Join us In-Person in Greenville, SC or Online via Live Stream / Webinar for our Instructor-Led 2-Day In-Person Employment Laws Certificate Program. If you supervise at least one employee you need to be knowledgeable with Employment Laws to avoid costly lawsuits, judgments, settlements and to reduce employee complaints and claims. The amount of discrimination, harassment, retaliation and other claims filed with the EEOC and the Department of Labor continue to rise every year. Now more than ever, HR Professionals, managers and supervisors need to understand and be familiar with employment laws because they share responsibility with HR to ensure their interactions and relations with employees are compliant with federal and state employment laws. One single lawsuit can have damaging and costly effects to the organization. Violating an employment law is a very high-ticket price to pay. The check that the company will have to write would include a lot of zeros on it. To help our HR Professionals, Managers and Supervisors succeed and to protect our organizations from legal entanglements, we need to train them on essential Employment Laws.
This training contains everything our Managers and Supervisors need to know to succeed and to protect our organizations by complying with Employment Laws by doing the right thing from a moral, ethical and legal way. Always remember that it is better to deal with issues “in house” rather than in the “courthouse”.
Bonus Material:
- Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about significant changes in Labor and Employment Laws since the 1990s.
- Understand the foundation of all Employment Laws.
- Learn about prohibitions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
- Learn about Religious reasonable accommodations.
- Learn how to avoid EEOC claims and litigation.
- Learn how to maintain a harassment free workplace.
- Understand the differences between exempt vs. non-exempt classifications.
- Learn about the different FLSA Exemptions.
- Learn about FLSA records retention.
- Familiarize with Youth Employment Standards.
- Learn about Break Time for Nursing Mothers.
- Learn how to avoid wage and hour headaches.
- Learn how to comply with the Family Medical Leave Act: Eligibility and timing requirement.
- Master the headache of FMLA tracking.
- Learn to identify what is a serious health condition and what is not.
- Learn how to handle special situations such as spouses working for the same company.
- Learn that “480” hours are not set in stone.
- Learn about job restoration rights under FMLA.
- Learn how to avoid being personally liable for unlawful work practice.
- Learn about The Americans with Disability Act compliance and reasonable accommodation.
- Learn to distinguish what is a Disability under ADA and what is not.
- Learn about different types of reasonable accommodation.
- Learn where to find resources and assistance with reasonable accommodation.
- Learn about “Major Life Activities”.
- Learn about the confusing “Mitigating Measures” concept.
- Understand the “Undue Hardship” defense.
- Understand the “Direct Threat” defense.
- Learn the legally safe way to confront an employee you suspect is abusing drugs, alcohol or other substances.
- Learn about the importance of “Job Descriptions” with ADA.
- Learn how to avoid age discrimination charges or claims when managing older workers.
- Familiarize with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 (OWBPA).
- Learn about “Mandatory Retirement” for certain positions.
- Understand what exactly wage discrimination means.
- Learn about the Lilly Ledbetter Law.
- Learn about OSHA Law and regulations.
- Learn about Pregnancy Discrimination, Hiring, Reasonable Accommodation and working conditions.
- Learn about concerted activities.
- Learn about Social Media Employment Policies and the NLRA’s opinion.
- Meet “GINA” and learn when we are violating “GINA” and when we are not.
- Learn about the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
- Familiarize with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- Learn to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Learn about the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
Areas Covered:
- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
- Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA)
- Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- The American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Equal Pay Act (EPA)
- Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
- Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
Who will Benefit:
- Managers
- Supervisors
- Executives
- HR professional
- HR Generalist
- Employee Relations Persons
- Consultants
- Small Business Owners
- 10:00-11:00 Significant Changes in Labor and Employment Laws since 1990
- New Laws and Amendments in the 1990’s
- Rise of Employment claims
- Training a vital business investment
- 11:00-12:00 Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Prohibitions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Recruiting, Hiring and Advancement
- Quid pro quo vs Hostile work environment harassment
- Religious Accommodations
- 1991 Amendment
- 12:00-1:00 Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA)
- The need to create the FLSA
- Obligations under the FLSA
- Overtime Rules
- Child labor
- Recordkeeping
- “White Collar” exemptions
- Break time for nursing mothers
- Safe Harbor Policy
- 1:00-2:00 Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Employer/Employee Eligibility
- FMLA qualifying events
- Continuous/Intermittent/Reduced schedule
- Who is a “family member” under FMLA
- 2:00-3:00 Lunch
- 3:00-4:30 Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Continuation
- Serious Health Conditions
- Protections under FMLA
- “Equivalent Position”
- Timing requirements
- Requesting Re-certification
- 4:30-6:00 The American with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Compliance obligations under ADA
- Definition of Disability
- ADA vs. ADAAA
- Most common disabilities
