- December 2024
- 18: Employee Handbooks: Easy Steps to Compliance
- 17: 1099 Compliance: Avoid Fines, Heed New IRS Requirements, and Streamline Filing
- 11: Protect Your Business Against PWFA Lawsuits: Essential Steps for Employers
- 10: Group Health Plan Reporting: ACA Prep and Compliance for the New Year
- 5: New OT Rules Are Dead: Here’s What to Do
- 4: Accommodate or Terminate? It’s Harder Than Ever to Get it Right
- 3: Mastering Communication Styles for Effective Leaders
- November 2024
- 20: Election Outcomes: Preparing for New Legal and Policy Changes
- 19: Ask the Attorney: FMLA’s Trickiest Scenarios
- 13: Employment Law Master Class
- 12: Performance Review Workshop
- 6: HR Investigations Workshop: A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries
- 5: Managing Difficult People and Teams: Proven Strategies for Managers
- October 2024
- 30: Essential Strategies for Acing Year-End Payroll Compliance & Preparing for 2025
- 29: Managing Electronic HR Records: How to Prevent Liability and Maintain Compliance
- 23: EMPLOYEE ACCOMMODATIONS WORKSHOP
- 22: Manage Abrasive Leadership Behavior with Backbone
- 16: Retaliation Claims: Protect Your Company from the #1 Employment Law Risk
- 15: Leading Hybrid Teams: Bridging the Gap Between Remote and In-Office Employees
- 10: FMLA MASTER CLASS
- 8: When Tempers Flare: Managing Conflict in a Divided Workplace
- 2: Workplace Detox: How to Legally Deal with Toxic Employees
- 1: Mastering Change Leadership: Essential Strategies for Today’s Business Landscape
- September 2024
- 27: W-4s: Your Guide to Accurate Withholding (Every Time)
- 24: Gossip, Rumors & Workplace Busybodies: How to Promote Positive Co-worker Communication
- 19: Legal Requirements of Job Descriptions
- 18: Personnel Records: What to Create and Keep, What to Toss and When
- 17: Surviving Election 2024: When Workplace and Politics Collide
- 11-12: HR SPECIALIST SUMMIT
- 5: Tricky New Overtime Regulations: Avoiding Pitfalls & Staying Compliant
- 4: Mastering Legal Terminations: Minimize Risks and Navigate Challenges
- August 2024
- 28: Tricky New Overtime Regulations: Avoiding Pitfalls & Staying Compliant
- 27: Workplace Safety: Understanding OSHA and Your Obligations
- 22: How to Turn Around Workplace Bullies & Abrasive Leaders
- 21: Leading Through Crisis and Disruption
- 20: Numbers Don't Lie: What Payroll Metrics Can Teach You
- 14: Employment Law Master Class
- 13: Job Ad Workshop: The Keys to Attracting More Qualified Candidates
- 7: The New Employee Handbook: Keeping up with Legal Changes
- 6: Developing Transformational Leaders in Your Organization
- July 2024
- 31: Harassment and Hostility at Work: Detect It and Fix It For Good
- 30: Managing & Motivating the 7 Most Challenging Employee Types
- 24: No More Noncompetes: How to Protect Your Intellectual Property
- 23: The Manager’s Playbook: Coaching Skills Managers Need for Today’s Workforce
- 18: Marijuana Policy & Best Practices: Handling Employee Medical & Recreational Use
- 17: Legal Terminations Workshop
- 11: Travel Pay: Strategies to Ease One of Payroll’s Biggest Headaches
- 9: New Managers: Master the Art of Leadership, Communication & Team Building
- June 2024
- 27: FMLA Master Class
- 25: HR Investigations Workshop: A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries
- 20: Complying with Final Pregnancy and Postpartum Accommodation Rules
- 18: Reducing Employee Turnover: Key Strategies to Deploy
- 12: The Best Payroll-Compliant Practices for Remote and Hybrid Employees
- 11: Documentation Essentials and Strategies
- 5: Managing Aging Workers While Preventing Discrimination
- 4: The Employee Lifecycle: Driving Engagement from Day One and Beyond
- May 2024
- 30: Legal Requirements of Job Descriptions
- 29: The I-9 and Immigration Compliance Workshop
- 23: W-4s: Your Guide to Accurate Withholding (Every Time)
- 21: Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace
- 8: Employee Handbook Checklist: Required Changes and Common Mistakes
- 7: Independent Contractor Rule: Comply Now or Pay the Price
- 2: Tough Talks: A Manager’s Guide to Mastering Uncomfortable Conversations
- 1: Generational Differences: Bridge the Divide and Sidestep Legal Landmines
December 2024
December 18, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
18: Employee Handbooks: Easy Steps to Compliance
Missing or poorly worded policies can quickly lead to an expensive lawsuit and a chaotic workplace. An updated handbook is the best tool for managing your workplace and staying in compliance. With constantly changing regulations, it’s vital to review and update your handbook regularly.
Important rulings from the Supreme Court require you to rethink policies and practices on equality for all, religious expression and religious accommodations. Plus, new federal laws and regulations mean having to accommodate pregnancy and everything related, like breaks for nursing mothers and delegating on-the-spot decision-making to supervisors and managers.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
December 17, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
17: 1099 Compliance: Avoid Fines, Heed New IRS Requirements, and Streamline Filing
1099-filing season can be stressful, especially with the IRS’ evolving requirements and hefty penalties for errors. Even one misstep—like missing a filing deadline or failing to coordinate with other departments—can result in costly fines.
