Hiring, Managing, and Separating from Employees

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you need to know

• Job descriptions
• Job openings and applicant pool
• Questions you can't ask job applicants
• Test and assessment instruments
• The use of background checks
• At-will vs. for-cause employment
• Offer letters, contracts, and agreements
• Drug testing
• Fit for duty exams

• Employee handbook
• Management of personnel files

• Leave management
• The American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Harassment and discrimination laws
• Retaliation
• Equal pay laws
• Employee whistle-blowing
• Bullies in the workplace
• Wage and hour laws

• Employee discipline
• Wrongful termination
• National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
• Post termination

• Next steps