Maintaining human resources compliance requires due diligence, periodic monitoring, and willingness to make changes when needed. This can become challenging when employment laws, regulations, and interpretations are ever changing. Topics will include –exclusive of healthcare benefits:
- What are the most common violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
- How do you avoid the pitfalls described above?
- What “hot” issues are federal and state agencies pursuing?
- Is there a general checklist you can use to consider what HR practices you should audit? and
- What are some free resources for enhancing HR compliance?
Learning Objectives:
- Describe three HR practices that are under current scrutiny;
- Describe three HR practices you can implement to reduce the risk associated with the issues under current scrutiny; and
- Compare and contrast some free resources for monitoring compliance.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Christine V. Walters, MAS, JD, SPHR
HR Consultant and Author
Westminster, Md.
Christine V. Walters, MAS, JD, SPHR, is a human resources consultant and author who speaks regularly at industry events focused on HR legal practices and emerging issues. Christine has been engaged as an expert witness for the defense, presented at conferences across the country, and testified before U.S. congressional and state legislative committees and federal administrative agencies.
