Episode 47
Handbooks and Documentation: Your First Line of Defense
Employee handbooks with clear policies that protect your business from legal risks and retaliation claims, and are compliant with employment laws, can be useful tools for HR. But if it’s been a while since you updated your handbook, you need to listen closely to Jake Sitman, Chair of the Employment Law and Labor Relations Group for the law firm Fitzpatrick, Lentz and Bubba. He’ll share his insights on writing and maintaining an effective employee handbook.
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Jake Sitman
Chair of the Employment Law and Labor Relations Group, Fitzpatrick, Lentz and Bubba
Jake Sitman is one of Pennsylvania’s leading labor and employment law attorneys, a skilled litigator who often represents employers in federal and state courts in defense of discrimination, harassment, whistleblower and wrongful discharge claims. He also counsels and trains business owners, executives and HR managers in ways to reduce legal risk and how to make smart, strategic and cost-effective personnel-related decisions. He is an author and a frequent speaker on labor and employment law topics for various chambers of commerce and industry trade groups.
“If you have a handbook that’s been vetted by a sophisticated HR professional or HR attorney – and you’re happy with it and it works for you – I would still have it reviewed every two years. The reason is things are changing. There are always ways you can improve things.”
Jake Sitman, Chair of the Employment Law and Labor Relations Group, Fitzpatrick, Lentz and Bubba
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