, mistakes, and oversights are some of the m..
How to Become an Influential & Empowered Leader – With or Without a Title
With shifting corporate cultures requiring change management expertise, this webinar focuses on the mindsets, practices and emotional intelligence of the leader or aspiring leader. Discover not only how to facilitate and empower positive change, but how to start by becoming the “changed one” yourself.Stringent notions of management and top-down pyramid corporate structures are constantly being challenged. D..
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 a Harassment & Bullying Investigation
The EEOC requires that employers receiving a complaint, or otherwise learning of alleged harassment in the workplace, “investigate promptly and thoroughly…take immediate and appropriate corrective action by doing whatever is necessary to end the harassment, make the victim whole by restoring lost employment benefits or opportunities, and prevent the misconduct from recurring”. That’s a tall order to ensure ..
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 De-Escalate Angry People in 90 Seconds or Less
Anger, verbal aggression, and arrogance are epidemic in business and professional life. Learning how to de-escalate these situations quickly and effectively is, therefore, a critical leadership skill. In this webinar, you will be introduced to a counter-intuitive, yet powerful, set of skills that will allow you to de-escalate any angry situation in seconds without being defensive or anxious.We are 98% emoti..
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 Keep HR From Being the Employee Complaint Department
It seems that HR has become the place where employees go to vent about every petty slight or departmental squabble. And employees somehow expect HR to instantaneously fix them and smooth over all of their workplace-related issues. Certainly, when employees come to HR to lodge legitimate complaints of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation, of course, HR must listen, document, and investigate. However, t..
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..