Unfortunately, there are countless honest mistakes that could keep you up at night. In addition, the IRS has put a lot of money and effort into IRIS, the new, simplified e-filing platform. But it’s still a work in progress, with the IRS ironing out the kinks as it goes along. Do you stick with FIRE—the IRS’ proven e-filing platform—or leap over to IRIS?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
December 11, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
11: Protect Your Business Against PWFA Lawsuits: Essential Steps for Employers
Does dealing with the Family and Medical Leave Act make you want to take leave?
It’s such a stressful and confusing part of your job that it just might.
Get YOUR trickiest FMLA questions answered
Join employment law attorney and FMLA Master Class teacher Anniken Davenport in this live Q&A session. Bring your questions and get answers on the spot or submit them in advance. You’ll get the advice you need and the opportunity to ask follow-ups.
Not sure what to ask? Discover what’s troubling your peers
Even if you don’t have a specific question, come to soak up all the knowledge. See what’s keeping your peers up at night, and learn how to head off similar issues with Anniken’s expert advice.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
December 10, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
10: Group Health Plan Reporting: ACA Prep and Compliance for the New Year
Normally, the IRS can collect one penalty per tax mistake. However, when it comes to reporting offers of affordable group health benefits to the IRS, it can assess two penalties for the same mistake. Even worse, tax penalties go only one way—up. And who wants to risk that?
Reporting offers of affordable group health benefits to your full-time employees on Form 1095 hasn’t gotten any easier. The IRS is still closely scrutinizing 1095 forms, and its penalty assessments hinge on how you code Form 1095-C. A single wrong code can trigger severe penalties from the IRS.
Don’t forget the IRS’ e-filing rules, which now require almost all employers to e-file their 1095-Cs and 1095-Bs. This is especially burdensome for small self-insured employers, who have never had to e-file their 1095-Bs before.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
December 5, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
5: New OT Rules Are Dead: Here’s What to Do
In a surprising turn of events, U.S. District Court Judge Sean Jordan ruled that the DOL overstepped its authority when it raised the white-collar overtime salary threshold to $43,888 on July 1. Another increase was to have taken effect with the new year, raising the threshold again to $58,656.
Jordan’s ruling applies nationwide, leaving employers no longer bound by these new thresholds and scrambling to determine what to do next. The answer is not so clear-cut.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
December 4, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
4: Accommodate or Terminate? It’s Harder Than Ever to Get it Right
Conducting workplace investigations is one of the most critical and challenging responsibilities for HR professionals. How you handle complaints of harassment, misconduct or insubordination can have significant legal and practical consequences for your organization.
This webinar provides practical tips and proven strategies to help you navigate investigations with confidence and accuracy. Whether you’re addressing minor disputes or serious misconduct, you’ll learn how to conduct, document and manage HR investigations quickly and legally.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
December 3, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
3: Mastering Communication Styles for Effective Leaders
In today’s dynamic work environment, effective communication is the cornerstone of successful leadership. Strong leaders know how to connect with their teams, adapt their communication styles and inspire others toward shared goals. In this webinar, you’ll learn actionable strategies to elevate your leadership communication, enabling you to motivate, influence and guide your team to success.
We’ll cover essential communication techniques like active listening, delivering clear messages and adjusting your style based on your audience. These skills help leaders build trust, foster collaboration and resolve conflicts effectively. Whether you’re leading a small team or managing complex projects, these approaches will improve team engagement and performance.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
November 2024
November 20, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
20: Election Outcomes: Preparing for New Legal and Policy Changes
As the election dust settles, it’s time to start asking, What’s next? No matter who wins, significant shifts in policy and law are inevitable — and as an employer, you need to stay ahead of these changes.
At Business Management Daily, our experts have been tracking potential regulatory shifts, analyzing key players and preparing insights into the upcoming legal landscape. From the Department of Labor to the EEOC, we’re diving deep into the policies that both potential administrations would bring, and what the biggest impacts are likely to be for employers.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
November 19, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
19: Ask the Attorney: FMLA’s Trickiest Scenarios
Does dealing with the Family and Medical Leave Act make you want to take leave?
It’s such a stressful and confusing part of your job that it just might.
Get YOUR trickiest FMLA questions answered
Join employment law attorney and FMLA Master Class teacher Anniken Davenport in this live Q&A session. Bring your questions and get answers on the spot or submit them in advance. You’ll get the advice you need and the opportunity to ask follow-ups.
Not sure what to ask? Discover what’s troubling your peers
Even if you don’t have a specific question, come to soak up all the knowledge. See what’s keeping your peers up at night, and learn how to head off similar issues with Anniken’s expert advice.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
November 13, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
13: Employment Law Master Class
The Supreme Court’s 2024 term has vastly altered the employment law landscape for human resources professionals. Rulings on what employees must prove to win jury awards, along with new standards making it easier for whistleblowers to prove retaliation, have even the best lawyers scrambling to keep up. And there’s new uncertainty about exactly which regulations, EEOC guidance and NLRB directives actually apply to employers now. Last term, we entered uncharted territory on affirmative action programs, religious accommodations and workers’ freedom to exercise veto power over assigned tasks. The repercussions are still hitting today.
