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New Jersey Employment Law: Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
SHRM CP/SCP Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 54 minutes
Ralph Smith
Peter Frattarelli
John Adams
Kyra Bradley
With Ralph R. Smith III from Capehart & Scatchard, P.A. + 3 others
Recorded December 02, 2025
Product ID 100980

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Overview

Your Guide to Hiring and Terminating Employees

What are the dos and don'ts of using social media to screen job applicants? Do you know how to craft an effective investigative report following a workplace investigation? When should you address a decline in work performance concerning an employee on intermittent leave? In this comprehensive online seminar, our experienced faculty provide you with essential guidelines for hiring, onboarding, disciplining, and terminating workers. Whether you're new to employment law, or you're just hoping to get a refresher, this course is for you - register today!

  • Adopt best practices for hiring and onboarding new employees.
  • Uncover practical guidance for preventing hiring discrimination issues.
  • Formulate basic strategies for managing remote workers.
  • Come away with essential tools for conducting reviews.
  • Tackle termination meetings and exit interviews with confidence.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws
  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them
  3. Hiring, Onboarding, and Managing Remote Workers: How to Do It Right
  4. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees
  5. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices
  6. Ethical Issues in Employment Law
  7. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave
  8. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials

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Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
SHRM CP/SCP Approved 6 Total
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  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws

    1. Guidelines for Using Social Media to Screen Applicants
    2. Interviews: Avoiding Common Perils
    3. Training Supervisors and Managers on Hiring Practices: Why It Matters
    4. Offer Letters and Other Essential At-Hire Documents
    5. Non-Compete Agreements - Current Developments
    6. Understanding State Working Age Requirements

  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them

    1. Case Law and Legislative Updates
    2. Risks in Diversity Initiatives
    3. Pay Equity and Salary Transparency - The Latest Developments
    4. Use of AI in Hiring
    5. Background Checks: What You Must Know
    6. Uniform Discipline: Best Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claims

  3. Hiring, Onboarding, and Managing Remote Workers: How to Do It Right

    1. Best Practices in Navigating Varying State Employment Laws
    2. Virtual Interviews and Telework: Impact on the Hiring and Onboarding Process
    3. Tips for Monitoring Work Performance
    4. Ensuring Workers Are Abiding by Company Policies: When and How
    5. Dos and Don'ts of Increasing Employee Retention
    6. Multi-Jurisdictional Work: Recent Case Law

  4. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees

    1. Performance Reviews, Warnings, and Suspensions Made Simple
    2. Practical Guidance for Crafting Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
    3. Best Practices for Maintaining Disciplinary Policies and Records
    4. Employees With Mental Health Conditions: Handling Performance Issues
    5. Eliminating Bias From the Disciplinary Process
    6. Sloppy Disciplinary Procedures: Top Mistakes to Avoid

  5. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices

    1. Forming an Investigation Plan
    2. General Rules on Who Should Conduct the Investigation
    3. Techniques for Determining Witness Credibility
    4. Investigation Interviews: Top Legal Considerations
    5. Creating the Investigative Report: Legal Best Practices
    6. Following Up

  6. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

    1. Rules of Professional Conduct
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Attorneys' Fees
    4. Confidentiality

  7. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave

    1. The Interactions Between the FMLA, ADA, and State Leave and Workers' Compensation Laws
    2. When a Worker's Performance Suffers While on Intermittent Leave
    3. Dos and Don'ts of Defensive Documentation
    4. Timing Considerations
    5. Avoiding Retaliation Claims
    6. Review of Recent Case Law

  8. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials

    1. Conducting Termination Meetings and Exit Interviews: Tips and Traps
    2. State Requirements for Severance Packages and Separation Agreements
    3. State Whistleblower Laws
    4. Disciplining and Terminating Employees for Marijuana Use: Top Risks
    5. Preventing Wrongful Termination Claims
    6. Pay Reductions, Layoffs, and RIFs: Essential Guidelines

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar on employee hiring and firing is of benefit to:

  • Attorneys
  • Human Resource Professionals
  • Corporate Executives
  • Accountants
  • Payroll Professionals
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Ralph R Smith III
Ralph R.
Smith, III
Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
Peter L Frattarelli
Peter L.
Frattarelli
Archer & Greiner P.C.
John A Adams
John A.
Adams
John Adams Law Firm LLC
Kyra G Bradley
Kyra G.
Bradley
Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Speaker bio
Ralph R Smith III

Ralph R. Smith, III

Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
Ralph Smith

is a shareholder and co-chair of the labor and employment group of Capehart & Scatchard, P.A. He focuses his practice in employment litigation and preventative employment practices, including counseling employers on the creation of employment policies, non-compete and trade secret agreements, and training employers to avoid employment-related litigation. Mr. Smith represents both companies and individuals in related complex commercial litigation before federal state courts and administrative agencies in labor and employment cases; including race, gender, age, national origin, disability and workplace harassment and discrimination matters, wage-and-hour disputes, restrictive covenants, grievances, arbitrations, drug testing, and employment-related contract issues. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Temple University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Temple University School of Law. Mr. Smith is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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Peter L Frattarelli

Peter L. Frattarelli

Archer & Greiner P.C.
Peter Frattarelli

is a partner with Archer & Greiner P.C., where he is chair of the labor and employment department. He regularly represents management and employers in labor and employment litigation and proceedings. Mr. Frattarelli is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association, including an executive committee position with the Labor and Employment Law Section; Delaware State Bar Association; American Bar Association; Camden County (New Jersey) Bar Association; barrister, Sidney Reitman Labor and Employment Law Inns of Court; and Justinian Society (Italian-American attorneys organization). He is admitted to practice in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; and before the U.S. Supreme Court, Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court (Delaware, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and District of New Jersey). Mr. Frattarelli earned his B.S. degree from Drexel University and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from Widener University School of Law.

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John A Adams

John A. Adams

John Adams Law Firm LLC
John Adams

is the founder of the John Adams Law Firm LLC. He concentrates his practice representing New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses, employer associations and construction contractors in labor law, employment law, construction law, corporate/business law, and litigation before federal and state courts; as well as various federal and state agencies such as OSHA, MSHA, DOT, EEOC, PHRC, NJDCR, and DOL. Mr. Adams is a member of the bar of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the state bars of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and numerous federal district courts. He was the primary author of the 2006 Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law Amendments, which substantially changed and modernized the Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law. Mr. Adams earned his B.S. degree from the United States Military Academy West Point and his J.D. degree from the University of Notre Dame Law School.

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Kyra G Bradley

Kyra G. Bradley

Archer & Greiner, P.C.
Kyra Bradley

is an attorney in the Voorhees, New Jersey office of Archer & Greiner, P.C. She assists employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including issues, such as employee discipline and termination, reasonable accommodations, leave entitlements, wage and hour issues, and human resource policies and handbooks. Ms. Bradley conducts internal employment investigations on behalf of clients, makes recommendations, and prepares employer responses to administrative charges, including charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She also assists in defending employers in cases alleging violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), among others. Ms. Bradley earned her B.A. degree from Villanova University, her M.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her J.D. degree from Villanova University.

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