Fair, Square, and Legal: Managing and Firing Practices, 2nd Edition (self-study program)

Author

• Weiss, D.

Produced

• 2004

Key Features

Format: Print
Testing/Credit: One multiple-choice test valued at two Continuing Education Units
Price: $159.00
Stock #: b14291 XWSS6
Instructional Method: Non-Interactive Self Study

UPDATED! A Manager's Guide to Safe Hiring, Managing, and Firing Practices

INDISPENSABLE and now UPDATED!
Understand employment law and how to protect your company (and yourself) from legal problems. Learn to treat employees fairly with the latest case law on employing and reemploying members of the military, e-mail privacy, and managing a downsizing or a terrorist threat.

New in this edition:

• E-Mail privacy and Internet activities FMLA decisions on the affects of telecommuting
• How to manage employees with HIV or AIDS
• Guidelines for downsizing and the affect of the WARN Act
• Protection for employees called into military service
• How to manage the aftermath of a terrorist attack

Do you know what to do to protect your business, your employees, and yourself from legal liability? Can you defend your actions— or those of your employees — if you do end up in court?

Staying out of trouble is a matter of being prepared. And that's exactly what you'll learn in Fair, Square, and Legal — clear, unambiguous, step-by-step methods of documentation, compliance, and prevention for every business-related action that can raise legal liability.

Written by a manager for managers, the course translates complex legal concepts and precedents into a set of easy-to-learn guidelines for managing people. It gives you a systematic knowledge of the ways the laws governing equal opportunity and employee rights protect not only your employees, but you, the manager, as well. You'll see that understanding and adhering to employment law is simply good business.

You’ll learn how to:

• Identify potential employment law violations before they happen
• Investigate a harassment complaint
• Write safe job advertisements and job descriptions
• Conduct safe hiring interviews and performance appraisals
• Determine what constitutes "reasonable accommodation" for an employee with a disability
• Recognize a "hostile work environment” and develop an effective sexual harassment policy
• Take court-approved progressive disciplinary action prior to dismissing an employee

About the Author
Donald H. Weiss is CEO of Self-Management Communications, Inc., and St. Louis, MO. A prominent figure in the training and development field, he has created numerous successful management-training programs for clients in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and Europe and written several popular self-management books.

Course Objective: Understand key aspects of employment law to manage safely and avoid legal liability.

Read the Table of Contents (PDF) for more detailed information on the course.

This program has been approved for 2 re-certification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR re-certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

 

Format: Print
Testing/Credit: One multiple-choice test valued at two Continuing Education Units
Price: $159.00
Stock #: b14291 XWSS6
Instructional Method: Non-Interactive Self Study

Fair, Square, and Legal Web Resources

For an index with downlinks to all relevant offices as well as the Global Legal Information Network: http://www.loc.gov

The U.S. Department of Justice page contains ADA technical assistance; information regarding recent requirements of the Immigration and Naturalization laws; and links to government agencies and other legal reference information:http://www.usdoj.gov.htm

Department of Labor, Employment Standards Administration of the Office of Contract Compliance Programs: http://www.jhuapl.edu

Cornell University's Law School site contains comprehensive information on federal statutes and other employment law issues with links to other internet resources: http://www.law.cornell.edu.html

St. Louis University School of Law website contains U.S. federal and state information sources as well as links to newsletters, databases, labor unions, and various other labor and employment law sites: http://www.lawlib.slu.edu

The Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace's homepage: http://www.drugfreeworkplace.org