It’s not just up to legal professionals to navigate these tricky employment issues. HR professionals need to comply with sweeping changes at the federal level to overtime rules and exempt status, pregnancy accommodations, leave and nursing break laws, I-9 documentation, unionization and handbook policies. Plus, your efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion are under attack.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
November 12, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
12: Performance Review Workshop
In today’s evolving work environment, tracking employee performance is more crucial than ever. With the year coming to an end, if you haven’t conducted one-on-one check-ins with each of your team members, now is the perfect time.
With work structures in flux, managers need a reliable system to assess what their employees are working on, where they’re struggling and what they’re capable of achieving. Regular performance appraisals create that essential feedback loop between managers and their teams. Without effective appraisals, you risk lower morale, reduced productivity and even legal issues in the event of terminations.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
November 6, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
6: HR Investigations Workshop: A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries
Conducting workplace investigations is one of the most critical and challenging responsibilities for HR professionals. How you handle complaints of harassment, misconduct or insubordination can have significant legal and practical consequences for your organization.
This webinar provides practical tips and proven strategies to help you navigate investigations with confidence and accuracy. Whether you’re addressing minor disputes or serious misconduct, you’ll learn how to conduct, document and manage HR investigations quickly and legally.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
November 5, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
5: Managing Difficult People and Teams: Proven Strategies for Managers
Managing a diverse team can be challenging, but when difficult personalities emerge, the result can be a toxic work environment where conflict overshadows productivity. In many cases, those difficult team members don’t even realize they’re being difficult. As a manager, it’s your responsibility to address these issues head-on to create a positive, results-driven team. Otherwise, you’re likely to see decreased productivity, higher turnover and even possible harassment claims.
If you’re struggling with difficult team members or workplace tensions, this webinar will equip you with the tools to lead with confidence, reduce stress and boost team performance. Engaging in tough conversations and holding employees accountable isn’t just necessary—it’s essential for effective leadership.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 2024
October 30, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
30: Essential Strategies for Acing Year-End Payroll Compliance & Preparing for 2025
Year-end payroll is a critical time, and mistakes can be costly. This year, the challenges are even greater, with new changes from SECURE 2.0 (the significant 401(k) reform law) impacting W-2 and 1099 reporting. Effective communication and coordination between Payroll and Benefits teams will be more important than ever to ensure compliance and avoid fines.
This year has more payroll challenges than ever
The IRS’s new e-filing threshold of just 10 information returns adds another layer of complexity. The aggregation rule requires you to total all returns across departments to determine if you meet the 10-form threshold—making collaboration across departments crucial to avoid penalties, which continue to rise.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 29, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
29: Managing Electronic HR Records: How to Prevent Liability and Maintain Compliance
Business records are the electronic equivalent of DNA evidence. In the event of a workplace lawsuit or regulatory audit, your organization’s stores of email, Slack messages and social media posts will be scoured and possibly even seized as proof of bad (or good) behavior by employees.
Are you 100% confident your HR department is retaining and purging business records in full compliance with the law and regulatory bodies? Are remote, hybrid and on-site employees fully adhering to the organization’s records-retention policy and deletion schedule when using both employer-provided and personal devices?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 23, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
23: EMPLOYEE ACCOMMODATIONS WORKSHOP
It’s a question that troubles most employers and HR professionals when dealing with accommodations.
At what point have you done enough to offer extra leave, revised job tasks, altered workstations, or modified schedules? When must you say “yes” to such accommodations? When can you say “no”? When is it legal to say goodbye to the employee?
On October 23, discover precisely how to navigate this dangerous legal line at the Employee Accommodations Workshop. This comprehensive 4-hour training workshop covers all your legal compliance obligations under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the complex maze of other related laws.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 22, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
22: Manage Abrasive Leadership Behavior with Backbone
Leaders play a critical role in shaping organizational culture, engaging employees and creating productive work environments. However, when leaders exhibit abrasive behavior, they can do the opposite, leading to decreased morale, high turnover and legal liability. Fortunately, HR professionals, executives and managers can recognize, address and prevent such behavior before it escalates.
Bust the myths you’ve been taught, such as “it’s not my responsibility,” “it’s just a personality clash” and “they can’t change.” The opposite is true, and we’ll give you strategies to shift the paradigm.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 16, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
16: Retaliation Claims: Protect Your Company from the #1 Employment Law Risk
Far more employment litigation stems from allegations of retaliation than discrimination or harassment. In fact, 57% of all EEOC claims are for retaliation. Many employers don’t realize that an employee can lose a discrimination or harassment claim and still win a big retaliation verdict — it happens every day. Even worse, some workers try to set their employers up for retaliation claims.
The good news is there are ways to protect your company — and HR plays a major role.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 15, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
15: Leading Hybrid Teams: Bridging the Gap Between Remote and In-Office Employees
Hybrid teams can offer great benefits—improved flexibility, options to hire remote candidates, lower overhead and much more. However, hybrid work arrangements also come with their own set of challenges and uncertainties. Employees in the office together may form stronger bonds; others might have more access to leadership. Some employees may perform better or worse in one environment than another. Communication needs can vary based on where employees are at the time, and flexibility can sometimes be taken too far. That’s only the beginning of the list.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 10, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
10: FMLA MASTER CLASS
Does dealing with Family and Medical Leave Act requests make YOU want to take leave? It’s such a stressful and confusing part of your job as an HR professional that it just might. That’s why you need the FMLA Master Class, the premier FMLA training you need to understand and comply with FMLA regulations.
