Law For Leaders

Law for leaders is a workshop for front-line supervisors, upper-level supervisors, HR employees, and other individuals that have the authority to discipline or even discharge. For example, front-line supervisors should be trained in harassment and hostile environment prevention. If a supervisor has final authority to discharge, he/she should have training in disparate treatment and disparate impact.

The Problem

• Do your supervisors understand discrimination laws such as harassment and hostile environment?
• Is your organization currently non-union, but thinking about becoming unionized?
• Does your Human Resources department understand the legalities behind the FLSA?
• DO HR employees understand the process to work when women in your organization leave work to have a baby?

Students Are Taught To Learn...

• The discrimination laws based on certain characteristics; race, sex, national origin, age, disability and religion
• The difference between unionized vs. non-unionized and the different issues associate with each one
• The definition of FLMA and FLSA and their associated rule and regulations.

Course Outline

Discrimination And Related: EEOC, ADA, the extent of the training that would be appropriate would depend on the level of authority of the participants

National Labor Relations Act: Union vs. non-union (if your company is non-union, then the emphasis is on keeping the union out and training the supervisors on what to do if a union shows up, what the signs of union organizing are and how to avoid unfair labor practices; if your company is already unionized, then the emphasis is on collective bargaining negotiations, handling grievances and arbitration, and potentially, decertifying the union).

Family Medical Leave Act (FLMA) And Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Administration of wage-hour laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act is probably limited to the company's Human Resources department. This section will be highly customized to meet your companies needs.