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Avoid These Top HR Mistakes

Avoid common HR mistakes and develop effective policies and procedures that efficiently communicate expectations.

This course offers practical advice and tools for the tool kit on establishing best practices from day one of the employment lifecycle and throughout the subsequent employer/employee relationship. The employment lifecycle begins with hiring, onboarding, and classifying employees as exempt vs. nonexempt, and when some are required to execute noncompete agreements. It continues through all aspects of the employer/employee relationship up to voluntary or involuntary separation. Actions and events that could ultimately lead to expensive litigation may rear their ugly head throughout the employment relationship. The best way to mitigate the risk of costly employment-related lawsuits and other unwanted developments is to take a proactive, forward-thinking stance and develop effective policies, procedures, and practices that efficiently communicate expectations. The next step would be to document when performance and behavior fall short of those expectations. Ineffective employment standards could lead to unnecessary employee relations headaches, costly human resources turnover, and workplace violence.

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Agenda

Employee Classification Errors

  • Overview of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
  • Nonexempt vs. Exempt Status Employees
  • Remedies Available to Successful Plaintiff Regarding Misclassification
  • Case Study: Misclassification Litigation

Noncompete Agreements

  • Overview of Contract Formation and Noncompete Agreements
  • How Courts Have Defined Overreaching Covenants in Noncompetes
  • Traps to Avoid When Preparing Noncompete Agreements
  • Case Study: Noncompete Litigation

To Document or Not to Document, That Is the Question

  • The Key Purposes Employee Documentation Serves
  • What, When and How to Document Effectively
  • Language to Avoid in Employee Documentation
  • Case Study: Effective Employee Documentation in Litigation

Effective Employee Handbook Policies and Practices

  • Purposes Employee Handbooks Serve
  • How Often Should Handbooks Be Updated - and Why?
  • Key Policies and Items to Include in an Employee Handbook
  • Enforceability of Arbitration Agreements in Employee Handbooks
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Applications have not yet been submitted for Delaware, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Wyoming CLE for this course. However, if you are interested in obtaining CLE for any of the listed states or have any additional credit questions please email us at [email protected] or call us at 866-352-9540.

This course was last revised on January 5, 2022.

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  • AR CLE 1.0
     
  • This course has been approved for 1.0 hours of CLE by the Arkansas CLE Board.
     
  • CA MCLE 1.0
     
  • Lorman Business Center, LLC. is a State Bar of California approved MCLE sponsor and this course qualifies for 1.0 CLE hours of participatory credit.
     
  • WA CLE 1.0
     
  • This program has been approved by the Washington State Board of Continuing Legal Education for 1.0 hours of A/V credit under the Law & Legal Procedure category.
     
  • HR Certification Institute 1.0
     
  • This E-Learning program has been approved for 1.0 (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR(TM), aPHRi(TM), PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi(TM) and SPHRi(TM)recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.
     
  • SHRM 1.0
     
  • Lorman Education Services is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.0 PDC(s) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.
     

To earn each credit Lorman offers through the OnDemand learning platform, you need to watch 100% of the program. Also, for certain credits you will need to fulfill additional requirements which will be displayed on the "credits" tab when viewing the course.

  • Those applying for AIA and HRCI must view 100% of the program and answer the questions following the program.

This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.

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Faculty

Kathleen M. Bonczyk, MBA, Esq.

Kathleen M. Bonczyk, MBA, Esq.

Workplace Violence Prevention Institute

Kathleen M. Bonczyk, Esq.

  • Attorney and Founder/Executive Director of the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a research organization whose motto is workplace violence may be predicted and therefore prevented
  • Former human resources executive and an attorney
  • Nationally recognized expert on the topic of workplace violence prevention
  • Has lectured and written on the topic of office safety for over two decades
  • J.D. degree, Nova Southeastern University; M.B.A. degree, Florida Atlantic University
  • Can be contacted at [email protected] or through the WVPI’s website www.workplaceviolencepreventioninstitute.org
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Product ID: 409383
Published 2022
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