What exactly counts as a qualifying serious health condition? When can you require medical certification? Does plastic surgery count? How many hours of FMLA leave does a part-time employee have? How do you manage those small “incremental” leaves? What’s the best way to handle certification? When can you talk to the employee’s doctor? How do you coordinate FMLA with all those state and local leave laws?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 8, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
8: When Tempers Flare: Managing Conflict in a Divided Workplace
Today’s workplace presents unique challenges for employers, with little precedent to rely on. Political and social changes are creating divisions that HR departments and leaders are finding difficult to navigate. Managing conflict between individuals or groups has become essential for maintaining a harmonious work environment.
Don’t let divisive politics infect your workplace
At this must-attend webinar, you’ll discover how to reestablish company expectations using policies, standards of conduct and other documented tools to manage the strong reactions that may be triggered by elections, Supreme Court rulings, shifts in societal attitudes on gender and other sensitive issues. You’ll also learn how to craft leadership communications that reinforce behavioral standards aligned with your organization’s mission, vision and values—regardless of employees’ political or social views.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 2, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
2: Workplace Detox: How to Legally Deal with Toxic Employees
In this labor shortage, you can’t afford to simply cast off every “difficult” employee or those who have personality clashes with co-workers. Such employees may still be adding great value to your organization.
But quietly tolerating toxic employees is just begging for an employment lawsuit. And it’s guaranteed to lead to lower morale and increase turnover.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
October 1, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
1: Mastering Change Leadership: Essential Strategies for Today’s Business Landscape
In today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to lead change is a critical skill for any leader. Understanding how to navigate, manage and drive change can set you apart and propel your career to new heights. Failing to do so can lead to botched rollouts, failed initiatives, employee resistance and damage to your career.
Whether you’re looking to improve your current approach or preparing to step into a leadership role, this webinar will provide you with the essential strategies and tools you need to lead changes, build buy-in from employees and steer your organization toward success.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 2024
September 26, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
27: W-4s: Your Guide to Accurate Withholding (Every Time)
For employers, translating the W-4 into a payroll system can be a daunting task, especially with the IRS’s ever-changing guidelines. Recent updates, including new rules for electronic W-4s buried in Pub. 15-T, have only added to the confusion. And the IRS only gave employers 90 days to revamp their electronic forms.
Additionally, employees must do actual math to complete the form properly or are told to consult their tax accountants. It’s even tougher for employees with side gigs, because the IRS can’t seem to settle on the steps in the form they should complete.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 24, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
24: Gossip, Rumors & Workplace Busybodies: How to Promote Positive Co-worker Communication
The destructive effects of gossip and grapevine rumors can undermine performance and damage working relationships. When toxic talk infects an entire department, managers may feel powerless to counteract the damage caused by disparaging comments and persistent negativity. They may believe that “you can’t change human nature.”
But tolerating these harmful behaviors is definitely NOT the best solution. You can take control and successfully defuse the negative impact of gossip, rumors, and workplace busybodies.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 19, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
19: Legal Requirements of Job Descriptions
You may think of job descriptions as a recruiting tool—and they are—but they are also legal documents. Outdated, inaccurate or nonexistent job descriptions will spark trouble. Without one, good luck persuading the DOL that you’ve properly classified managers and supervisors as exempt from overtime. The same goes for turning down ADA accommodation requests. If you don’t list a job function, it’s not essential.
The world of work has changed, and job descriptions must reflect it. AI, telework and workplace tools have changed old jobs and created new ones. Your employees have assumed new tech skills, duties and responsibilities that must be reflected in their job descriptions. Consider this: At what point does your teleworker lose her exempt status when she’s doing all her own administrative work—tasks once relegated to support staff? How much overtime will you owe if you get it wrong?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 18, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
18: Personnel Records: What to Create and Keep, What to Toss and When
Maintaining personnel records used to be simpler. HR departments often relied on a “keep everything” policy to play it safe. However, this outdated approach can now violate rules on the “reasonable disposal of sensitive documents.” But destroying the wrong document can lead to hefty fines and penalties, accusations of willful evidence destruction and even the loss of a lawsuit.
On the other hand, not creating and maintaining required records can also pose legal risks. Laws mandate documentation for many processes, and it’s often wise to keep thorough records, from job applications to disciplinary notes. Knowing when to keep and when to dispose of them is crucial.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 17, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
17: Surviving Election 2024: When Workplace and Politics Collide
83% of employees admit to discussing politics at work, yet 77% of employees say they prefer not to engage in political debates. Despite those statistics, only 8% of companies have policies addressing political discussions at work. Left unchecked, think of the impact those political debates can have on employee morale and productivity.
Our society is more polarized than ever, which presents operational challenges in the workplace, no matter how much your organization strives to ensure a culture of civility and respect. The election offers an optimal time to reset ground rules. However, it doesn’t stop there, as political issues will linger beyond November and aren’t going to resolve themselves.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 11-12, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
11-12: HR SPECIALIST SUMMIT
HR professionals like you are grappling with more employment laws and regulations than ever. If that’s not enough to contend with, litigation against employers continues to rise. In 2023, the EEOC collected a record amount of money for victims of employment discrimination — $665 million, a 30% increase compared to 2022.
This year is on track to top that figure.
Whether you’re the chief human resources officer, an HR director or an HR professional working in the trenches, we know how stressful it is to stay on top of changing employment laws and evolving HR trends. All these new laws and regulations need to be worked into your documentation, from hiring forms and leave accommodations to manager training and handbook policies, all while you try to implement new best practices in your organization. Some days it may seem like an impossible task — but we’re here to help.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 5, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
5: Tricky New Overtime Regulations: Avoiding Pitfalls & Staying Compliant
As of July 1, the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations are in effect, impacting millions of workers and employers nationwide. The salary level for exempt status for most white-collar workers has increased to $844 per week, or $43,888 per year.
