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HR Audit: Employment Law, Policy and Procedure Update
Course Description:
Have you modified your company’s policies and procedures to ensure they’re up to date on all employment laws?
Your HR policies and practices may have once been compliant with federal and state legislation, but with the flurry of new regulations and the current administration’s legal changes are you sure they’re in compliance now?
Research shows that even the most conscientious employers miss or misapply one or more of the many varied and complex employment laws.And it’s only gotten more complicated with every regulatory shift.
In this critical audio program will find out how to identify:
- Areas your organization needs to improve,
- Weak spots where litigation may arise, and
- How to ensure you’re in compliance with current federal and state regulations.
Employment law attorney, Ashley Brightwell, will guide you through the crucial steps involved in performing an HR audit, including:
- Where to begin your audit – and what to include
- Confidentiality issues: Who should be involved in an HR audit
- How to identify the key audit areas, including pre-employment, wage-and-hour compliance, state and federal regulations, and more
- ADA, FLSA and other federal regulations: Tricky areas for all employers
- How to scrutinize your new hire procedure and bulletproof them!
- Ensure your employee performance management doesn’t leave you open to lawsuits
- Communication strategies for sharing the audit results
- Next steps: What do you do once the audit is complete?
Featured Faculty:
Ashley Brightwell, Partner, Alston & Bird, LLC
Ashley Brightwell is a partner in the firm’s Labor& Employment Group. Ms. Brightwell has extensive experience litigating both single-plaintiff and class-action employment cases, occupational safety and health matters and public accommodation disability claims.
Ms. Brightwell is a frequent speaker on topics related to the Family and Medical Leave Act, accessibility issues under the Americans With Disabilities Act, severance agreements, and litigation avoidance, having lectured at numerous continuing legal education seminars, meetings of national organizations, and management training courses. Ms. Brightwell also has authored publications on various employment-related topics appearing in The National Law Journal and other nationally recognized legal publications and is a frequent commentator on occupational safety and health topics for a publication for the pulp and paper industry.
Ms. Brightwell received her J.D., with honors, from DePaul University in 1999 where she was a member of the DePaul Law Review and is a member of the Order of the Coif. Ms. Brightwell received her B.A. in sociology, cum laude, with a minor in communications from Ohio University in 1996. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Adaptive Learning Center, a non-profit organization whose mission is to maximize the potential of young children with disabilities and create awareness and acceptance between people with and without disabilities through early intervention, support services and education and consultation and is a member of the Leadership Council of the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Atlanta.
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Pricing:
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CCM Preferred Customer
Price |
| CD and Materials only |
$269.00 |
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Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.
APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:
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HRCI - Receive
1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR
recertification through the Human Resource Certification
Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification
or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
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