Labor & Employment

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2024 Employment Law Update: New Guidance on Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees

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Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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5 hours 50 minutes
Marc Jacuzzi
Nancy McCoy
Ralph Smith
With Marc L. Jacuzzi from Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C. + 2 others
Recorded December 12, 2024
Product ID 98670

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Overview

Uncover Strategies for Screening Applicants, Creating PIPs, Conducting Investigations, and More

How has COVID-19 impacted the interviewing and onboarding process? Are you up to date on the latest developments regarding background checks? What are the dangers posed by progressive discipline policies? This program brings you up to speed on new rules and guidelines for hiring and terminating employees. Register today!

  • Develop strategies for hiring new employees.
  • Uncover practical guidance for preventing discrimination issues.
  • Analyze the legal essentials of disciplining workers.
  • Discover guidelines for interviewing witnesses in an investigation.
  • Identify best practices for terminating employees.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Hiring New Employees: How to Do It Right
  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them
  3. Disciplining Employees: Legal Essentials
  4. Practical Guidance for Conducting Workplace Investigations: With Checklist
  5. Firing Employees: Best Practices
  6. Guidelines for Firing Employees on Leave
  7. Ethics in Employment Law

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Product ID 98670

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Approved 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Hiring New Employees: How to Do It Right

    1. Using Social Media to Screen Applicants: Essential Guidelines
    2. Pre-Employment Testing: Drug and Alcohol Testing and Other Medical Inquiries
    3. Interviews: Avoiding Common Perils
    4. Virtual Interviews, Telework, and COVID-19: Impact on the Hiring and Onboarding Process
    5. Offer Letters and Other Essential At-Hire Documents
    6. Non-Compete Agreements - Recent Developments

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

    1. Key Laws to Know
    2. Diversity Initiatives: Top Risks and Best Practices
    3. Use of AI in Hiring: What You Need to Know
    4. Background Checks - Current Developments
    5. Uniform Discipline: Best Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claims
    6. Case Law Review

  3. Disciplining Employees: Legal Essentials

    1. Employee Handbooks: Essential Policies You Need
    2. Eliminating Bias From the Disciplinary Process
    3. Reviews, Warnings, and Suspensions: What You Must Know
    4. Tips for Creating and Implementing Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
    5. Progressive Discipline Policies: Avoiding Critical Mistakes
    6. Maintaining Disciplinary Records: Legal Best Practices
    7. Sloppy Disciplinary Procedures - Problems and Pitfalls (With Examples)

  4. Practical Guidance for Conducting Workplace Investigations: With Checklist

    1. Forming an Investigation Plan
    2. Who Should Conduct the Investigation?
    3. Useful Tips for Determining Witness Credibility
    4. Investigation Interviews: Top Legal Considerations
    5. Creating the Investigative Report - Legal Best Practices
    6. Following Up: Why It Matters

  5. Firing Employees: Best Practices

    1. The Importance of Keeping a Paper Trail - Explained
    2. Practical Guidance for Conducting the Termination Meeting
    3. Separation Agreements
    4. Severance Packages
    5. Tips for Preventing Wrongful Termination Claims
    6. Layoffs and RIFs: What You Need to Know

  6. Guidelines for Firing Employees on Leave

    1. Interplay of the FMLA, ADA, and Workers' Comp Laws
    2. When a Worker's Performance Suffers While on Intermittent Leave
    3. Documentation Legal Best Practices
    4. Job Descriptions: How to Use Them, and What They Should Contain
    5. Timing Considerations
    6. Avoiding Retaliation Claims: Key Steps to Take
    7. 2023-24 Case Law Update

  7. Ethics in Employment Law

    1. Confidentiality
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Rules of Professional Conduct

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. HR professionals, accountants, and paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Marc L Jacuzzi
Marc L.
Jacuzzi
Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C.
Nancy L McCoy
Nancy L.
McCoy
Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C.
Ralph R Smith III
Ralph R.
Smith, III
Capehart & Scatchard, P.A.
Speaker bio
Marc L Jacuzzi

Marc L. Jacuzzi

Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C.
Marc Jacuzzi

is a director with the firm of Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C., where he focuses on employment law matters. Mr. Jacuzzi represents employers in civil rights actions (including claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, and other state discrimination statutes), FMLA and other leave rights, wage & hour class actions, Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) claims, trade secret misappropriation claims, wage claims, wrongful termination claims, unfair business practices claims, contract disputes, and various tort claims filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and various other state agencies in various state and federal courts. Mr. Jacuzzi also provides advice and counselling in all areas of employment law. Mr. Jacuzzi earned his B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and his J.D. degree from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Colorado, Colorado Bar Association, American Bar Association, and the San Francisco and Contra Costa County Bar Associations.

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Nancy L McCoy

Nancy L. McCoy

Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C.
Nancy McCoy

is an attorney and director at Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, P.C. She has comprehensive experience handling employment law matters before all state and federal courts, as well as before various state, federal and local agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) and Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB), among others. Ms. McCoy has extensive expertise in the areas of discrimination, harassment and retaliation; wrongful termination; management of employees with disabilities, protected leaves of absence and requesting reasonable accommodation; wage and hour compliance; drug testing and substance abuse management; privacy; hiring practices; employment contracts; terminations and reductions in force; workplace safety and violence prevention; workplace investigations; whistle-blowing; and trade secrets and unfair business practices. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of California and her J.D. degree from Golden Gate University School of Law.

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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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