And that’s just the beginning. On January 1, 2025—just a few months from now—the minimum rate will rise again to $58,656 per year. Plus, every three years, automatic salary increases for exempt administrative, executive, professional and highly compensated employees will follow the DOL’s salary surveys, without the need for new proposed regulations.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
September 4, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
4: Mastering Legal Terminations: Minimize Risks and Navigate Challenges
Terminating employees is one of the riskiest and most emotionally charged tasks for any HR team or supervisor. The consequences of mishandling terminations can be severe, resulting in costly lawsuits, damaged morale and potential workplace disruptions. Take proactive steps to mitigate these risks with the right knowledge and preparation.
For instance, a jury awarded over $25 million to a manager wrongfully terminated in the aftermath of a high-profile incident. And a Black clerk at a Saks Fifth Avenue store who claimed she was unfairly fired netted a jury award of $9.3 million.
Plus, you have to deal with the emotional fallout, co-worker morale and risk of potential violence.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 2024
August 28, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
28: Tricky New Overtime Regulations: Avoiding Pitfalls & Staying Compliant
As of July 1, the Department of Labor’s new overtime regulations are in effect, impacting millions of workers and employers nationwide. The salary level for exempt status for most white-collar workers has increased to $844 per week, or $43,888 per year.
And that’s just the beginning. On January 1, 2025—just a few months from now—the minimum rate will rise again to $58,656 per year. Plus, every three years, automatic salary increases for exempt administrative, executive, professional and highly compensated employees will follow the DOL’s salary surveys, without the need for new proposed regulations.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 27, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
27: Workplace Safety: Understanding OSHA and Your Obligations
In recent years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has significantly increased its enforcement actions, leading to a surge in citations and penalties for businesses across the country. As a business leader, you know that compliance with OSHA’s stringent safety regulations is not just about avoiding fines—it’s about ensuring the safety and well-being of your employees. OSHA’s expanding authority now covers critical issues such as heat exposure and workplace violence, making it more important than ever to stay informed and prepared.
The complexities of OSHA regulations can be daunting. From understanding the intricate details of compliance requirements to effectively managing an unexpected inspection, navigating OSHA’s landscape demands expertise and vigilance. Noncompliance can result in hefty fines, legal battles and a tarnished reputation. In this challenging environment, staying ahead of the curve is not just beneficial—it’s essential for your business’s survival and success.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 22, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
22: How to Turn Around Workplace Bullies & Abrasive Leaders
Even the most skilled worker can be a liability and harm productivity by causing trouble on the team. They overreact, they’re controlling, they make threats and humiliate others … they’re bullies, abrasive leaders or workplace meanies. While they may be valuable to your organization, given their ability to drive results, they also cost your organization in lowered morale, increased absenteeism and the risk of retaliation against you, the employer.
You may think how a person behaves can’t be helped, but companies and leaders cannot afford to ignore this behavior. By understanding these employees and applying tried-and-true tactics, you can turn harmful behavior around, drive productivity and protect team morale.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 21, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
21: Leading Through Crisis and Disruption
Leading through a crisis means far more than managing a team through a recession, pandemic or other tough economic or societal disruption. Crisis is what you as a leader face every day, and how you handle it, big or small, can have a significant and long-lasting impact on your organization.
First, there are the individual crises—the team member who is suffering, delivering bad news, engaging in tough conversations about “bad attitudes” and dealing with terminations and layoffs.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 20, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
20: Numbers Don’t Lie: What Payroll Metrics Can Teach You
Data by itself is only so useful, but by processing it and creating information, we can both measure and better understand the world around us. It’s a process we do all the time, from the weather to the price of gas and changes in the stock market. We then respond accordingly. But while this may be a common practice, we don’t always apply it to our roles at work. Sure, we often collect data. But data itself is no good if we don’t make use of it.
Payroll is awash in data—taxes withheld, hours worked and overtime due, to name just three measurable items. You can use these metrics to identify trends, find patterns and project the future. Or you can stumble around in the dark, hoping things line up, and coming up short on explanations when they don’t.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 14, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
14: Employment Law Master Class
The Supreme Court’s 2024 term has vastly altered the employment law landscape for human resource professionals. Rulings on what employees must prove to win jury awards, along with new standards making it easier for whistleblowers to prove retaliation, have even the best lawyers scrambling to keep up. Last term, we entered uncharted territory on affirmative action programs, religious accommodations and worker freedom to exercise veto power over assigned tasks. The repercussions are still hitting today.
It’s not just up to legal professionals to navigate these tricky employment issues. HR professionals need to comply with sweeping changes at the federal level to overtime rules and exempt status, pregnancy accommodations, leave and nursing break laws, I-9 documentation, unionization and handbook policies. Plus, your efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion are under attack. And non-compete agreements are now banned.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 13, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
13: Job Ad Workshop: The Keys to Attracting More Qualified Candidates
Most job ads these days seem like they were written by an engineer, leaving job seekers to sift through a long list of descriptions, tasks, and boring details — if they even find the posting in the first place. That’s because over 80% of companies admit to using a job description as their job ad.
