EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS WHY YOUR COMPANY NEEDS ONE AND WHAT SHOULD BE IN IT
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
The 1818 Club
Leaving aside the myriad practical reasons that your company should have an employee manual, there are two principal legal reasons that this document is a necessity for businesses with any number of employees: to reduce the company's exposure to risk from a variety of claims by implementing "safe harbor" policies recommended by the courts, and to minimize and manage the legal obligations imposed on your business by law through well-drafted policies. This lunchtime seminar will briefly cover the following topics:
- Policies regarding harassment and payroll deductions that provide affirmative defenses to claims and charges
- Policies regarding intellectual property infringement, safety, violence, driving and other practical matters which can demonstrate that the company is not vicariously liable for an employee's bad acts
- Correct drafting of an FMLA policy so as to minimize the burden on the company
- Drafting the most advantageous paid leave policy
- Reducing liability for unemployment compensation through policies
- Implementing and using the handbook.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eadaoin Waller- Andersen, Tate & Carr, PC Eadaoin Waller is part of the Corporate Group of Andersen, Tate & Carr. Her practice focuses on a wide variety of corporate, employment law, intellectual property and non-profit law areas.
Cost: Free for Human Resource Management Association members; $35 for Gwinnett Chamber non-HRMA members. All no-shows will be billed. Walk-ins are not guaranteed a seat.
Click here to register online.
Contact: Rachel Jeffers at 770-232-3000 or hrma@gwinnettchamber.org.
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