HR Training Center
The Training Center Group presents

Certificate In Employee Relations Law On-Site Training

This on-site training class is also available as Public Schedule Seminar.

This 4 and a half day seminar provides best practices, insights, and information on the full range of employee relations law issues. It is thorough and practically oriented, and covers all facets of employment law and HR employee relations training.

Course Description/Agenda

Get Updated On Employment Law With Our HR Employee Relations Training Semina

The Certificate in Employee Relations Law Seminar provides the most comprehensive, practical, and up-to-date employment law training available.

This 4.5 day seminar provides best practices, insights, and information on the full range of employee relations law issues. It is thorough and practically oriented, and covers all facets of employment law and HR employee relations training.

And best of all: you will learn how to avoid costly employment problems - while improving your employee relations and professional performance!

Taught by leading employment law attorneys from law firms such as Thompson Hine, Paul Hastings, Littler Mendelson, and Sherman & Howard, you will learn practical implications of the law and what steps participants can take on the job to cope with the complex requirements of the various laws and regulations.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Gain a comprehensive understanding of all of today's significant employment laws and regulations, and the ability to know what to do about them in their own workplace.
Develop skills to recognize and deal with problem situations. Subjects include coping with federal and state regulatory agencies and their requirements, compliance reviews and agency injunctions, negotiating and settling complaints, and minimizing exposure to litigation by learning what steps and policies to implement in the workplace.
Get complete information regarding current and expected future regulations, enabling your organization to anticipate and plan for the future.

Our HR Employee Relations Training Seminar

Tens of thousands of past participants have told us that participating in the seminar:

Improves on-the-job performance and skills...immediately
Provides virtually all the information needed to function effectively in the employment law aspect of a job
li>Increases confidence in dealing with complex employee relations law issues
Helps participants to deal more pro-actively with employee relations law issues
Enables participants to take concrete and specific actions to substantially reduce their organization's downside risk to expensive, time-consuming and risky litigation
Increases the participant's value to their organization
Provides participants with an excellent environment to meet colleagues and share ideas

Included Materials

You will receive specially-prepared reference materials that serve as valuable on the job desktop reference manuals.

WORKSHOP AGENDA

The Certificate in Employee Relations Law Seminar is divided into three "blocks" of instruction, with the blocks presented on consecutive days over a 4 1/2 day period at locations nationwide.

The extensive materials for each block of instruction are used as a resource during the seminar, and designed to serve as desktop references on the job

Day 1 & 2: Labor Law In The Union & Non-Union Workplace

Overview of Laws Governing the Employer-Union Relationship

Analysis of the provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act and other applicable laws
Practical guide to understanding and successfully dealing with the National Labor Relations Board

Achieving and Maintaining a Union-Free Workplace

Why employees unionize-recurring problems in the non-union workplace
Preventive measures to avoid union organizing efforts

Changes in the Law and How they Affect You - The Election Process

Examination of election procedures-statutory provisions and NLRB processes
How to conduct a legal and effective campaign against unionization

Collective Bargaining

What should management want in a collective bargaining agreement?
How to get what you want out of the collective bargaining process
Extent of responsibility to bargain in good faith
The correlation between collective bargaining agreements and employee handbooks

Strikes and Picketing Activity

Legal limits on strikes, picketing, and employer responses
Legal remedies and best strategies for dealing with actual or threatened strikes, picketing, and boycotts

Operating Under a Collective Bargaining Agreement

Living with a collective bargaining agreement
Making effective use of the grievance procedure
Preparing for and winning arbitration cases

Successorship and the Law

Buying a business whose employees are unionized
Understanding your rights and liabilities in mergers and acquisitions

Ending the Union Relationship

The decertification process
Other non-election means through which to legally end the relationship

Day 3 & 4: Employment Discrimination Law

This section examines legal theories under Title VII and other Civil Rights Acts, including discrimination and harassment based upon race, sex, religion, national origin, age, and disability.

Analyzes race discrimination claims under Title VII and the Post-Civil War Civil Rights Acts
Examines the various theories of sex discrimination, including such issues as pregnancy discrimination and issues associated with employee benefits designs and equal pay
Discusses sexual and other types of harassment, including the Supreme Court's new standards and effective ways to prevent and investigate harassment claims
Reviews trends in protecting the rights of persons based on sexual orientation
Provides updates on religious discrimination issues

Strategies and Practical Advice for Dealing with Issues Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act

A thorough examination of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the effective handling of the disabled employee, including a discussion of the interaction between the Americans with Disabilities Act and Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
An analysis of current decisions interpreting an employer's rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act
An examination of the Family and Medical Leave Act, its regulations, and recent cases dealing with leave issues

An Update on Developments in the Law Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act

A discussion of the requirements of waivers and releases under the Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act and its regulations
An examination of developing court decisions
A review of issues associated with employee benefits designs

Resolving Discrimination Claims Without Litigation

Resolving complaints internally and encouraging employees to use your procedures
Avoiding litigation through binding arbitration
A discussion of recent court decisions concerning the enforceability of agreements to arbitrate employment claims

Litigating Discrimination Claims

A review of the case handling process under EEOC regulations
How to win your case at the administrative level
An examination of effective litigation strategies
Avoidance of retaliation claims
Settlement strategies, including pre-charge settlements as well as settlements in conjunction with agencies

An Examination of Affirmative Action

A detailed discussion of voluntary affirmative action trends
A thorough examination of the requirements of Executive Order 11246 for government contractors
How to prepare affirmative action plans
The status of race norming under the Civil Rights Act of 1991
Dealing with the OFCCP effectively
Update on judicial opinions regarding affirmative action and "reverse discrimination"
Provides an update on the Glass Ceiling Act and the OFCCP's Glass Ceiling Initiative

Day 5: Special Issues In Employee Relations Law

This section addresses specific employment law/labor law issues of interest to participants not previously covered, plus up-to-the-minute laws, regulations, and court decisions. Topics include:

Wrongful Discharge Litigation

An examination of the various theories of recovery arising from employee discipline and discharge
An examination of litigation prevention techniques including practical suggestions regarding employment policies, internal review procedures, and discipline/termination decision making and implementation
Assessments of effective litigation strategies in response to these developments
A discussion of post-employment inquiries and the use of separation agreements as a litigation avoidance tool

Employment-Related Tort Litigation

Defamation claims arising from communications to employees, other employers, customers and others
Intentional infliction of emotional distress
Intentional interference with contract or prospective business advantage
Fraudulent or negligent misrepresentation
Negligent hiring, supervision entrustment and supervision

Alternative Dispute Resolution