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Bulletproof Documentation: Creating Clear, Concise, Legally Air-Tight Write-Ups

Course Description:

What are the three words that your employment counsel always says? It's not “I love you,” but “document, document, document.” 

Despite this advice, many organizations either fail to document or do not document correctly… and poor documentation can be just as hazardous to your company as no documentation at all.

Chances are, you know that you should have solid documentation of employee behavior but, for one reason or another, it’s not occurring on a consistent basis throughout your organization. 

Whether the lack of proper documentation can be attributed to laziness (managers don’t bother to write information down at the time it occurs), fear (managers are afraid to be honest about an employee's shortcomings), or just plain ignorance (managers are not even aware that they should be documenting or what that documentation should contain), incorrect documentation can land your company in hot water.

Find out how to document employee performance, behaviors and discipline in the most clear, accurate and legally safe way possible. In this comprehensive audio conference, our expert faculty will provide you with the strategy and direction to develop a documentation procedure that works for your company and will help protect your organization from liability.

Course Highlights:

• What you need to document on a regular basis – and what can be left out
• Developing a documentation procedure
• How to create documentation that will stand up to a judge or jury’s inspection
• I said/You said: How to document the employee’s words
• Language that can lead to liability and should be avoided
• Documenting terminations
• The challenge of documenting disability-related issues 
• How to create a documentation culture in your organization
• Documenting in an electronic era

Featured Faculty:

Stacey D. Adams, Esq., Shareholder, Littler Mendelson

Stacey D. Adams concentrates her litigation practice on the representation of employers in labor and employment matters before federal and state courts and agencies. Her experience covers a full spectrum of labor and employment litigation in both the single plaintiff and class action contexts including harassment, discrimination and whistleblower lawsuits, restrictive covenant, unfair competition and trade secret actions, retaliation complaints, breach of contract matters and wrongful termination claims. She has developed an impressive record of success for management-side clients at the pre-trial stages of litigation, through the effective use of mediation, discovery and motion practice. Ms. Adams has also successfully represented her clients at both the trial and appellate level including arguing and prevailing before the New Jersey Supreme Court. She represents a large range of clients, from Fortune 100 companies to closely-held corporations and public entities.

In addition to her litigation practice, Ms. Adams frequently counsels management regarding

employment, personnel and human resources issues that arise in the workplace such as hiring and discharge matters, reductions in force, wage and hour questions, family and medical leave eligibility, disability accommodations and OSHA compliance. This includes drafting and updating personnel policies and employment handbooks. Ms. Adams has conducted numerous harassment investigations and has provided anti-harassment and diversity training to her clients. She has also negotiated and prepared employment and separation agreements, ranging from the hiring of high-level executives to large-scale layoffs.

Jeanne Silberman, Esq., In-house Counsel, Ogden Cap Properties, LLC

Jeanne Joyce Silberman currently works in house in employment relations  for Ogden CAP Properties, LLC a real estate company in NYC.  Prior to joining Ogden in 2006, Ms. Silberman worked for 9 years with the labor and employment boutique law firm Grotta, Glassman and Hoffman regularly representing employers before various administrative agencies, at labor arbitrations and in employment-related litigation. While with Grotta, Ms. Silberman specialized in conducting harassment and other workplace investigations and designing and conducting training for employers on a wide array of employment-related topics, including but not limited to, harassment and discrimination awareness, diversity, FMLA, interviewing and hiring, wage and hour compliance, conducting internal investigations, effective documentation and effective employee relations. Ms. Silberman received her JD from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1998.

MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE:

We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund every penny if you're not completely satisfied. No questions asked! It's 100% risk-free!

pricing:

Your CD recording includes the complete audio conference presentation, audience Q&A and presentation materials.

APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

HRCI - Receive 1.25 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. "The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

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