• Get up-to-date on legal issues that impact your department
• Demonstrate that you are ready for more responsibility
• Spend less time dealing with personnel files and records
• Communicate more effectively with managers and employees

HR professionals with less than 5 years of experience who take seriously their obligation to keep their knowledge and skills completely up-to-date.

Examine the Laws That Impact HR
From ADA, FMLA and Workers’ Comp … to the increase in harassment cases … to the use of e-mail evidence in courts, keep abreast of critical employment laws and how they’ll affect your company for years to come.

• The most pressing issues in employment law today
• A valuable overview of EEO and Affirmative Action regulations
• Safeguard your company from employee lawsuits
• Determine the extent of employer responsibility
• Specific measures you take when investigating a harassment claim
• From ADA to wrongful discharge – keeping your legal knowledge current
• Ensuring you fully comply with FMLA guidelines

Effective Employee Relations & Benefits Administration
Become the positive link in the management chain you know your HR department can be for your employees. Plus, learn how to keep benefits administration flowing smoothly.

• Communicating with employees so they truly understand their benefits
• Avoid complications with COBRA
• Exclusions and penalties in FLSA
• Develop effective new-hire orientation plans
• Handle exempt and non-exempt employment issues
• Ways to recognize and prevent workplace violence

Analyze the Legal Aspects of Hiring and Firing
Last year, 50-percent of all EEOC cases involved employee terminations. Discover how to recruit and retain the best employees – and legally protect yourself when employee problems arise.

• The legal considerations of recruitment, background checks and screening
• Responding to a candidate who volunteers information that's illegal to ask for
• Interview guidelines: The keys to keeping your company out of court
• Conducting formal counseling and disciplinary meetings
• Making sure a manager has followed company policy (and the law) before terminating an employee
• Reduce your organization's legal liability during termination sessions

Streamline HR Practices and Procedures
Your time is valuable. Keep it that way by learning ways to cut down on the time needed for recordkeeping duties, using your computer more effectively in your job and making yourself more productive than ever.

• Identify and eliminate timewasting practices
• Comply with the law without hanging on to every document forever
• Proven techniques for managing critical recordkeeping responsibilities
• Meeting your temporary staffing needs more efficiently
• HR in the computer age – explore ways to save time and money
• Keep up with work when you're faced with constant interruptions

"Best communication workshop I've ever attended! Wonderful skill-building tools!"
Jesse Keeler
Sunny Productions

"I feel like I can better handle any situation! The techniques I learned will help me in all aspects of my life!"
Hadlee Ray
The Skin Co.

"It was absolutely worth my time ... Awesome wealth of knowledge in short amount of time."
L. Hansen
Admin Assistant
Delta Airlines

"The day was very informative. I was in need of motivation and received it."
A. Troescher
Admin Assistant II
Wayne Water Systems

"The instructor was very informative and kept my attention well!"
Kevin Puckett
CUI, Inc.