Human Capital Development

16 E. 34th Street, NYC, 866-470-1922

Legal Issues in the Workplace MD353

$ 995.00

  • Nov 13, 2013 - New York, NY
    9:00am - 4:30pm
    New York City ILR Conference Center, 16 East 34th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY
    Faculty:
    Susan W. Brecher, Esq.
    Susan W. Brecher, Esq., Director of Legal and Employee Relations Programs in Human Capital Development at Cornell University, ILR. She currently manages learning services in Legal, Employee Relations, and EEO, including developing, designing and facilitating programs. In addition, Ms. Brecher partners with private, public, and non-profit organizations on customized training programs. During her tenure at Cornell, Ms. Brecher served as a Director of Statewide Management Programs as well as oversight of all aspects of the EEO, Labor Relations, Human Resources, Management Development and Online Learning programs. Ms. Brecher teaches in a graduate level Human Resources Program and advises, consults, coaches, handles all aspects of employment law, employee relations, internal investigations, dispute resolution issues and mediates, facilitates and conducts fact-findings. She worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, ABC and NBC and holds a B.A. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Union College and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where she was on the Law Review.

    Shelley M. Greenwald, Esq.
    Shelley M. Greenwald, Esq., Principal, Shelley M. Greenwald, Esq., specializing in the field of employment practices and litigation. Ms. Greenwald advises, counsels, trains, and handles all aspects of employment law litigation. Formerly, she was in-house counsel at NBC and has appeared on CourtTV and CNBC.

Managers frequently make employment decisions that have legal implications for their organizations. This interactive workshop focuses on the legal issues associated with day-to-day employment-related decisions and actions with emphasis on how to manage in a legally sound manner.

Using case studies, practical examples, and discussion, this workshop enables you to understand the law in the context of problems that most typically arise. Relevant laws and their application to daily operations are addressed in a manager's terms and context.

Key Topics

  • Understanding the legal framework
    • Making nondiscriminatory employment decisions
    • Compliance with wage-and-hour laws
    • Safety and health rights and responsibilities
    • Required versus discretionary leaves of absence
    • Managing employees covered by labor agreements
    • Individual rights and wrongful discharge
  • Preventive employment practices
    • Interviewing and making selection decisions
    • Managing performance: feedback, appraisal, and discipline
    • Downsizing or terminating employees
  • Special legal situations
    • Sexual and other types of harassment
    • Medical and religious accommodations
    • Understanding and avoiding retaliation
    • Privacy, drug, and alcohol issues

Who Will Benefit

Those who supervise others or have responsibility for employee-related decisions

Instructors

Susan W. Brecher, Shelley M. Greenwald, Barbara B. Kalish

This course can also be taken online at www.ecornell.com/ilr.

Faculty


Susan W. Brecher, Esq., Director of Legal and Employee Relations Programs in Human Capital Development at Cornell University, ILR. She currently manages learning services in Legal, Employee Relations, and EEO, including developing, designing and facilitating programs. In addition, Ms. Brecher partners with private, public, and non-profit organizations on customized training programs. During her tenure at Cornell, Ms. Brecher served as a Director of Statewide Management Programs as well as oversight of all aspects of the EEO, Labor Relations, Human Resources, Management Development and Online Learning programs. Ms. Brecher teaches in a graduate level Human Resources Program and advises, consults, coaches, handles all aspects of employment law, employee relations, internal investigations, dispute resolution issues and mediates, facilitates and conducts fact-findings. She worked at the law firm Skadden, Arps, ABC and NBC and holds a B.A. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Union College and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where she was on the Law Review.

Shelley M. Greenwald, Esq., Principal, Shelley M. Greenwald, Esq., specializing in the field of employment practices and litigation. Ms. Greenwald advises, counsels, trains, and handles all aspects of employment law litigation. Formerly, she was in-house counsel at NBC and has appeared on CourtTV and CNBC.