HR Training CD : Most Important Employees Issues and HR Rules & Regulations

How It Works:

Each webinar CD has a series of modules. Our speakers have delivered the modules using PowerPoint slides.

This training is convenient to attend individually or in groups. You don't have to travel from your office. This means you can afford to have your whole team attend. As the webinar recording CDs are licensed to be used multiple times in a location, you can schedule the training as many times for as many groups/batches as you wish. Your team members will learn the material together; everybody will get the same information.

Webinar Topics:

Project Management in Human Resources
The Evaluation Trap: Why Your Performance Appraisal System is Most Likely to Be Used Against You in Court and What to Do Instead
Employees vs. Independent Contractors - Understanding Legal Differences and Staying Compliant
The Psychology and Law of Workplace Misconduct: From the Manipulative to the Mentally ill
HR Investigations: Conducting Workplace Misconduct Interviews

Webinars Iincluded in the Package:

Module 1 : Project Management in Human Resources (Duration: 90 Minutes)

This webinar on project management in human resources will focus on key project management skills for the HR professional. You will learn proven, successful techniques for detailed, systematic, team-involved planning and effective implementation.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• From Strategy to Implementation.
• What is Project Management?
• Overall Benefits of Project Management in Human Resources.
• Considerations of Project Management (PM) Related to Human Resources (HR).
• Key Project Management Skills for the HR Professional.
• Approaches to Project Management.
• The Architecture of Implementation.
• Developing Project Scope.
• How to Stay on Course and Maintain Control of the Project?
• Developing the Project Budget.
• Risk Identification, Planning, and Management.
• The People Side of Implementation, Planning Resources.
• Implementing Human Capital Initiatives.
• Strategy as Work in Progress – Verifying Project Scope
• Project Closeout
• Developing and Leveraging Your Strategic Mindset for Successful Implementation.

About the Instructor:

Cathleen Hampton, is a professional Human Resources consultant with over 25 years of experience. She is a recognized expert in developing and implementing staffing and retention programs that include workforce planning and analysis, along with best-in-class HR technology, sourcing, recruiting and selection methods.

She has been responsible for planning, developing and executing comprehensive strategies for a wide range of client companies, and has broad experience with corporate policy development and program implementation, including affirmative action programs and OFCCP compliance audits.

Module 2 : The Evaluation Trap: Why Your Performance Appraisal System is Most Likely to Be Used Against You in Court and What to Do Instead (90 Minutes)

This 90-minute webinar will help you identify the flaws in your performance appraisal system and provide practical guidance and tips on how you can rectify it to meet HR and legal compliance requirements.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Brief background of Performance Management Compliance.
• Two reasons labor attorneys believe performance appraisals are flawed.
• The danger of performance labels, grades, scores, ratings and rankings.
• Case studies: Delta, Coca-Cola, Walmart, GE & Microsoft.
• The critical difference between discriminant intent and discriminant impact.
• Developing employees vs. documenting the file.
• A more effective way to minimize legal risk and improve productivity.
• Training managers to coach rather than evaluate.
• Elevating HR professionals from “policy police” to “coaching consultants”.

About the Instructor:

Garold (Gary) L. Markle, is the founder and President of Energage Inc., a management consulting firm dedicated to helping business leaders "energize and engage the human spirit at work." Gary authored the book “Catalytic Coaching: The End of the Performance Review,” which has a five-star rating on Amazon.com and has held a position in their top 5% of all books sold for 37 consecutive months. He is a longstanding speaker to CEO groups such as Vistage and TEC (The Executive Committee) and has presented nearly 500 workshops across the US, Canada, the UK and Asia. Prior to beginning a consulting and speaking practice, Markle served in senior level HR management and executive positions for four globally prominent companies. His most recent position was Vice President of Human Resources of a $700million international chemical company. Gary holds a Master’s Degree in Organizational Communication from Purdue University, a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Senior Executive Human Resources Certification from the University of Michigan Graduate School of Business.

Module 3 : Employees vs. Independent Contractors - Understanding Legal Differences and Staying Compliant (75 Minutes)

This training will discuss the legal differences between employees and independent contractors and advise you on how to stay compliant with applicable law. You will also learn ways to minimize risk when using independent contractors.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• What Statutes are Relevant to Classification?
• The IRS Tests for Classification.
• Statutory Employees?
• What Constitutes Control over Work Sufficient to Make a Worker an Employee?
• Leased Employees and Temporary Employees?
• Drafting Independent Contractor Agreements. Conducting Self-audits.

