HR 101 - Things You Need To Know

Managers, leaders and HR staff are expected to know the alphabet soup of federal and state laws, from ADA and FMLA to Title VII, EEOC and affirmative action. This 90-minute HR 101 training gives a high-level view of the key HR components you need to know.

It is concise and practical, aimed at keeping you out of trouble and helping you ask better questions. Topics run from HR's role in strategy, protected classes and hiring through onboarding, recognition, at-will employment, just cause, corrective action and documentation, to sexual harassment, FMLA, ADA, wage and hour rules, worker classification and handbooks.

It is not a legal seminar; check specifics with your employment law attorney.

• Explain HR's role in mission and strategy and the main anti-discrimination laws
• Apply sound recruiting, interviewing and onboarding practices
• Use just cause, corrective action steps and proper disciplinary documentation
• Recognize and prevent quid pro quo and hostile work environment harassment
• Describe FMLA and ADAAA basics, including reasonable accommodation
• Classify workers correctly under wage and hour rules
• Respond to key HR issues and discuss HR improvements with your team

HR foundations and hiring

• HR's role in mission and strategy
• Key anti-discrimination laws and protected classes
• Disparate treatment and adverse impact
• Rights employers do have
• Recruiting and behavioral-based interviewing
• Goodness of fit in employee selection
• Onboarding basics and the 4 C's of onboarding

Managing and disciplining employees

• Key considerations in managing employees
• Seven steps to employee recognition
• Basics of employment at will
• Five considerations in determining just cause
• Progressive discipline and why you might not want it
• Seven steps to effective corrective action
• Twelve parts of disciplinary documentation
• What to know when disciplining employees

Key laws

• Sexual harassment basics: quid pro quo and hostile work environment
• FMLA basics: what it is, who is covered and six things to remember
• ADAAA basics, reasonable accommodation and the interactive discussion
• Wage and hour basics
• Independent contractors, exempt and nonexempt employees
• Seven reasons for employee handbooks and six tips

What you don't know about HR law can hurt you. This session gives basic compliance information that lowers risk and helps you talk with employees about common HR issues with more confidence.

It suits people new to HR or to supervision and those wanting a refresher, including HR managers and directors, risk managers, benefit specialists, supervisors, owners, executives, finance leaders and board members. Staff who talk with employees every day will be better prepared and less likely to speak for the company inaccurately.

• Human Resource Managers / Administration
• Risk Managers
• Benefit Specialists
• Supervisors
• Business Owners
• General Managers
• Controllers/ CFOs / Financial Managers
• Company Owners
• Presidents and CEOs
• Board Members
• Human Resource Directors
• Managers

Bob Verchota, SPHR, is the President and owner of RPVerchota & Associates, a human resources and management practices consulting firm. He has over 30 years of human resources and operational leadership experience. His most recent corporate assignments include serving as VP Support Services, VP of Ancillary Services and Human Resources, and VP Human Resources. Focus areas include organization change and employee development, talent acquisition, risk management, compensation and benefits, labor and employee relations, performance improvement, and other operational issues. 

Academic pursuits include an undergraduate degree in Business Administration, graduate degree in Healthcare Administration (MHA), and doctoral work in Organization Development EdD (abd). He has taught at the technical, baccalaureate, and masters levels in several colleges and universities.