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Termination Polices & Documentation: Avoiding Employee Lawsuits
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Wrongful termination lawsuits have risen 400 percent in the last 20 years, and 50-70 percent of these cases are won by the former employee. Don't become another statistic - aggressive litigation puts your clients on the defense, but the right policies and documentation will reduce risk of exposure and costly fines. Join us for a live, 90-minute webinar to discover:
- Policies to prevent, win or settle wrongful termination charges
- What documentation you should have to justify firing
- Tactics for creating releases and severance agreements
- Critical impacts of Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
- Guidelines for conducting the oral, written and final warnings
- How to ensure compliance with federal laws during termination
What's Required by Law When Terminating Employees
- Critical policy elements courts look for in your personnel policies
- Ensure a termination is for legitimate, nondiscriminatory and business-related reasons
- Steps to avoid employee retaliation and define grounds for termination
- Laws you must follow when terminating employees with protected status
Documentation Guidelines and Policies that Protect Employers
- How employee handbooks can help - or hurt - your case
- Guidelines to write clear disciplinary policies and procedures
- Key elements in documenting misconduct and poor performance
- The one thing your documentation must NOT do
- Legal ins and outs of drafting and using job descriptions
Firing the Employee: Best Practices to Avoid Legal Repercussions
- How to handle terminations that aren’t performance based
- Tips for delivering warnings: verbal and final
- What you should & shouldn't say when conducting exit interviews
- Drafting effective, fair and legal release and severance agreements
Live Question & Answer Session - Get expert answers to your questions!
Program Benefits
If and when a disgruntled employee brings a suit against their employer, it will fall to you to protect that company from costly settlements and court fees. Discover how to draft and employ termination policies that will help you - not hurt you.
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This program has been approved for 1 (HR (General)) recertification credit hour toward aPHRTM, aPHRiTM, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRiTM and SPHRiTM recertification through the HR Certification Institute. Learn more at hrci.org
