Effecting Sound Employment Background Checks - California Style
Jacquiline M Wagner
90 Min
Product Id: 704701
This webinar training navigates the best practices for effective background checks in California. The Instructor will cover laws and common types of background checks and why it is pertinent. Participants will understand the process and dos and don’ts of background checks and how it helps in building the right kind of talent pool.
Conducting Performance Appraisals: A New Paradigm
Gail Birks
60 Min
Product Id: 704677
This webinar training outlines the best practices of conducting performance appraisals. The instructor will explain how and why to monitor, measure and empower your team’s development and the best tools and scripts to motivate and coach your team. Participants will learn how to negotiate through resistance, build trust, manage team diversity and implement proactive plans during appraisal process.
Implementing the Affordable Care Act and Discrimination Laws into your Organization's Wellness Program: Critical Information to Avoid Liability
Dr. Susan Strauss
90 Min
Product Id: 704663
A Harvard research study suggested that wellness programs may provide up to a 6:1 dollar return on investment! Organizations with wellness programs report a 15% slower rise in healthcare costs. This training will help participants in creating a comprehensive wellness and disease prevention program to improve employee health while decreasing the employer’s healthcare costs. The participants will understand challenges: employee discrimination based on disability, race, or gender, and how to incorporate non-discriminatory options in their wellness strategy.
Wage and Hour Compliance Under the New Regulations - Part 3
Bob McKenzie
60 Min
Product Id: 704635
The proposed changes to the salary level to qualify for an exemption will have a huge effect on traditional pay practices of most organizations. This training program will explore how the potential cost of not complying will also rise substantially. Business managers and HR professionals have to know what the new regulations are, how they will affect their business model, if the changes will increase the cost of labor and how to communicate the changes to affected employees.
The Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Background Checks
Lester S Rosen
75 Min
Product Id: 704456
This webinar training will explain the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and how it affects the pre-screening and investigation process of current employees. It will discuss the regulations and law that employers should comply with while hiring new employees to avoid getting into legal issues in future. Participants will learn about the best practices and regulatory requirements regarding background checks, pre-screening and investigation for safe hiring.
Compensation Systems Explained: Essential of Creating Pay Structures
Wes Pruett
90 Min
Product Id: 704653
In this training program, participants will understand the fundamental concepts of creating a compensation system. They will receive information on the concepts of: compensation policy, internal and external equity, ranges, grades, position analysis, job evaluation systems, point factor systems, benchmark positions, using market analysis to establish pay ranges and midpoints, options for movement through salary ranges, and calculating compa-ratios. Sample pay grade with variable ranges will also be discussed in the session.
Conducting Sound Workplace Investigations for California Employers
Jacquiline M Wagner
60 Min
Product Id: 704632
This training program will discuss the California Fair Employment and Housing Act under which an employer has an obligation to take all reasonable steps necessary to prevent discrimination and harassment from occurring in the workplace. The affirmative and mandatory duty requires the employer to conduct a prompt investigation in the event of a discrimination claim.
The Top Ten Trends for Background Checks in 2016 - What Every Employer Needs to Know
Lester S Rosen
75 Min
Product Id: 704628
In this training program, attendees will understand why background checks and due diligence have become mission critical for employers. This program will review the top ten trends and best practices for 2016 when it comes to background checks and safe hiring. Learn steps employers can take immediately to help ensure legal compliance and how to deal with Ban the Box rules concerning criminal records.
The Ever-Changing Role of Arbitration Agreements in California
Jacquiline M Wagner
60 Min
Product Id: 704651
There exists a liberal federal policy favoring arbitration, but a particular provision in the Federal Arbitration Act- or the FAA - known as the savings clause - permits agreements to arbitrate to be invalidated. This training program will discuss how, although there is a general sentiment favoring arbitration on a federal level, in recent years California state courts have aggressively employed the FAA’s savings clause to invalidate arbitration contracts between employers and their employees. This course will help attendees determine whether the arbitration clause in their employment agreement passes muster.
