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Telecommuting: Protect Company Interests and Increase Employee Satisfaction

Course Description:

Stats show telecommuting is good for your bottom line.  In fact, according to the recent Financial Week article, To pad the bottom line, there’s no place like home:

Research also shows many companies from Fortune 500s to innovative start-ups have found flexible work options to be a key factor in attracting and retaining top tier talent in lieu of higher salaries, bankable options, and other traditional benefits.

Yet, while the flexibility of a teleworkforce can benefit both the employer and the employee, implementing an informal remote working policy can have detrimental legal ramifications on your organization.  From wage and hour issues to OSHA compliance, an ad hoc program can become your worst nightmare!

Let CCM help you develop a formal flexibility program that not only complies with all applicable legal requirements, but is an integral part of your company’s human resource function.  In just 75 minutes, you’ll learn how to:

• Develop a sound telecommuting policy and determine which elements are important to include when crafting this policy
• Identify job types that are suitable for remote work and aligning the infrastructure necessary to facilitate flexible arrangements and multiple locations
• Evaluate candidates for telecommuting consideration based on a number of factors including: work ethic and performance — and set clear criteria to assess productivity over the short and long term
• Train managers and staff to accommodate workload, time, resources and expectations
• Maintain the security and confidentiality of your data and work product
• Limit liability to ensure the various safety issues surrounding work from home employees
• Designate ownership of equipment like computers and handling communication mechanisms like internet, telephone and fax

Plus, our expert will discuss the general issues surrounding work hours and employee accountability, and the new innovations in remote worker management.

Faculty:

Pamela Lewis Ashby, Owner, Law Office of Pamela L. Ashby

Over the past 19 years, Pamela Lewis Ashby, JD, SPHR, has practiced law and functioned in progressively more responsible human resources roles both in the private and public industries.  Recognizing the value of this combined experience, in November 2006, Pamela resigned as vice president of human resources for a health care institution and opened her law practice focused in the areas of employment law, contract drafting and review, and training on legal issues.

Pamela, who was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, received her undergraduate education at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and obtained her Juris Doctor in 1987 from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore, Maryland.  Pamela is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland (1987) and the Commonwealth of Virginia (1989).  She obtained her certification as a Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) in 2004. 

Throughout her career, Pamela has had the opportunity to train a wide variety of audiences on topics including Americans with Disability Act, Developing Defensible Work Rules, Workplace Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Corporate Compliance, FLSA Compliance, Diversity, and, EEO Compliance.  She has represented employers in administrative matters before the NLRB, EEOC, Local wage and hour offices and human relations commissions. Further, Pam has functioned in roles where drafting, interpreting and training managers on workplace policies were a substantive part of her role.  Her HR experience is in union and non-union environments.  Additionally, Pam has served on several Committees charged with providing legal and human resources expertise and guidance on workplace issues encountered by employers.

You may contact Pamela directly at the Law Office of Pamela L. Ashby, LLC, 6350 Stevens Forest Road, Suite 302, Columbia, Maryland 21046, (410) 381-5235, pam@plashbylaw.com.

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!

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APPROVED FOR RECERTIFICATION CREDIT:

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.