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Briefings Audio Conference
Employment Law Basics for Managers, Supervisors and Team Leaders: Six Ways to Avoid Litigation
Did you know that a manager’s mishandling of employee complaints can put the company at risk of legal liability under federal anti-discrimination laws? Even the slightest misunderstanding of basic employment law can create claims of “hostile environment” by subordinates. As a manager, your actions - or inactions - may inadvertently create situations in which employees may feel that legal action is their only recourse for improvement in the workplace.
Join us for a 90-minute audio conference as we provide a basic understanding of employment law and employee issues as they pertain supervisors and managers.
We will address the basic question of how managers, supervisors and team leaders can help employers to improve the workplace while implementing basic protections against legal liability. The information covered will include the critical areas in which supervisors and managers can help to address and resolve problems effectively, and will offer practical advice to supervisors on addressing employees concerns before they escalate into legal battles.
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Learning Objectives:
- Outline the questions to ask, and avoid, during the hiring process.
- Recognize how well-meaning performance evalaution documentation can backfire.
- Identify how day-to-day supervision, done ineffectively, can lead to claims of hostile environment.
- Examine whether your company's problem solving practices exacerbate employee claims of unfair treatment.
- Discuss how inconsistently imposed disciplinary measures can cause an employee to claim discrimination.
- Explore why the termination process is the most common basis for employee lawsuits.
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Continuing Education
This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Please note: HRCI credit is earned only by attending the live conference. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org
This is a CEU presentation. Earn 0.15 CEU credits for attending. For a list of organizations accepting this CEU, please visit http://www.iacet.org
/resources/accept_
ceu.htm. For information on obtaining the CEU click here
This Program has been approved for 1.5 CM Continuing Education Credits. Please visit www.icpm.biz for more information.
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Who Should Attend?
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Team Leaders
- HR Managers
- HR Directors
- HR Professionals
- Counsel
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Presenters
 Maria Greco Danaher
Maria Greco Danaher chairs the Employment and Labor Law Practice Group at the Pittsburgh law firm of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. and regularly represents and counsels companies in employment related matters. She specializes in representing management in labor relations and employment litigation, and in training, counseling, and advising human resource departments and corporate management on these topics.
Ms. Danaher’s prior experience includes having acted as in-house litigation counsel for a Fortune 100 company based in Pittsburgh, where she was involved in oversight and management of litigation done by outside counsel in over twenty domestic locations, including general tort litigation and employment law matters. She also coordinated counseling and training of that company’s management, supervisory, and line employees regarding basic obligations under various employment-related statutes.
Ms. Danaher also has acted as outside counsel for various corporations on labor and employment issues, including participation in defense of claims made to EEOC and state agencies, resolution of grievances, and trials of employment matters in both federal and state courts. Her current legal work includes formulation and drafting of corporate employment policies and procedures, and training and counseling regarding various labor and employment issues. In addition, she regularly instructs attorneys in trial tactics and procedures, both through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and through in-house programs.
In addition to her litigation experience, Ms. Danaher regularly acts as a “neutral” for the local federal court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, and was a co-drafter of the local rule related to ADR. She counsels and trains companies on dispute resolution procedures and facilitative communication.
Ms. Danaher writes regularly for HR News, a monthly publication of the Society for Human Resource Management, and is on the Advisory Board of “You & the Law,” a publication of the National Institute of Business Management. She is a presenter for Pennsylvania Bar Institute continuing legal education programs, and is an adjunct professor for the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
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*CD Only: $199.00
Questions About this AudioConference? Call 1-800-431-7571
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