Wendy Sellers
Not knowing the law is no excuse for accidentally breaking it. This is important to ensure your budget is not blown on lawyers and fines and so your company's reputation is not scarred by bad decisions, even if they were unknowing mistakes.
Learning Objectives:-
Participants will be able to describe the major stages of the employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, performance management, termination) and explain how employment law influences decisions at each stage
Participants will be able to list and explain key employment law areas (e.g., discrimination, wage & hour compliance, leave laws, workplace safety, retaliation) and analyze their impact on day-to-day operations.
Participants will be able to evaluate the role of clear, well-communicated policies in preventing legal disputes and apply best practices for policy development and enforcement.
Areas Covered in the Session:-
Explain how employment law impacts decisions from hiring to terminations
Identify five top employment law concerns and their importance
Understand how written policies can help us stay out of court.
Background:-
The purpose of this course is to focus on employment law. This session will examine Federal as well as State employment laws from recruitment to termination. In our virtual and work-from-home world, this Pandora’s box needs to be carefully opened.
Why Should You Attend?
Learn the critical federal and state employment laws that every leader must understand—including ADA essentials—to safeguard your organization and avoid costly missteps.
Who Will Benefit?
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Wendy Sellers, MHR, MHA, SHRM-SCP, SPHR has 25 years’ experience in HR, change management, operations, strategy, corporate culture and leadership development in all size business (local startup to global enterprise) in a wide variety of industries including healthcare, professional services, higher education, federal contractors, manufacturing, construction, engineering, public safety, non-profit and government agencies (to name a few).
When Wendy says “Suck It Up, Buttercup”, this means you are about to hear all the facts, proposed solutions and possible consequences of your actions or inaction. Yes, this information may be painful to hear but in order to do the right thing we must look at every angle together. There is never a hidden agenda. Her focus is your bottom line.
The needs of business today have changed. Wendy will be an involved business partner who understands your current culture and builds HR policy, employee training and management workshops around your unique environment and goals.
As your realistic, witty and energetic consultant, trainer or event speaker, Wendy is authentic and transparent - above all, she keeps it real. She is honest, loyal and direct - there is never any sugar coating! Wendy gets the point across to all audience members.