About the Instructor:

Kenneth A. Sprang, is one of the founding partners of Washington International Business Counsel, LLP, in Washington, DC. Mr. Sprang counsels and represents both domestic and international clients in labor and employment law and in a wide range of corporate, business and transactional matters. Over the course of his 30 plus year career, Mr. Sprang has practiced with both large and small firms, as well as serving as in house counsel for Fortune 500 companies and as general counsel to smaller companies.

Mr. Sprang began his career with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, a large, multi-national firm. Subsequently, he served as in house counsel in the legal departments of Calgon Corporation, a former subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., and Cyclops Corporation, a Fortune 500 specialty steel manufacturer. Later, Mr. Sprang founded legal departments and served as in-house general counsel for several start-up and other privately-held companies, including a hospital and a web-based company. Mr. Sprang has also spent several years as a full-time law professor, and continues teaching as an Adjunct Professor at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C.

Module 4 : The Psychology and Law of Workplace Misconduct: From the Manipulative to the Mentally ill (90 Minutes)

This work place misconduct webinar training will help you deal with some of the most complex employee relations issues in today’s workplace, from FMLA abuse to workplace violence to the ADA implications of mental illness, how to do internal moral investigations, terminate potentially dangerous employees, how to handle workplace bullying.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• How to prevent, identify, and remedy FMLA abuse
• How to respond to verbal threats and insubordination
• Strategies for dealing with an employee's arrest
• Recognizing, and responding to, personality disorders in the workplace
• How to terminate a potentially dangerous employee
• When, and how, to conduct a morale investigation
• Tackling psychiatric disabilities and substance abuse in the workplace
• How to handle the workplace bully

About the Instructor:

Dr. Joni E. Johnston, is the founder and CEO of Work Relationships, a corporate training and consulting company specializing in workplace mental health problems as well as employee conduct issues including workplace harassment, workplace violence, and effective discipline/termination. Dr. Johnston has been performing human resource seminars for professional groups and industry associations since she founded her HR/employee relations consulting and training firm in 1991, and has personally trained over 50,000 managers and supervisors. She has worked extensively in the biotech and life sciences industry.

A forensic psychologist, Dr. Johnston has written monthly columns for LexisNexis, HR.Com and HRGateway. She is an adjunct professor in Tiffin University's criminal justice program and has authored three books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Psychology. She has also served as an expert witness in numerous employment-related lawsuits.

Module 5 : HR Investigations: Conducting Workplace Misconduct Interviews (60 Minutes)

One of the most challenging tasks for any HR Professional or manager is investigating workplace misconduct. In this session participants will learn how to conduct such investigations & structure questions to get answers during the investigation process.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

How to structure employee misconduct interviews to get the answers you need

• Investigation Framework Construction
  • Issue: Type of Misconduct
  • Witness Webbing
  • Investigation Grid
• Preparation for and the Characteristics of a Good Interview
• Facilitating Employee Communication Even When it is Against Their Interest
  • Communication Inhibitors
  • Communication Facilitators
• Introductory Questioning Strategies
• Information Gathering Questions
  • Questioning technique
  • Question Theme
  • Methods
  • Dealing with Tough Customers
• Assessment Questions for Deception Detection
  • Norming and Calibrating Responses
  • Verbal and Non-Verbal Cues
  • Methodology
• Getting Helpful Admissions
  • Thematic Accusations
  • Understanding and Using Rationalization
  • Observing Reactions & Reacting
  • Addressing the Elements of Wrongdoing
  • Getting the Goods/Assets Back

About the Instructor:

Matthew Burr, has over 11 years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an industrial relations intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company: Burr Consulting, LLC. Mr. Burr is an adjunct professor at Elmira College, teaching organizational behavior and human resources management. He is also a SHRM Certification Exam Instructor and co-teaches the SHRM Exam Prep Course at Elmira College. He works as a trainer at both Tompkins Cortland Community College and Corning Community College. He is also an on-call mediator and fact-finder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State.

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