Management Training

Fair, Square, and Legal
A Manager's Guide to Safe Hiring, Managing, and Firing Practices

Duration: 2 Days (10 am to 5 pm with one hour lunch break)

Cost: $ 1399 + GST

Course Outline

New in this edition:

• E-Mail privacy and Internet activities
• Decisions on the affects of telecommuting
• How to manage employees with HIV or AIDS
• 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

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