The Employee Handbook: Your Best Friend or Your Worst Enemy?
Duration: 90 minutes
Speaker: Deirdre Kamber Todd, Esq
Webinar Description
The success or failure of an employee's claim against his or her employer can depend on what is contained in the employer's employee handbook. It is clear that a good handbook can be an employer's best friend, but a poorly written one can be an employer's worst enemy. Moreover, over the past few years the stakes have increased. Handbooks used to be just one factor in employment litigation. Now, the courts, governmental agencies, and federal and state legislation are dictating what can and cannot be included in an employee handbook. Employment law attorney Deirdre Kamber Todd will discuss why a good handbook is a necessity in a well-run organization, what provisions should and shouldn't be included, and which emerging legal issues should be addressed in your handbook.
Agenda
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Why have an employee handbook
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The relationship between handbooks and legal contracts
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Matters to include in the handbook
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Matters to be excluded from the handbook
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The role of Social Media in the preparation of the handbook
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Emerging issues with LGBT and other new legally protected areas
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The how, where, and when to distribute a handbook
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How to ensure compliance by your employees with handbook policies
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Other best practices regarding an employee handbook
Logistics
- 90-minute webinar (Travel-Free) delivered over the Internet.
- Unlimited listeners per connection - bring the entire department.
- Q&A session with the expert.
This event will be presented live with a PowerPoint presentation to be viewed on your computer. You may listen to the audio of the webinar by telephone or through your computer. The PowerPoint slides will be provided shortly before the event. Once you register, you will receive an email which is your receipt and which includes your instructions for dialing in and logging on. You will also receive an email reminder 24 hours before the webinar.
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How can I share the webinar with my colleagues who may not be able to attend the event?
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How do I ask a question during the webinar? Will my question be answered during the presentation?
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