Overview/Description
Management sometimes finds itself in a sensitive position involving the treatment and rights of employees. But how does management legally handle a precarious situation with employees without the legal ramifications exploding in their face? This course is an overview for management about the essentials of employment and labor law. It includes introductions to current federal laws regarding employee safety and health protection, equal opportunity, and labor management during unionization. Managers will use strategies to protect the organization from legal liability and protect the employee's civil rights in the workplace.
Target Audience
This course is designed for all management personnel who desire to keep the well-being of their employees a priority by abiding in employment and labor laws.
identify the benefits of preventing an organization from violating the health and safety rights of employees.
apply preventive measures to avoid noncompliance of OSHA regulations in hypothetical business scenarios.
identify relevant questions that determine an employee's eligibility for Workers' Compensation benefits.
determine an employee's eligibility in given business scenarios for taking a leave of absence as allowed by FMLA.
Employment Income Protection
identify the benefits of protecting the financial rights of employees.
identify violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
determine appropriate preventive strategies based upon an employee's eligibility for unemployment compensation in given business scenarios.
identify the sequence of events of invoking the WARN Act.
identify examples of the five benefits of the Social Security Act.
identify characteristics of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Equal Opportunity
recognize the benefits of the legal regulations regarding hiring, employment, and employee discharge within a company.
recognize questions that are illegal to ask according to the nine areas of sensitivity outlined in federal privacy laws given hypothetical interview scenarios.
match examples of job discrimination according to anti-discrimination legislation.
identify examples of wrongful discharge.
Labor Management Law
recognize the benefits of having a working knowledge of labor management law.
identify examples of noncompliance according to union legislation.
sequence real-life negotiations according to the four steps of a negotiation process.