Overview
Believe it or not, your employee handbook can be one of your most valuable tools for communicating with your employees. A properly written Employee Handbook lets employees know what you expect of them and what they can expect when they work for your organization. Yes, there are potential pitfalls.
As an employer your handbook policies not only must comply with federal and state employment laws, (and in some cases, local laws) in each location where your employees work. But these laws seem to constantly change. How do you make sure your employee handbooks are up to date - particularly if you have employees in more than one state?
In this 90-minute webinar, in addition to touching on key policies you should include in your Employee Handbook, we will explore how you can keep track of overlapping - or, in some cases, conflicting - laws, and explains what the "must haves" are for an employee handbook if you are a multi-state employer. We will also review options on how to communicate different policies for employees in different states.
Areas Covered in the Session
- Why you need an employee handbook in the first place
- What key hot button issues need to be addressed
- How to factor remote work issues into your employee handbooks
- Dealing with overlapping federal, state and local laws
- Preserving the employment-at-will relationship
- And more
Who Will Benefit
Speaker Profile
Janette S Levey “The Employer’s Lawyer” has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.
Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.
Janette has served on the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a multidisciplinary task force dedicated to providing proactive, holistic solutions to employers serious about promoting workplace safety and preventing workplace violence. Janette currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Child and Family Resources of Morris County, New Jersey.
Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Addressing and Preventing Employee Leave Abuse, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others.
Instructor
Janette S Levey