2020 Regulations! What Should Be Included in Your Employee Handbook to be Compliant!

Margie Faulk

Margie Faulk�Keynote Speaker at ComplianceKey. she is a senior level human resources professional with over 14 years of HR management and compliance experience. A former Compliance Officer for a defense contracting technologies firm, Margie has worked as an HR and Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public and Non-profit sectors. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.� Margie's focus is on multi-state, national, state and local workplace compliance. Additionally, Margie is working on International compliance initiatives li........

Overview

Employee handbooks have been a tool for Employers from small to large companies for several years. Many companies elect to have employee handbooks and utilize employee handbook templates that are provided on-line which we call "cookie cutter handbook" since they are created as a "one size fits all". Unfortunately, employee handbooks can be a huge risk if not updated regularly, adapted to each company, reflect policies that are followed consistently and reflect current regulations. Employee handbooks are also a critical communication tool for employees to understand what the company expects from them as well as what the company expects from employees.

In my workplace compliance experience, employees review the handbook when they are new employees coming on board to company and when they are considering leaving the company or when they are considering suing the company.

Why should you attend this webinar?

Did you know that Employee Handbooks can be a risk or a benefit for Employers? For years an Employee Handbook has been one of the first documents employment law attorneys request when they are planning to pursue workplace charges against an Employer. Shouldn't you ensure that your employee handbook protects your company instead of exposing it to numerous risk? Let me help you create an employee handbook that will reduce your company's risk and help you mitigate the numerous workplace regulations that can impact your company.

Over 26-35 regulations have changed since 2016. If you haven't updated your employee handbook since 2017, your handbook is already outdated.Multi-State regulations have increased and continue to expand to other states

Areas Covered in the Session:

Participants will learn, identify and prepare for employee handbook violations
Participants will be aware of all the new regulations that will impact their company
The course will identify the most common employee handbook violations and how to mitigate them
Learn what five employee handbook policies do more to reduce risk when added to your handbook
New Employee Handbook changes established in June 2018 that help Employers!
Participants will learn which regulatory agency will focus on which regulation and mitigate the risk
Participants will learn what policies will land them in hot water
What policies are "must have" for your employee handbook?
Social media and the impact of penalties when employees choose to speak negatively about their Employer
New paid leave laws and how Employers can manage them
Impact of "Ban the Box" regulations on criminal background screening regulations
States where asking candidates for salary history has been prohibited. This means removing the salary history in handbooks, applications, and career websites
Best practices in developing an employee handbook
What is the difference between employee handbooks and company policies?
Learn What employee handbook policies will be outdated before the year is out
Identify the best practices that can propel your company to be compliance savvy
Learn how your managers/supervisors can be your Ambassadors in workplace compliance or your downfall
See how training can be one of your "first line of defense" if you are sued
Best practice on communicating your updates to employees and having them acknowledge your employee handbook according to guidelines