| COURSE DESCRIPTION: Employee handbooks are your first line of defense against the myriad of potential employment-related lawsuits your company faces. A good one will stand up in court and protect your company. But a poorly drafted one – containing lawsuit-provoking buzzwords, confusing language or other unnecessary verbiage that limits your flexibility – is a dream come true for a plaintiff’s lawyer.
Learning the 10 most common mistakes companies make in drafting handbooks – and how to correct them -- will help you avoid legal pitfalls. For example, an airtight employee handbook will allow you to manage employee expectations, reducing confusion about applicable policies. It will also provide a defense against lawsuits provoked by employees who claim they didn't know about reporting procedures, or that the company had inadequate procedures.
This legally-based "Best Practices" presentation will give you the practical tools you need to understand:
- Why handbooks are so important.
- The buzzwords employers include in their handbooks that can create liability
- How an employer can draft a legally sound handbook in a manner that is both consistent with the law and provides maximum flexibility to administer policies according to legitimate business needs
- What the courts have said when they examine handbooks
- Practical ways to avoid liability and manage employee expectations about the policies.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Mindy Chapman, Esq., is president of Mindy Chapman & Associates LLC and a nationally recognized authority in employment law and conducting workplace compliance training. She co-authored the American Bar Association’s leading authority on civil rights training, “Case Dismissed! Taking Your Harassment Prevention Training to Trial," used in law schools and legal departments across the United States. She is currently co-authoring, “Case Dismissed 2! Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace from Hiring through Termination.” Mindy was named a "Top 10 Speaker" by SHRM. She previously served as a partner and the National Director of Training at two national law firms where she conducted extensive EEO training in all industries and at all levels of the workforce—from boardroom executives to managers and supervisors and to hourly employees in union and non-union environments.
 HRCI CERTIFICATION: This program has been approved for 1.0 recertification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We’re so confident you’ll get what you want out of this conference that we’ll refund your full fee if you’re not satisfied. It’s risk-free.
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