Employment Risk: Limiting Exposure Through Good Policy and Practice

Businesses are faced with a complex landscape of employment rules and regulations. Failure to maintain good policies and practices opens the door to employee claims. 

This session will cover the most common employment claims employers face and ways to limit an employer’s exposure.

• Challenging a terminated employee’s eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits.
• Managing a workers’ compensation claim.
• Ensuring wage and hour compliance through correct classification of employees and independent contractors.
• Drafting appropriate job descriptions.
• Preventing discrimination/harassment claims through good policy and training.
• Avoiding traps in your Employee Handbook.