The problem? It limits online visibility, searchability, and readability. A job posting is no good if qualified candidates can’t find it, don’t read it, or aren’t moved by it. On average, for every applicant you get, over 100 others looked at your ad but didn’t apply. A job ad should include some of the details you might find in a job description, but the real goal is to sell a job seeker on applying in the first place. The ad must engage them, catch their attention, and motivate them to make the next step.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 7, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
7: The New Employee Handbook: Keeping up with Legal Changes
Missing or poorly worded policies can quickly lead to an expensive lawsuit and a chaotic workplace. An updated handbook can become your best management tool. Learn how and what changes you need to make now.
Important rulings from the Supreme Court require you to rethink policies and practices on equality for all, religious expression and religious accommodations. Plus, new federal laws and regulations mean having to accommodate pregnancy and everything related, like breaks for nursing mothers and delegating on-the-spot decision-making to supervisors and managers.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
August 6, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
6: Developing Transformational Leaders in Your Organization
According to a recent McKinsey report, 70% of employees say their personal sense of purpose is defined by their work. This means it’s up to leaders to bring out the best in their team members.
This can be achieved by adopting a transformational leadership model that can be adapted at all organizational levels, from the CEO to directors, managers, supervisors and team leaders. A transformational leader inspires employees to do their best and encourages them to challenge the status quo while cultivating their skills and coaching them toward success.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 2024
July 31, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
31: Harassment and Hostility at Work: Detect It and Fix It For Good
Workplaces have become more hostile in recent years. Teleworkers may be targeted for sexual harassment. Older workers may be harassed into retiring or foregoing training and promotions because of their age and perceived disabilities. Workers whose religions include set ideas on gender may clash with workers expressing their gender identity under the Supreme Court’s ruling protecting it.
Regardless of one’s personal views, no one can deny that the workplace has changed. Employers that don’t — or won’t — recognize harassment and hostility between co-workers, supervisors and customers or clients are vulnerable to lawsuits and runaway jury awards. Add to this newly finalized EEOC harassment guidance that spells out countless examples of hostile environments and you had better pay attention.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 30, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
30: Managing & Motivating the 7 Most Challenging Employee Types
Some of your employees may require more “management” than others. Some might enjoy pushing the limits, while others seem totally clueless about the problems they cause.
From emotional drama queens to lazy slackers, all of these aggravating folks can be considered “challenging employees”—people who consume an inordinate amount of your time and energy, but are not really bad enough to fire. Even worse, an employee who is difficult may sometimes be one of your most knowledgeable or productive, leaving you in an awkward position.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 24, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
24: No More Noncompetes: How to Protect Your Intellectual Property
An estimated 18% of U.S. employees are covered by noncompete agreements—some 30 million workers. That will leave many companies scrambling when the FTC’s final rule banning most of them goes into effect on Sept. 4, 2024.
The reason companies use noncompetes is obvious—you don’t want a key employee defecting to the competition, taking valuable information and critical expertise with them, and leaving you at an acute disadvantage. But the FTC sees noncompetes as a sustained effort by employers to suppress wages, kill competition and halt innovation.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 23, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
23: The Manager’s Playbook: Coaching Skills Managers Need for Today’s Workforce
Picture the best manager you ever had. He or she saw potential in you, cared about you as a person and gave you consistent feedback while challenging and empowering you to move to the next level.
New research shows that this coaching style is the absolute most effective method of management, in terms of both employee performance and retention.
“Command and control” management is out. People want leadership and leaders who will coach them to success. Today’s workplace requires managers who engage, inspire and provide regular feedback, not just tell employees what to do. You guide, support and encourage, rather than direct, control and coerce. Employees feel more supported and valued.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 18, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
18: Marijuana Policy & Best Practices: Handling Employee Medical & Recreational Use
As the march toward nationwide legalization and federal rescheduling continues, how to enforce marijuana laws and what laws to apply is increasingly confusing. Your organization can’t afford to leave cannabis compliance to chance.
Can you fire employees for off-duty marijuana use? Does the law allow you to test employees for marijuana? Are you obligated to accommodate medical use? How do state laws, federal legislation, and regulations including the ADA affect what you can and cannot prohibit?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 17, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
17: Legal Terminations Workshop
It’s your responsibility to fire underperforming employees so your organization can thrive. It is simply a necessary part of your job. Yet even if you’ve documented poor performance and given verbal and written warnings, you may still be hesitant to fire the chronically absent worker, the employee abusing FMLA, the disabled worker whose accommodations just aren’t working, or the one who simply isn’t measuring up.
You know that firing anyone — no matter the circumstances or scenario — puts you at severe risk of being sued. Sometimes, that non-performing employee has already begun setting up a lawsuit by filing complaint after complaint; even if you’ve done your due diligence and investigated each, you’re still at risk for a retaliation claim.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 11, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
11: Travel Pay: Strategies to Ease One of Payroll’s Biggest Headaches
Post-pandemic, some organizations reduced employee travel thanks to newly adopted technology. However, for many, business travel is still a vital component of the job. On top of that, new travel needs have arisen. Trips for remote employees to meet and connect blur the line between business expense and company-sponsored vacation. These new gray areas have drawn increased government attention and scrutiny.
Aside from the headache of figuring out what travel time is compensable and what expenses are reimbursable, getting things wrong can mean an FLSA lawsuit from employees or, worse, the Department of Labor. Not to mention, you risk an IRS audit of your employees’ travel expenses. That could result in the IRS disallowing your expenses, making employee travel reimbursements taxable, employees angry come tax season, and management asking how you let this mess unfold. Talk about a nightmare.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
July 9, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
9: New Managers: Master the Art of Leadership, Communication & Team Building
Getting promoted into a first-time supervisory role is exciting, but it can also be scary. That’s because new managers rarely get the training they need to be successful. In today’s complex workforce, a sink-or-swim approach rarely leads to a good outcome. Studies show that when new managers get training, the result is better performance and lower turnover.