- Drugs and alcohol under ADA
- Undue hardship defense
- Direct threat defense
- Reasonable Accommodation Process
- 10:00-11:00 Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- Prohibition of age discrimination
- The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990
- Waivers of ADEA Rights
- 11:00-12:00 Equal Pay Act
- Obligations under the Equal Pay ACT
- Wage gaps 50 years after EPA
- Lilly Ledbetter Act
- Exceptions to Equal Pay
- 12:00-1:00 Occupational Safety Health Act (OSHA)
- OSHA Compliance – Must know basics/Newest regulations
- Preventing common workplace hazards
- Record-keeping
- Preparation for OSHA Site Visit
- Reducing workplace violence
- 1:00-2:00 Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
- Fundamental PDA Requirements
- Extent of PDA coverage
- Medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth
- Reasonable accommodations
- Unlawful discharge during pregnancy or parental leave
- States with greater PDA obligations
- 2:00-3:00 Lunch
- 3:00-5:00 National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- Protections under the NLRA
- Right-to-work states
- Reasons why employees organize
- Union organizing campaign
- NLRA “Concerted Activities”
- Social Media and the NLRA
- 5:00-6:00 Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GINA)
- Reasons for GINA
- Definition of Genetic Information
- Prohibitions under GINA
- Tests not considered genetic tests
- Exceptions to the acquisition of Genetic Information
- GINA’s rules on confidentiality
- GINA and EEOC charges
- Bonus:
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA)
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- 6:00-6:30 Graduation: Certificates and Pictures
Elga Lejarza
SPHR, SHRM-SCP, President Lejarza HR Consulting
Elga Lejarza is founder and president of Lejarza HR Consulting LLC. She has 20+ years' experience in the field of Human Resources Management and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources SPHR, SHRM-SCP. Lejarza HR Consulting provides Recruitment, Training and Consulting services to small to medium sized businesses in all the states and in Puerto Rico. All services provided by Lejarza HR Consulting are also provided in both languages, English and Spanish and can be customized to fit each individual organization.
Ms. Lejarza also works a Human Resources Generalist for Walgreens Distribution Center in Williamston South Carolina. She is a business partner/faculty member of HRCertification.com, Complianceonline.com and ComplianceWorld.com. Ms. Lejarza is a member of the National Society for Human Resources Management, the Greenville Society of Human Resources Management, the Anderson Society of Human Resources Management and the Greenville American Payroll Association.
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Local Attractions of Greenville, SC
Falls Park on the Reedy
Falls Park on the Reedy is a 32-acre park adjacent to downtown Greenville, South Carolina in the historic West End district. Considered the birthplace of Greenville, the park was founded in 1967 when the Carolina Foothills Garden Club reclaimed 26 acres of land that had been previously used by textile mills. Renovation accelerated in the late 1990s under Mayor Knox H. White, prompting the formation of the Falls Park Endowment, a private charity supporting ongoing development. Each summer the park is home to the Upstate Shakespeare Festival. The park's most striking feature is a unique pedestrian bridge that curves around a waterfall on the Reedy River. Named the Liberty Bridge at Falls Park on the Reedy, the 355-foot long suspension bridge is supported by cables on only one side, giving an unobstructed view of the falls.
Greenville County Museum of Art
The art collections in Greenville County Museum of Art (GCMA) focus mainly on American art. Its holdings include works by Andrew Wyeth, Josef Albers, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Ronnie Landfield, Helen Turner, Mary Tannahill, Eric Fischl, Marylyn Dintenfass, and Leon Golub. Southern American and South Carolina-based artists, such as Henrietta Johnston, are also represented. William Melton Halsey, an abstract painter from Charleston, had a mid-career retrospective at the museum in 1972 with an accompanying catalog by Jack A. Morris Jr. In 1999 Tom Styron, director, curated another solo exhibition of Halsey's work.
Greenville Zoo
The Greenville Zoo opened in 1960, and is located at 150 Cleveland Park Drive, near Interstate 385, on a 14-acre (5.7 ha) site within Cleveland Park. The zoo's official website states: "A typical visit would last from an hour to an hour and 30 minutes." The zoo is next to Cleveland Park, which contains picnic tables throughout the site, and offers bicycle and walking paths, tennis and volleyball courts, playgrounds for children, and several shelters available by reservation. The zoo is open daily throughout the year except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
Lake Conestee Nature Park
Roper Mountain Science Center is located in Greenville, South Carolina. It encompasses a campus containing facilities for studying life and natural sciences, and space and physical sciences. Among its facilities are the Living History Farm, the Darell W. Harrison Hall of Natural Sciences, the Simms Hall of Science, the T.C. Hooper Planetarium, and the Daniel Observatory.
Roper Mountain Science Center
Lake Conestee Nature Park is a 400-acre park along three miles of the Reedy River in Conestee, South Carolina, with more than two miles of paved and three miles of natural surface trails. The park contains both hardwood and evergreen forest, extensive wetlands, and a rich diversity of reptiles, mammals, and birds. Over 190 bird species have been reported by the Greenville County Bird Club, and the National Audubon Society has designated the park as an Important Bird Area of Global Significance. Lake Conestee was created when the Reedy River was dammed at the Conestee Mill in about 1892. At its largest, the lake covered about 130 acres.