Customer Service with a Payroll Twist 2016
Vicki M. Lambert
90 Min
Product Id: 704613
Excellent customer service assists payroll in its daily operations within the department rather than for its outside customers. This training program will examine how a correctly implemented payroll department customer service policy will ensure that communications remain open and clear. By setting down in writing what the payroll department can and cannot do legally, or will or will not be able to do, right up front goes a long way towards preventing future misunderstandings, miscommunications and the resulting conflicts which cause the department to lose valuable time handling this conflict.
New Regulation from Department of Labor Definition of Exempt Employees
Bruce Buchanan
90 Min
Product Id: 704607
This webinar will discuss the impending new regulations from the Department of Labor (DOL) related to white collar salaried exemptions. Instructor will discuss the resultant re-classification of employees, reduction of employees’ hours and increase salary. Participants will also learn how to counter the financial impact of new regulations.
Wage and Salary Administration: Setting Ranges, Determining Merit Increases and Bonuses
Marna Hayden
60 Min
Product Id: 704220
This training program will concentrate primarily on establishing a philosophy and program for salary administration that will be in alignment with your organization’s business strategy, be understandable to management and employees and compliant with applicable labor laws.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Update for 2016-2017 and Beyond
Rob J Thurston
90 Min
Product Id: 704598
This training program will detail the Affordable Care Act law and its rulings. The session will also examine benefits administration and how to ensure compliance and the future of Obama Care.
Compensation Communication: How to Create a Base Pay System That Makes Sense and Doesn't Disappoint
Gary L Markle
90 Min
Product Id: 703045
This HR compliance training explains the best practices to adopt in order to effectively communicate compensation related issues to employees. You will also learn creating a base pay system that is sensible and fair.
How to Plan for the Proposed Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) - Part 1
Bob McKenzie
60 Min
Product Id: 704581
This training program will offer best practices for staying in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act when the proposed regulations are released while exploring the critical nature of the right communications. It will be followed-up by a 60 minutes complimentary Q&A Session(Series2)on Monday, May 9th 2016.
How to Create Effective Employee Newsletters
Randall A Olson
60 Min
Product Id: 704564
This training program will help you determine if an employee newsletter is right for your company. Attendees will further learn best practices for newsletter content, design and distribution, and how to create and oversee the development and production of employee newsletters.
International Background Checks: Global Due Diligence and Legal Compliance
Lester S Rosen
75 Min
Product Id: 704554
Employers have long recognized that conducting due diligence on new hires is a mission critical task. This training program will focus on why firms cannot afford to ignore employee-related problems such as workplace violence, theft, false resumes, embezzlement, harassment or trumped-up injury claims. Employers can be the subject of lawsuits for negligent hiring if they hire someone that they should have known, through the exercise of due diligence, was dangerous, unfit or unqualified.
Affirmative Action Trends and Compliance Advice | New Labor Rules and OFCCP Regulations
Cathleen M. Hampton
90 Min
Product Id: 704541
This webinar was designed to provide human resource professionals and business executives with the practical information they need to help increase their effectiveness when developing Affirmative Action programs and practices. Participants will learn about the new labor rules and OFCCP’s regulations in regards to AAP.
What to Expect When Your Employee Is Expecting: Navigating Pregnancy-Related Issues in California Workplaces
Jacquiline M Wagner
60 Min
Product Id: 704536
This webinar training course will assist California employers navigate the sometimes turbulent waters of successfully addressing and managing the issues afoot when an employee is expecting. The Instructor will share practical methods of evaluating pregnancy accommodation request, ensuring a pregnant employee receives entitled leave and tips for ensuring a smooth return-to-work.
HR/Benefits Outsourcing - Return on Investment (ROI)
Rob J Thurston
90 Min
Product Id: 704535
This webinar training will discuss how to identify key areas of HR/ benefit that can be outsourced and to evaluate and find quality outsourcing options. The Instructor will share surveys, case studies and trends in the Industry. Participants will also learn the law of sunk costs and how to do a cost-benefit analysis.







