Effective Discipline and Lawsuit-Proof Termination: How to Remedy Performance and Conduct Problems While Minimizing Your Legal Risks 2013

Topics

• How to decide when it`s time to stop coaching and start disciplining individual employees
• How to turn problem employees around
• Best practices for preparing, communicating, and documenting performance improvement plans for your workers
• How to determine what is appropriate discipline
• The step-by-step procedures you should always follow when discharging an employee
• The most common mistakes employers make with progressive discipline (and how you can avoid repeating them)
• How to handle the termination meeting - who should attend, and what to say and do
• What you should always say - and what you must never say - when letting an employee go
• How to avoid (and defend yourself against) bias and retaliation claims made by departing employees
• The legal thresholds you must meet when firing workers based on bad behavior or poor performance
• The special challenges presented by workers out on leave, from FMLA and USERRA to workers comp
• How to avoid making mistakes when disciplining or terminating older workers and other "protected class" employees

Who should Attend

• Department heads and supervisors
• HR managers
• HR professionals
• Owners and managers of small businesses
• Supervisors
• Managers
• HR Administrators
• Employee Relations Professionals