Drafting Employee Handbooks and Company Policies: How to Make Them Solid but Not Make Them Contracts 2015

  • 19 Nov 2015
  • Webinar

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Topics
  • How a poorly drafted handbook or policy can erode the "at will" status of your employees
  • What is "at will" employment?
  • How to prevent claims of implied contract
  • How to protect your company from the top mistakes that employers make in drafting employee handbooks
  • What are the essential disclaimers your employee handbook should contain
  • How to avoid using language that can give rise to claims of breach of implied contract
  • What are the essential policies that your employee handbook should contain
  • What are the essential policies that your handbook should contain? What policies should a company have but is not appropriate for a handbook?
  • Why terms like probationary period and introductory period can be problematic
  • How to have a well drafted anti-harassment policy that will protect you from future liability
  • Training your supervisors not to say things contrary to your disclaimers in your handbooks
  • How to write a progressive discipline policy that meets your needs but avoiding language that may make these policies a contract
Who should Attend
  • VP of HR
  • HR Business Partners
  • HR program Managers
  • HR Generalists
  • Directors of Recruiting and Talent Acquisition
  • Talent Management
  • HR Strategists
  • Directors of HR
  • Talent Management Consultants
  • Directors of Talent Management

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Business: Human Resources (HR), Management

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