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Free Webinar: Recent Court Case Rulings & What They Mean for HR

Keith Ross - Wednesday, January 11, 2012
It's up to HR to ensure that hiring, discipline, and termination practices are compliant with the law. Otherwise, you could put your company at risk of incurring costly fines, penalties, and employee lawsuits. Sage is offering a live one hour webcast on the court rulings in 2011 and how they can affect you and your company. The webinar will be presented by Mary Anne Osborne and is free to attend.

January 24, 2012
11:00AM - 12:00PM Pacific Time (US & Canada)
2:00PM - 3:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)

This webcast will review the 2011 dockets for HR related court cases. A brief background of each case will be presented along with the outcome and discussion of the specific implications on the administration within the Human Resources function. Focus will be on federal court findings, although specific state findings that are relevant to HR, setting precedence for future findings, will be covered.

Participants will learn:
  • Which U.S. Supreme court rulings affect human resources and what you should be doing to protect your company.
  • Which state case rulings are setting precedence for future rulings that might affect your business.
  • Which cases will be ruled upon in early 2012, so employers and HR departments can be vigilant in following cases specific to their business practices.

Who Should Attend:

Attendees should include Human Resource Managers and business professionals in the U.S. who desire to become more knowledgeable in how business will be affected by legal decisions passed on during 2011.

HR Recertification Credits:

This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org).

Presenter's Biography:

Mary Anne Osborne, SPHR

With over 30 years' experience in the HR field, Mary Anne is well prepared to help businesses find solutions to their most troubling HR-related dilemmas. Her HR experiences have elevated her from HR Representative to the VP level in a multi-state healthcare industry leader before beginning her own consulting business. Along the way she spent time honing her skills in Employee Relations, Staffing, EEOC, Organizational Development, Compensation and Training in the telecommunications, financial, automotive, higher education and healthcare industries.

Upcoming Webinars About Backgroud Screening

Keith Ross - Monday, June 27, 2011

Over the next three days, Sage will be running a webinar called Trust But Verify: The Pluses and Minuses of Background Screenings. The hour-long webinar will be at 2:00 PM EST (11:00 AM PST) on Tuesday, June 28th, and 1:00 PM EST (10:00 AM PST) on Wednesday & Thursday, June 29th & 30th.

Here are the details of the webinar from the Sage website. If you want to sign up for any of the three free sessions, please click here.

Legal challenges, theft, endangerment, and negligent hiring claims are all on the rise. Employers are being penalized by juries for failing to make effective inquiries into candidates' backgrounds while the EEOC is scrutinizing employers for being extreme in conducting background investigations. During this live webcast, HR professionals will learn how to walk the balance beam between the courts and the EEOC, while protecting their business, employees, customers, and the public at large.

Participants will learn:

- Who should perform background checks and why
- What should be included in a background check and under what circumstances
- How to choose a background screening partner
- The impact of the EEOC on background checks

Who Should Attend:
HR Generalists, Recruiting and Staffing Specialists, and Managers responsible for making hiring decisions.

HR Recertification Credits:
This webcast has been approved for 1.00 (General) recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute (www.hrci.org).

Certificates of completion will be provided upon request only to individually registered attendees. Attendance for the full webcast hour is required to receive recertification credits (partial credits cannot be provided). Groups of people participating in the webcast together must be registered and attend the webcast individually to receive certificates. Certificates will be sent via email to registered attendees in PDF form within 30 days of validated attendance.

Presenter's Biography:

Mary Anne Osborne, SPHR

With over 30 years' experience in the HR field, Mary Anne is well prepared to help businesses find solutions to their most troubling HR-related dilemmas. Her HR experiences have elevated her from HR Representative to the VP level in a multi-state healthcare industry leader before beginning her own consulting business. Along the way she spent time honing her skills in Employee Relations, Staffing, EEOC, Organizational Development, Compensation, and Training in the telecommunications, financial, automotive, higher education, and healthcare industries.