Work place Issues Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

Most employers assume that 12 weeks’ leave for employees ensures compliance with the FMLA, and that takes care of their obligation towards the employee as well. However, if the employee also is disabled, the employer’s duty under the ADA may be just beginning. The key to untangling ADA and FMLA is to understand the obligations under each statute. Therefore, it is crucial for employers to have a sound knowledge of the laws to apply them correctly and avoid litigation. This first training program of a four part series discuss the fundamental provisions of the FMLA.

This webinar training with explain how to create an effective worksite wellness policy. The Instructor will discuss an overview of HIPAA, ADA, ACA, GINA, ERISA and more. He will also cover the EEOC’s new rules and how to be compliant while implementing wellness program at your workplace.

This webinar on Limiting Employer Liability for Sexual Harassment in the California Workplace is a practical approach to preventing sexual harassment from happening in the first place - and to fixing it right away if it does happen.

This training program will explain how we ascertain the difference between circumstances in which a service provider is an employee (and a principal is an employer) and circumstances in which the service provider is an independent contractor (and the principal is a client).

This webinar will decrypt the complexity of FMLA, ADA, workers comp & state employee leave laws. Participants will learn the critical components, difference and laws governing them in order to craft effective leave policies and manage leave abuse.

This training program will analyze these three seemingly different bodies of law that often overlap leading to ambiguity and confusion. What are the eligibility/coverage criteria under the FMLA and the ADA/ADAAA and workers comp? When might an extended leave be a reasonable accommodation? When might it be an undue hardship? Undue hardship can mean different things to different employers. If you are in healthcare, pharma, banking and finance, to name a few examples, accommodations of leave requests that may be feasible for many other employers, might, for you, be an undue hardship. If it’s not deemed an undue hardship are there steps you can take to mitigate the burden? What are the notice requirements? In this webinar, participants will get answers to these and many other questions.

This webinar on Workplace Dress Codes will discuss your reasons and rights as an employer to establish a dress code in your workplace and how to develop and adopt one that complements your business.

This webinar training navigates the best practices for effective background checks in California. The Instructor will cover laws and common types of background checks and why it is pertinent. Participants will understand the process and dos and don’ts of background checks and how it helps in building the right kind of talent pool.

This webinar training outlines the best practices of conducting performance appraisals. The instructor will explain how and why to monitor, measure and empower your team’s development and the best tools and scripts to motivate and coach your team. Participants will learn how to negotiate through resistance, build trust, manage team diversity and implement proactive plans during appraisal process.

A Harvard research study suggested that wellness programs may provide up to a 6:1 dollar return on investment! Organizations with wellness programs report a 15% slower rise in healthcare costs. This training will help participants in creating a comprehensive wellness and disease prevention program to improve employee health while decreasing the employer’s healthcare costs. The participants will understand challenges: employee discrimination based on disability, race, or gender, and how to incorporate non-discriminatory options in their wellness strategy.

The proposed changes to the salary level to qualify for an exemption will have a huge effect on traditional pay practices of most organizations. This training program will explore how the potential cost of not complying will also rise substantially. Business managers and HR professionals have to know what the new regulations are, how they will affect their business model, if the changes will increase the cost of labor and how to communicate the changes to affected employees.

This webinar training will explain the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and how it affects the pre-screening and investigation process of current employees. It will discuss the regulations and law that employers should comply with while hiring new employees to avoid getting into legal issues in future. Participants will learn about the best practices and regulatory requirements regarding background checks, pre-screening and investigation for safe hiring.

In this training program, participants will understand the fundamental concepts of creating a compensation system. They will receive information on the concepts of: compensation policy, internal and external equity, ranges, grades, position analysis, job evaluation systems, point factor systems, benchmark positions, using market analysis to establish pay ranges and midpoints, options for movement through salary ranges, and calculating compa-ratios. Sample pay grade with variable ranges will also be discussed in the session.

This training program will discuss the California Fair Employment and Housing Act under which an employer has an obligation to take all reasonable steps necessary to prevent discrimination and harassment from occurring in the workplace. The affirmative and mandatory duty requires the employer to conduct a prompt investigation in the event of a discrimination claim.

In this training program, attendees will understand why background checks and due diligence have become mission critical for employers. This program will review the top ten trends and best practices for 2016 when it comes to background checks and safe hiring. Learn steps employers can take immediately to help ensure legal compliance and how to deal with Ban the Box rules concerning criminal records.

There exists a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration, but a particular provision in the Federal Arbitration Act- or the FAA - known as the savings clause - permits agreements to arbitrate to be invalidated. This training program will discuss how, although there is a general sentiment favoring arbitration on a federal level, in recent years California state courts have aggressively employed the FAA’s savings clause to invalidate arbitration contracts between employers and their employees. This course will help attendees determine whether the arbitration clause in their employment agreement passes muster.

Excellent customer service assists payroll in its daily operations within the department rather than for its outside customers. This training program will examine how a correctly implemented payroll department customer service policy will ensure that communications remain open and clear. By setting down in writing what the payroll department can and cannot do legally, or will or will not be able to do, right up front goes a long way towards preventing future misunderstandings, miscommunications and the resulting conflicts which cause the department to lose valuable time handling this conflict.

This webinar will discuss the impending new regulations from the Department of Labor (DOL) related to white collar salaried exemptions. Instructor will discuss the resultant re-classification of employees, reduction of employees’ hours and increase salary. Participants will also learn how to counter the financial impact of new regulations.

This training program will illustrate why having a drug-free workplace is important for the health and safety of employees, visitors and contractors. When employees are drug- and alcohol- free, they have fewer accidents, make fewer mistakes and are more productive.

This training program will concentrate primarily on establishing a philosophy and program for salary administration that will be in alignment with your organization’s business strategy, be understandable to management and employees and compliant with applicable labor laws.