Webinar 1: Legal Risks of Telecommuting In The COVID-19 Climate
Credit: 1.25 HRCI, 1.25 SHRM
75 Minutes, Published March 20, 2020
Updated to address concerns about the possible impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Telecommuting, or remote employment, has become exceedingly popular as a manner to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and offer a more attractive employment package to employees. Unfortunately, telecommuting arrangements do not come without legal risk to the employer as well. In this practical webinar, you will examine these risks and learn about the possible ways to minimize them. You will also learn about liability for work injuries, an employer’s obligations for telecommuters under the FMLA, ADA, and other federal laws, and ways to effectively structure procedure and handbook policies to address these laws.
Webinar 2: Addressing Coronavirus and Other Infectious Diseases in the Workplace
Credit: 1.25 HRCI, 1.25 SHRM
75 Minutes, Published March 30, 2020
CoronaVirus (COVID-19) has emerged as an ongoing public health crisis in the U.S. As a result, there is a mounting responsibility for employers to effectively maintain occupational health and prevent transmission between employees or exposure from third parties. OSHA penalties for exposing workers to a “recognized hazard” can trigger penalties of up to $134,937 per affected employee. While OSHA has not yet completed an “infectious disease” prevention rule, they can still issue citations under the General Duty Clause if employers fail to use all feasible methods of prevention. In this practical webinar, you will learn how COVID-19 can present a hazard in all workplaces – not just health care settings – and how this impacts work practices and HR policies. In addition to this, you will explore how OSHA’s ongoing rulemaking to create an infectious disease standard is progressing, and how pressure from Congress in the wake of COVID-19 may result in an emergency standard.
Among other things you will learn:
1. How best to integrate OSHA and CDC guidance for application in the workplace
2. Which other OSHA rules interface with infectious disease exposures, including respiratory protection, fit testing and medical evaluation requirements
3. How quarantine and related requirements can impact worker rights under the ADA and other federal/state employment laws.
You will also review best practices to follow to minimize the risk to workers from all types of infectious diseases to ensure a safe workplace for your employees.
Webinar 3: Managing Remote, Virtual, and Telecommuting Workers
Credit: 1.5 HRCI, 1.5 SHRM
75 Minutes, Published June 24, 2019
Accomplishing work in the new millennium has become synonymous with “Virtual Leadership”. The current competitive business environment and the changing nature of work and the workforce requires effective leadership that spans the boundaries of time and space to help employees to work together – apart. Leadership of virtual teams is not the same as leadership of face-to-face, co-located teams. Leading a virtual team is more difficult, as it requires a dynamic interaction between technological systems and human systems that the virtual leader has to address and balance for work to be accomplished.
1. 4 essentials for virtual teamwork
2. Tools and techniques to facilitate “working together apart” in virtual environment
3. The importance of virtual contracts
4. Tips for effective virtual meetings
Webinar 4: Telecommuting and Related Policies and Programs
Credit: 1.25 HRCI, 1.25 SHRM
75 Minutes, Published September 26, 2019
In this practical webinar, you will learn how to handle requests from employees to work remotely. You will learn how to ensure compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), Family Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), and other employment laws when handling these requests.
Webinar 5: Working Remotely in the Covid-19 Era
Credit: 1.25 HRCI, 1.25 SHRM
75 Minutes, Published March 24, 2020
Whether the reason is the COVID-19 pandemic, a natural disaster, a lack of office space, or other impediments, choosing to have people work from home is happening at an increasing rate. While it is easy to tell employees to just “work from home,” the ability to successfully work from home takes more than a laptop and an internet connection to get the optimal level of productivity and results when there is no longer a common workplace. In addition to this, whether you have been working remotely for years or are new to remote work, it is necessary to implement best practices to speed up success and ensure greater productivity.
In this practical webinar, you will receive a detailed overview of practical tips and best practices to ensure that you have the greatest success in leading a remote team.
Upon course completion, you will be able to:
- Determine what makes remote work different (it isn’t only what you think)
- Identify a leader’s biggest new responsibilities when leading remotely
- Outline the seven steps that will accelerate your team’s progress when working remotely
- Build an action plan for you – and your team in the critical early days of remote work