Our Upcoming Webinars

Cannabis in the Workplace: What Can an Employer Do?

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.

Please join Dr. Jim Castagnera, an experienced employment law attorney, when he unravels the confusion surrounding the legalization of marijuana and its permitted uses in the workplace. He’ll discuss the findings of recent case law and offer employers guidance for how to maintain control of their workplaces while recognizing that the rights of employees to use marijuana both at work and after work are changing rapidly across the nation.

Managing Employees with Chronic Health Conditions While Meeting ADA and FMLA Requirements

Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.

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Employees with chronic health conditions --- such as heart disease, type-2 diabetes, and arthritis, to name but a few --- enjoy the same rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family Medical Leave Act as do all other persons with disabilities and illnesses. Finding the right balance between workplace efficiency and compassionate leadership, while walking the legal tightrope as well, requires knowledge and finesse.

Effective Employee Retention: What Works and What Doesn’t

Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Teri Morning

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Participate in this webinar by HR consultant Jeffrey Russell to better understand the factors that drive retention and turnover, share effective practices with your peers, and learn new strategies for hanging on to your top talent. You’ll leave with a plan for integrating the insights from this webinar into your HR practices.

LGBTQIA Issues in the Workplace

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Deirdre Kamber Todd, Esq

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All employers need to understand the most recent legal and administrative developments that have now extended Title VII protections to LGBT employees by creating a new protected class. In addition, employers must know the current status of these workers under relevant state and local laws. Join employment attorney Deirdre Kamber Todd as she guides you through the thicket of laws and regulations that affect your relationship as employers with LGBTQIA workers.

Will Noncompetition Agreements Become Illegal: Learn What Employers Can Do to Restrict Competition from Former Employees

Thursday, August 21, 2024 at 1:00 pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Dr. Jim Castagnera, Esq.

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In announcing proposed regulations outlawing most employee noncompetition agreements, the Federal Trade Commission is making good on a promise made by President Joe Biden nearly two years ago. In his July 9, 2021 Executive Order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” The fact sheet explaining Biden’s order observed, “Competition in labor markets can empower workers to demand higher wages and greater dignity and respect in the workplace. One way companies stifle competition is with non-compete clauses. Roughly half of private-sector businesses require at least some employees to enter non-compete agreements, affecting some 36 to 60 million workers.”

A growing number of states agree with the Biden Administration. California, Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia and Washington have either banned outright or sharply restricted employee non-competes.

Encouraged by Biden’s Executive Order, the FTC had been signaling for some time that the proposed regs were on the agency’s drawing board. On January 5th, the regs were finally revealed. The accompanying press release opens, “The Federal Trade Commission proposed a new rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompetes on their workers, a widespread and often exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation, and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses.”

This informative webinar will explain what a non-compete agreement contains, where it is illegal and what alternatives affected employers have if non-compete agreements are not available.

Employer Surveillance of Employees: Legal Do’s and Don’ts

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 1:30 pm ET

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Deirdre Kamber Todd, Esq

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Ever since the “new normal” of employees working from home arose in 2020, employer surveillance of employees has grown more than fifty percent. While some of these efforts are both legal and effective, far more of these options are counterproductive and/or illegal. This program will cull through the various options for employee surveillance, the legal concerns, the countermeasures available to employees to avoid surveillance, and other key considerations.

Our Upcoming Webinars

Cannabis in the Workplace: What Can an Employer Do?

Managing Employees with Chronic Health Conditions While Meeting ADA and FMLA Requirements

Effective Employee Retention: What Works and What Doesn’t

LGBTQIA Issues in the Workplace

Will Noncompetition Agreements Become Illegal: Learn What Employers Can Do to Restrict Competition from Former Employees

Employer Surveillance of Employees: Legal Do’s and Don’ts

ADA Accommodation Compliance Requirements Caused by COVID-19

AI in Talent Management: Navigating the Talent Crisis

Cannabis in the Workplace: What Can an Employer Do?

Coping with Employees' Mental Disabilities in the Workplace

COVID-19 Discrimination Claims

Creating an Inclusive Workplace - Critical Diversity and Inclusion Programs

The Department of Labor’s New Independent Contractor Rule What Every Employer Needs to Know

Detecting and Preventing Workplace Violence

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: LGBTQIA Issues in the Workplace 2023

Document Smarter, Not Harder

Effective Behavioral-Based Interviewing – Hire the Right Person the First Time

Effective Employee Retention: What Works and What Doesn’t

Employee Dress Codes: The Changing Landscape of Employee Tattoos, Clothing and Hair Color in the Workplace

The Employee ER Room Solving Employee Drama, Pettiness, Workstyles and Personality Complaints

Employee Handbooks - 2023 Update

Employer Surveillance of Employees Who Work from Home: Legal Do’s and Don’ts

Essential HR Documentation: Critical Guidelines and Best Practices

Excel for HR Management Professionals

Fix the Problems with Your Bad Managers

FMLA, ADA, USERRA, Workers Compensation, and HIPAA: Learn How These Laws Work Together

Freedom of Speech and the Workplace: Balancing Employer and Employee Rights

Handling Rogue Managers – Ineffective Leaders and Unimpressive Managers

How to Correctly Classify Your Employees and Independent Contractors: Latest Legal Update

How to Document Disciplinary Actions as an Employer

How to Handle Witness Interviews in Workplace Investigations

How to Successfully Hire Employees Using a Smart Interviewing Process

How to Successfully Onboard New Employees

HR Documentation Retention Policies and Practices: What to Keep and What to Toss

HR Metrics: Measuring and Communicating the Strategic Value of Human Resources

Improve Employee Productivity and Engagement

Internal Investigations: The Crucial Components of Workplace Compliance

Know Your Safety Obligations Under OSHA For HR Professionals

Learn the Critical Issues in 2023 Regarding Unemployment Insurance

Managing Employees with Chronic Health Conditions while Meeting ADA and FMLA Requirements

Mastering Employee Fulfillment: Balance, Growth, and Success

The NLRB’s 2023 Severance Agreement Ruling: Learn How Employers are Affected

Noncompete Agreements: What's Legal, What's Not. Recent Developments

Onboarding - A Good Start Results in Good Retention

Optimize Your Job Descriptions: Achieve Clarity and Legal Compliance

Practical Strategies for Implementing Diversity and Inclusion in Today’s Workplace

PTO: Is It “Paid Time Off” or “Problem Time Options”? – Working through the Pros and Cons

Quiet Quitting Is it the New Employee Work-Life Balance or Active Disengagement

Rethinking the Performance Review in a Post-COVID World

Rewarding Excellence: Effective Pay and Benefit Strategies

The Secret to Paying Your Employees Fairly

Service and Emotional Support Animals in the Workplace: The Law and Best Practices

Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault: 2023 Update on Perennial Workplace Problems

Streamline HR Work Using ChatGPT: A Demonstration of How AI Can Save Time and Effort of HR Professionals

Terminating Employees for Misconduct Outside of Work (Updated for COVID-19)

Unlocking the Leadership Potential of the First-Time Supervisor