CT Specific

Labor & Employment

Connecticut Employment Law: Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees

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Credit Status Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
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5 hours 50 minutes
Cindy Cieslak
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson
Rebecca Goldberg
Anthony Minchella
With Cindy M. Cieslak from Rose Kallor, LLP + 3 others
Recorded August 12, 2024
Product ID 99208

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Overview

Your Guide to Lawfully Hiring and Terminating Employees

What are the do's 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.
  • 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. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees
  4. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices
  5. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials
  6. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave
  7. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

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Product ID 99208

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Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 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. Background Checks: What You Must Know
    5. Uniform Discipline: Best Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claims

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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. Do's and Don'ts of Defensive Documentation
    4. Timing Considerations
    5. Avoiding Retaliation Claims
    6. Review of Recent Case Law

  7. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

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

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

Cindy M Cieslak
Cindy M.
Cieslak
Rose Kallor, LLP
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson
Britt-Marie
Cole-Johnson
Robinson & Cole LLP
Rebecca Goldberg
Rebecca
Goldberg
Berchem Moses PC
Anthony R Minchella
Anthony R.
Minchella
Minchella & Associates, LLC
Speaker bio
Cindy M Cieslak

Cindy M. Cieslak

Rose Kallor, LLP
Cindy Cieslak

is a partner with Rose Kallor, LLP. Her practice focuses on all aspects of labor and employment litigation in state and federal courts, as well as administrative agencies; including the defense of public sector and private employers against claims of discrimination, wage and hour violations, breach of contract, free speech retaliation, whistleblower retaliation, and other civil rights violations. Ms. Cieslak provides advice to employers regarding compliance with labor and employment laws. She conducts workplace investigations, prepares employee handbooks and best practices manuals for employers, and assists employers with affirmative action plans and compliance with laws and regulations pertaining to government contractors. Ms. Cieslak earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Pennsylvania State University; and her J.D. degree from  University of Connecticut School of Law.

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Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson

Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson

Robinson & Cole LLP
Britt-Marie Cole-Johnson

is a partner with Robinson & Cole LLP, where she is a member of the firm's labor, employment, benefits and immigration group. She focuses her practice on counseling private sector employers, ranging from NYSE and NASDAQ companies, multi-national corporations, nonprofit health care organizations, and educational institutions to manufacturers, in all areas of employment law. Ms. Cole-Johnson handles sensitive, high-risk personnel issues and investigations as well as compliance and training. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association and Human Resources Association of Central Connecticut. Ms. Cole-Johnson earned her B.A. degree at Emory University and her J.D. degree at Emory University School of Law.

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Rebecca Goldberg

Rebecca Goldberg

Berchem Moses PC
Rebecca Goldberg

serves as senior counsel in Berchem Moses PC's Milford office. She partners with human resources professionals and business managers to counsel them through the most challenging workplace situations, from harassment complaints to concerns about an employee’s mental or physical health. Ms. Goldberg focuses her practice on labor and employment law. She earned her B.A.degree, magna cum laude, from Brandeis University; and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Duke University School of Law. Ms. Goldberg is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and before the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut.

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Anthony R Minchella

Anthony R. Minchella

Minchella & Associates, LLC
Anthony Minchella

is the managing partner at the law firm of Minchella & Associates, LLC in Middlebury, Connecticut. He represents Fortune 50 financial services companies, physician groups, healthcare providers, small and large specialty products companies, and contractors. The principals and general counsel of these companies turn to Mr. Minchella and his firm to represent their interests in corporate governance, employment litigation, trade secret and non-competition litigation, unfair trade practice claims, department of labor investigations, and construction litigation. Sometimes, these companies choose Mr. Minchella as a trusted advisor and attorney to represent the company as local counsel in Connecticut state and federal court. He also represents corporate shareholders and LLC members in member and shareholder litigation, including dissolution and receivership actions that typically involve breach of fiduciary duty claims. Mr. Minchella's practice also involves representing individuals, including professionals and executives in employment, real estate litigation and other matters. He earned his B.A. degree from St. Bonaventure University and his J.D. degree Magna Cum Laude from Quinnipiac University School of Law. Mr. Minchella is admitted in the Connecticut and New Jersey state courts; as well as the United States District Court, District of Connecticut; Eastern District of New York; Southern District of New York; Western District of New York; and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Minchella has been recognized as a New England Super Lawyer for the past 13 years, is AV rated with Martindale Hubbell and is listed as a Best Lawyer for Commercial Litigation.

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