Success takes more than technical know-how or good luck. It’s about wisdom, motivational abilities, and helping employees hold themselves accountable to reach new heights. It’s about knowing what to say and how to say it.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 2024
June 27, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
27: FMLA Master Class
The Family and Medical Leave Act has been around for 30 years, but still can be the most challenging and confusing part of an HR professional’s job. FMLA regulations are complex and the consequences for noncompliance are severe. Take charge of leave requests while staying within the law.
FMLA includes so many little compliance steps, notification rules and paperwork traps. And mistakes are costly. Since 2012, employee lawsuits claiming FMLA violations have more than tripled. And many of those cases result in million-dollar verdicts or settlements—all because of a simple FMLA mistake at the HR or manager level. Plus, your employees have become experts at playing the FMLA game to their advantage. (It’s nicknamed the “Friday-Monday Leave Act” for a very good reason!)
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 25, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
25: HR Investigations Workshop: A Guide to Legal & Effective Inquiries
Conducting workplace investigations is one of the most challenging and most important duties that HR professionals must take on. How you respond to complaints about harassment or other misconduct can have huge legal and practical implications for your organization.
This webinar is packed with tips and strategies to investigate any workplace problem quickly and legally. From insubordination to misconduct, confidently conduct and document your important HR investigations.
On Tuesday, June 25, learn what to do and, as importantly, what to avoid when conducting effective investigations. You can also ask employment lawyer and trainer Kathy Perkins your specific employee investigation questions. Don’t risk the reputation of your company or your career.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 20, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
20: Complying with Final Pregnancy and Postpartum Accommodation Rules
Employers have brand-new legal obligations to reasonably accommodate workers expanding their families or experiencing pregnancy-related challenges. The EEOC just announced expansive final regulations that require leave for everything pregnancy-related. Think infertility, stillbirth, abortion, menstruation, and maybe menopause leave. Plus, there’s a requirement that your pregnant employees be provided with reasonable accommodations that allow them to continue working up to giving birth, possibly without having to perform their job’s essential functions.
You also have to empower first-level supervisors to make almost instant accommodation decisions without so much as a doctor’s note. These reasonable accommodations range from late arrival and early departure due to morning sickness to unpaid leave after giving birth, even if no paid leave is available or the employee isn’t eligible for unpaid FMLA leave. If a reasonable accommodation is available, you can’t choose to send the employee home on unpaid leave if she wants to work.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 18, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
18: Reducing Employee Turnover: Key Strategies to Deploy
No one wants to go through the process of writing job descriptions, posting jobs, screening candidates, interviewing, running background checks, onboarding, and leading job training … all to turn around and do it over again. However, 33% of U.S. hiring managers anticipate higher turnover rates next year, according to a recent Harris poll.
Not only is turnover disruptive to the workflow, leaving teams overworked and down members while some jobs may not get done at all, but it’s also expensive. After all, hiring employees costs time, money, and other valuable resources.
Many companies track their turnover rates, but unless you use that information to take meaningful action, turnover will continue to be just another nebulous metric on a monthly report. And there is meaningful action you can take.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 12, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
12: The Best Payroll-Compliant Practices for Remote and Hybrid Employees
Do you have employees working from different states? You can easily overwithhold or underwithhold–and that’s just the beginning of your headaches.
Remote and hybrid work are here to stay. But for payroll professionals, the reality of remote and hybrid work has created a host of unintended tax and labor liabilities, evolving complexities and compliance risks.
Example: On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor released final regulations raising the salary employees must earn to maintain their exemption from overtime. Five states set higher levels. How do you handle a hybrid, exempt employee?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 11, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
11: Documentation Essentials and Strategies
In employment lawsuits, the winning case is often the best documented one. Learn why documenting everything, even verbal warnings, is essential. After all, if you don’t document it, it didn’t happen. And you don’t want your employees to possess better records than you.
You’ll also discover why thoroughness and accuracy are critical, for both employer and employee. Avoid vague language, instead use facts and specific examples to ensure clarity for both parties. If you’re not proud to read it out loud, don’t write it down.
Finally, learn how to establish clear protocols for creating and maintaining records, then create a disposal plan. The speaker will include real world examples along the way, and common mistakes to avoid.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 5, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
5: Managing Aging Workers While Preventing Discrimination
Managing older workers has many upsides. They can be well-educated, experienced, and hard-working. As they age into traditional retirement years, many want to stay engaged and employed, keeping that experience and knowledge in your organization. However, that can also present some unique challenges for their employers.
Most boomers are likely to understand their legal rights, including protections available under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), a federal law they’ve referenced for decades. Plus, as their rate of disability climbs due to age, they’re exercising their rights under the ADA to reasonable accommodations.
Then there’s Gen X, who recently aged into ADEA protection. They expect training and development, and often seek promotional opportunities into positions many boomers aren’t quite ready to give up.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
June 4, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
4: The Employee Lifecycle: Driving Engagement from Day One and Beyond
A recent Harris Poll found that 33% of hiring managers anticipate having to recruit new employees this year. The average cost to replace an experienced employee is $36,295—a total that includes recruiting, paperwork and administrative tasks, onboarding and the lost productivity associated with a vacancy and bringing new hires up to speed. The total cost of turnover can be as high as 150% of an employee’s annual salary.
