What’s New and What’s Next in Employment Law

Gain a better understanding of the specific restrictions and regulations that can protect your company if a wrongful termination occurs. With the explosion of employment litigation, in particular, wage and hour lawsuits, many employers are turning to arbitration agreements as a strategy to keep defense costs down and avoid class actions. But as more and more companies make mandatory arbitration a condition of employment, the controversy surrounding the legality of such agreements escalates. Likewise, may employers are using covenants not to compete and confidentiality agreements to protect their trade secrets and confidential information.

Let’s face it – your employees are the most important aspect of your company, and keep your company moving forward. Although upper management may be responsible for creating a company vision, your employees are the ones who execute that vision. In this webinar, we will share how to identify certain individuals that are top leaders, or your “A” team. Recognizing these individuals and ensuring they are a part of your team is key to success. Ways that allow you to not only attract but retain those top employees.

For most CEOs, talent remains at or near the top of their priority list, and yet lack of talent remains a major obstacle in achieving organisational goals. While a lot of effort is spent tackling these challenges, our CRF survey indicated a lack of satisfaction with the outcomes of talent management practices. Where are organisations going wrong.

For over 50 years, the Supreme Court has relied on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to clarify and strengthen its definition of sexual harassment. Even today, it’s clear some employees remain confused about what is and isn’t sexual harassment and how they’re protected when reporting incidents. Between 2018 and 2021, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received nearly 30,000 charges of alleged sexual harassment. Sexual harassment drives preventable business costs: Human costs in low morale and high turnover; financial costs of legal fees, settlements or damages; and lost productivity in both front-line employees and executives. Avoiding these costs requires a comprehensive sexual harassment policy that is regularly reviewed and updated.