staying legal: employment law basics

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 Richmond, VA 8:30 am–3:30 pm

Who Should Attend

Supervisors, team leaders, human resources staff, and those responsible for ensuring compliance within the organization.

Overview

Is your head spinning from trying to decipher the intricacies of public employment law? It’s no wonder. Regulations are complex and constantly changing. However, poor personnel decisions can be expensive and time consuming. Therefore, it is imperative that managers and supervisory personnel follow the rulebook when hiring, evaluating, and disciplining employees.

This seminar will focus on the ABCs of basic employment law. You will learn how to avoid liability for you and your organization. You will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues facing the same issues. Case studies of real work situations will give
you practical techniques and procedures to use back at the office.

Attend this seminar and learn to

• hire the right person the right way
• handle employee complaints
• correct deficient performance
• investigate conduct issues
• adapt a model for addressing problem situations
• use the Employee Assistance Program as a management tool

About the Trainer

Cindy Taylor is a learning consultant with Chesterfield University where she teaches courses through the university’s schools of Quality and Continuous Improvement, Leadership and Personal Effectiveness, and Policy and Practice. Previously she implemented the county’s first Employee Relations Unit.

After 25 years of human resource management, Cindy’s areas of expertise include employee relations; organizational development, training, and evaluation; mediation; professional certification; facilitation; and MBTI®.

An active member of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR), Cindy is a contributing author in Leadership Secrets of Local Human Resource Officials published by ORACLE and IPMA-HR. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and a Masters in Public Administration from George Mason University.

Click here to download the brochure and registration form.