Agenda

1. Wage and Hour Provisions: What You Must Include

2. Bringing Leave and PTO Policies Up to Speed

3. Sample Policy Toolkit for the Digital Age (With Drafting Examples)

   1. Best Practices for Creating and Updating Telecommuting Policies
   2. Taking a Stance on BYOD
   3. Internet Use and Social Media Policies: What They Must Contain
   4. Restricting Employee Communications: What You Need to Know
   5. Overcoming Employee Privacy and Monitoring Issues

4. Updating Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policies: Legal Best Practices

   1. Harassment Policies: Outlining Prohibited Conduct, Reporting Procedures, etc.
   2. Dating Policies: What Employers Need to Know
   3. Spelling Out the Consequences of Policy Violations
   4. Hot Topics and Trends in Discrimination Law

5. Creating and Updating Alcohol, Drug, and Marijuana Policies (With Examples)

6. Best Practices for Discipline and Termination Policies

   1. Discipline Policy Issues - How to Handle Them
      1. Discipline and Termination Policy Drafting Essentials
      2. Ensuring Policies Are Consistent With Other Contracts: Legal Best Practices
      3. Disciplinary Memo Do's and Don'ts (With Examples)
      4. Dealing With Inappropriate Employee Behavior That Isn't Addressed in Your Current Discipline Policy: Essential Guidelines
      5. Progressive Discipline Policies: What You Need to Know
      6. Applying Discipline Policies Uniformly: Why It Matters
   2. Best Practices in Terminating Employees: Conducting the Meeting, Informing Employees of the Termination, etc.
   3. Separation Agreements and Releases: When to Use Them and What They Should Contain
   4. Departing Employees: The Employer's Checklist