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  • Leadership Defense: Verbal & Documented Disciplinary Interventions
    May 20, 2025 1:00pm
     • The core elements of workplace due process and the importance of the written record in the discipline and termination processes.
    • Tough conversations to have with employees that invite them to involve themselves in their own performance improvement.
    • Structuring disciplinary documentation that is constructive and insulates the organization from legal liability.
    • Alternatives to formal progressive discipline that re-engage employees without the formal trappings of “being written up.”
    • Leadership landmines to avoid under all circumstances, especially regarding tricky situations that may miss awareness from good-natured yet unsuspecting managers.  Learn More

  • W-4s: How to Get Withholding Right
    May 21, 2025 1:00pm
     • W-4 updates and compliance. Stay current on the latest W-4 process, including electronic forms, and quickly bring your company into compliance.
    • Guidance for side gigs and worksheets. Learn how employees with multiple jobs should complete the W-4 form, and understand the critical role of W-4 worksheets in accurate withholding.
    • Effective employee communication. Develop a plan to guide employees—especially new hires—through the W-4 form to prevent costly mistakes.
    • Managing outdated W-4s. Discover strategies for handling employees who don’t update their W-4s, including IRS solutions for different forms and methods.
    • Rejecting invalid W-4s. Identify when to reject a W-4 and how to manage IRS letters that void an employee’s form.
    • Ensuring withholding accuracy. Follow best practices for verifying your withholding processes, with step-by-step IRS guidance.
    • Supplemental pay withholding. Master the rules for withholding on various types of supplemental pay.  Learn More

  • Essential Pregnancy Accommodations: How to Comply with the PWFA
    May 22, 2025 1:00pm
     • Leave as an accommodation. Understand when leave may not qualify as a reasonable accommodation (rarely), and when it may be required for cases of infertility, miscarriage, abortion and more.
    • Guaranteed accommodations. The four accommodations the EEOC says you can’t question—no doc notes, no forms, no delay.
    • Top practical accommodations. Easy-to-implement, practical accommodations that won’t unduly disrupt the workplace while complying with the law.
    • Lessons from the courtroom. Insights from recent EEOC lawsuits under the PWFA and notable settlements.
    • Compliant break rooms. Steps to create a PUMP Act-compliant milk-expression space tailored to your industry.
    • Prohibition against schedule cuts. Workers who need expression breaks can’t have their schedules cut instead.
    • Accommodation best practices. How to accommodate pregnancy-related issues like morning sickness, lifting restrictions and bed-rest orders.  Learn More

  • Managing Electronic HR Records: How to Prevent Liability and Maintain Compliance
    May 27, 2025 1:00pm
     • Proper categorization. Distinguish between business records and non-records.
    • Setting rules. Establish records rules for email, mobile devices, social media, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Slack and other electronic tools.
    • Keeping policies up-to-date. Implement documentation policies on emerging HR concerns like marijuana use, compliance with eDiscovery guidelines, litigation-hold policies and more.
    • Guaranteeing compliance. Ensure on-site, remote and work-from-home staff comply with records rules and manage HR records effectively.
    • Document security. Protect personal privacy and confidential and sensitive information using best-in-class technology and tools.
    • Leveraging technology. How to use software tools for record retention, along with monitoring, policy management, content management, antivirus and other records-related software.  Learn More

  • ChatGPT for HR: Ramping Up Productivity and Compliance
    May 28, 2025 1:00pm
     • An overview of ChatGPT and how it can work well for HR departments.
    • How to proceed with caution when it comes to biases and incorrect information.
    • Ways to avoid common legal issues that can arise when using ChatGPT, including data privacy, intellectual property and liability concerns.
    • How to improve upon many HR functions while saving time, including job descriptions, performance appraisals, coaching and helping neurodivergent employees.  Learn More

  • Combatting the Growing Problem of Workplace Incivility
    June 3, 2025 1:00pm
     • Why common courtesy is not so common.
    • The vicious cycle of disrespect: When rudeness leads to revenge.
    • 7 warning signs of an incivility problem.
    • Childish adults: Pouters, screamers and public attackers.
    • Communication insults: Email bombers, cyberjunkies and nonresponders.
    • How incivility hurts productivity and increases turnover.
    • Why professional adults sometimes act like brats.
    • Quick quiz: Taking an honest look in the mirror.
    • How silent bystanders and wimpy managers encourage offensive behavior.
    • Dealing with drama: Gossips, snobs and office divas.
    • How co-workers can learn to have civil conversations about incivility.
    • Using a “team turnaround” to make your group more collaborative.
    • Legal hazards: Frat boys, closet bigots and sexual predators.
    • 5-step formula for changing an organizational culture.
    • Beyond civility: 12 signs of a truly collaborative workplace.  Learn More

  • Employee Handbook Checklist: Required Changes for Employers
    June 4, 2025 1:00pm
     • Directives from the new administration. You may have to undo recent changes, especially if you’re a federal contractor or subcontractor.
    • Supreme Court-related changes. Learn why and how to change your handbook policies on religious expression and accommodations.
    • Employee leave. What to include and what to leave out regarding FMLA, ADA and pregnancy accommodations.
    • The fractured workplace. What happens when workers disagree on topics like politics and religion? Handbook policies that set reasonable conduct rules can create a more harmonious workplace.
    • Speech and civility rules. When you can restrict what employees say and when you can’t (salaries, politics, hate speech, etc.).
    • Dress and grooming. Learn how to set rules on appropriate behavior, attire and decor when it comes to both in-person and remote appearances.
    • Sexual and other harassment. Even if employees are remote, you need rules on email, telework, texting and off-site meetings.
    • Different rules in your state. This may be the most difficult handbook area to navigate as what states say you must include clashes with federal mandates.  Learn More

  • Interviewing Within the Law: Best Practices for Employers
    June 17, 2025 1:00pm
     • Work with hiring managers on questions before the interview, looking for content that could trigger discrimination claims.
    • Start with the job description when creating a list of interview questions.
    • Learn the questions you should never ask in an interview.
    • Broach salary history while staying in compliance.
    • Create a process for taking notes during interviews, then documenting and storing that information.  Learn More

  • New Managers: Master the Art of Leadership, Communication & Team Building
    June 18, 2025 1:00pm
     • How to communicate clearly to boost performance and earn employees’ respect.
    • Coach and motivate those who report to you, not from a “management down” but from a “leadership up” approach.
    • Master remote leadership and establish an achievement mindset.
    • The right words to address uncomfortable workplace situations in real time.
    • How to hold all team members to the highest performance and conduct standards.
    • Create and sustain a culture based on trust, equality, open communication and transparency.
    • The right questions that help you mentor any employee.
    • How to dish out discipline the right way.
    • Avoid rookie mistakes that can lead to hard feelings — or even legal trouble.  Learn More