However, the problem requires more than just a dive into annual turnover numbers. It needs a holistic approach that looks at the big picture. Those expenses can be reduced and retention averages increased through a strategic effort to engage employees from the moment they are hired.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 2024
May 30, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
30: Legal Requirements of Job Descriptions
You may think of job descriptions as a recruiting tool, but they are also legal documents. Outdated, inaccurate or nonexistent job descriptions will spark trouble. Without one, good luck persuading the DOL that you’ve properly classified managers and supervisors as exempt from overtime, something absolutely essential now that overtime rules are changing. The same goes for proving what qualify as essential functions. If you don’t list it, it’s not essential.
The pandemic permanently changed the landscape of the American workplace. Telework, hybrid schedules and Zoom meetings are here to stay. Your employees have assumed new tech skills, duties and responsibilities that must be reflected in their job descriptions. Consider this: At what point does your teleworker lose her exempt status when she’s doing all her own administrative work — tasks once relegated to support staff? How much overtime will you owe if you get it wrong?
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 29, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
29: The I-9 and Immigration Compliance Workshop
For HR departments, the process for completing I-9 forms has changed more in recent months than in the past 30 years. The same is true for the E-Verify system. In fact, one recent change means that you can’t perform remote document inspections for full-time teleworkers unless you sign up for E-Verify and follow very specific rules.
One thing that hasn’t changed: Federal audits of I-9s are skyrocketing — up dramatically as agents move forward with inspections and investigations at worksites across the U.S. Your only protection against serious financial penalties — and even criminal prosecution — is strict compliance with all these changing rules.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 23, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
23: W-4s: Your Guide to Accurate Withholding (Every Time)
A W-4 is the most basic tax form every employee completes. They shouldn’t need an accountant’s help to do so. But employers continue to struggle with translating the paper form into their computer systems, and the IRS isn’t sympathetic. The agency snuck new guidelines for electronic W-4s into Pub. 15-T and then gave employers 90 days to completely revamp their electronic forms.
Employees now have to do actual math to complete the form properly or are told to consult their tax accountants. It’s even tougher for employees with side gigs, because the IRS can’t seem to settle on the steps in the form they should complete.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 21, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
21: Keep Negativity from Infecting Your Workplace
When confronted with employees who complain, criticize or try to stir up trouble, managers often feel frustrated and helpless. They may quickly assume that there is no way to change these “personality problems,” so they just do their best to contain the damage. However, tolerating such harmful behaviors is definitely NOT the smartest strategy.
Chronic negativity frequently starts with only one or two employees, but it can quickly infect an entire department. When this happens, the inevitable result is reduced productivity, damaged morale and eventually increased turnover, so wise managers try to nip negativity in the bud.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 8, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
8: Employee Handbook Checklist: Required Changes and Common Mistakes
Important rulings from the Supreme Court require you to rethink policies and practices on weapons, health care, religious expression and religious accommodations. Plus, now is the time to start rethinking DEI policies in light of the court’s affirmative action rulings and recently filed lawsuits. Then there’s the NLRB — another federal agency that’s been declaring many common handbook policies illegal and anti-union. A new take on handbook rules has turned nearly all rules on workplace behavior into potential unfair labor charges!
Missing or poorly worded policies can quickly lead to an expensive lawsuit. Your C-suite expects you to keep every word in your handbook up-to-date. Every HR department should use this simple checklist of the crucial changes you need to make to your employee handbook.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 7, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
7: Independent Contractor Rule: Comply Now or Pay the Price
Have you taken steps to ensure employees – including onsite and remote staff – support (rather than sink) your commitment to operating an unbiased and respectful culture, free from harassment and discrimination against any group? All it takes is one racially insensitive tweet or gender-biased text to turn off customers, employees, and the community.
Don’t let insensitive email, prejudiced posts, or bullying blogs trigger lawsuits and damage your brand. Best practices call for the use of a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policy that excludes no one to help ensure civility and compliance. Learn how to put best practices-based rules governing email, Zoom, social media, AI, mobile devices, and other electronic communications tools to work in support of your DEI program.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 2, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
2: Tough Talks: A Manager’s Guide to Mastering Uncomfortable Conversations
Attitude problems, offensive behavior, poor work habits, absenteeism, co-worker conflicts, timecard offenses… Managers and HR professionals are routinely forced to discuss those uncomfortable topics with employees. But most never learned how.
Now you can.
Learn exactly what to say in all kinds of difficult or awkward conversations with your employees. In this dynamic training webinar, Paul Falcone, former CHRO and author of the bestselling 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees, will present strategies and precise wording to take the stress and legal liability out of these tough talks.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
May 1, 2024 – 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 PM PT
1: Generational Differences: Bridge the Divide and Sidestep Legal Landmines
With Gen Z entering the workplace, millennials already entrenched and an aging workforce of boomers and Generation X, there’s an alphabet soup of working styles and social norms at play.
Throw in the mastering of pronouns, emojis, social issues and other generational divides, and it’s a legal and professional minefield for HR professionals and managers to navigate. This important workshop will help you minimize the legal risks and bridge the generation gaps.
Our two expert speakers will walk you through various legal scenarios – real-life HR headaches that we will walk through during the workshop and that will give you a head start when you confront these issues in your own workplace.
Webinar provided by Business Management Daily
