Agenda

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. Do's and Don'ts of Increasing Employee Retention
   6. Multi-Jurisdictional Work: Recent Case Law

4. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees

   1. Key Focuses When Writing Disciplinary Notices
   2. What Is Reasonable Documentation - and What to Do When You Do Not Have It
   3. Should You Have Written Discipline Rules, Including Off-Duty Conduct?
   4. Being Ready for the Most Common Challenges - Employment Discrimination Claims
   5. Sloppy Disciplinary Procedures: Top Mistakes to Avoid

5. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices

   1. Critical Investigation Triggers and Scope
   2. Who Should Conduct the Investigation
   3. Best Practices for Investigation Interviews and Evidence Collection
   4. What Goes in the Investigative Report and Who Gets It
   5. Remedying the Problem

6. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials

   1. What to Say in Termination Meetings and Letters
   2. Communicating About the Discharge to Other Employees
   3. Terminating Employees for Off-Duty Activity (Such as Marijuana Use)
   4. Final Pay - What Goes in It and What You Can Withhold
   5. Preventing Wrongful Termination Claims
   6. Layoffs, RIFs, and Pay Reductions: Essential Guidelines

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

8. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

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