Top 5 HR Legal Pitfalls in State/Local Government: Strategies to Avoid Risk in Your Workplace

HR professionals in state and local governments face a number of challenges when dealing with municipal employees. Not only do they have to deal with the typical wage and hour, harassment, leave and retaliation issues, they also have ADA, discrimination, and whistleblowing procedures and rules they must follow. It is critical that HR professionals at the state, local, and federal government level prepare by understanding what are the five biggest legal risks they may face and how can they quickly avoid or solve them in their workplace.

This 90-minute interactive webinar will help you concentrate your focus on the five biggest legal risks you face, and what are effective steps to minimize them and increase the chance that you won't be a target for potential litigation.

"With a delivery style that is both dynamic and engaging, Jathan has imparted to our organization on target, practical knowledge that has proven easily transferable to our workplace."
- Deborah Bell, Human Resource Director, City of West Jordan

Critical Questions That Will Be Answered:

What are the five most important legal pitfalls (warning: these might surprise you!)
If you are at risk for all of them, what steps can you start to take to lessen your legal risk?
What are some of the most common situations for legal issues to crop up?
How can HR work with and control "supervisors on the loose"?
When the issue is employment law compliance and claim prevention, what's a communication tool that will make the government managers and officials listen to HR and respect
what they have to say?
If you've got limited time or support for supervisor training, what are the three critical lessons to teach?
What are the three key consistency questions HR and management must answer?

Plus, you'll have the chance to ask Jathan your most pressing questions in the live Q&A session following the presentation.

Target Audience:

Human Resources Professionals at the local, state, and federal level
Government Labor and Employment Counsel
Employment Law Attorneys
State and Federal Government Management Consultants

Level:

All Levels

Speaker and Presenter Information

Jathan Janove For nearly 30 years, Jathan Janove has worked with employers to maximize workforce productivity while minimizing workplace legal risk. He is a partner in the Labor and Employment Group at Ater Wynne LLP and has been recognized in various publications including Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and SuperLawyers. A frequent contributor to SHRM's HR Magazine and other publications, Jathan is the author of Managing to Stay Out of Court: How to Avoid the 8 Deadly Sins of Mismanagement, co-published by SHRM and Berrett-Koehler Publishers in 2005. The book was described by the Library Journal as "an extraordinarily useful book that will benefit managers and workers." He is also the author of The Star Profile: A Management Tool To Unleash Employee Potential, published by Davies-Black Publishing in 2008. This book won the Gold Medal in the Business/Sales category at Book Expo America in 2009. A member of the National Speakers Association, Jathan gives presentations and workshops on management, leadership, communications, and HR subjects to employers and conference attendees throughout the U.S. Jathan is a regular speaker at the SHRM Annual Conference and is listed on the roster of recommended speakers.