Time: 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (PT)
Duration: 90 Minutes
Webinar Type: Recorded Webinar
Speaker: Janette S. Levey
Date : Thursday, May 9, 2024
Course Description:
In this webinar, we will discuss the extent and limits of employment-at-will. We will also explore the statutory exceptions and contractual provisions that seem to undermine employment-at-will to give you clarity and guidance on an often misunderstood principle of employment law.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
What is Employment-at-Will?
Common Mis-Conceptions
Public Policy
Statutory Exceptions
Wrongful Discharge
Written Employment Agreements
Employee Handbooks
The NLRB and disclaimers
Scope of Employment-at-will
Case examples
Learning objective :
Defining Employment-at-will
Identifying situations falling outside of employment-at-will
Identifying exceptions to employment-at-will
Anti-Discrimination laws and employment-at-will
Rights and obligations of employers and employees
Employment Agreements, Disclaimers
Why Should You Attend :
Many employers make the mistake of assuming that because they hired an employee “at-will” that terminating that employee will be a done deal—and they often end up defending a wrongful termination claim. Other employers may hold onto employees who are not performing or who may even undermine company goals and safety, because they think that terminating them will automatically result in a multi-million dollar lawsuit. Neither of those assumptions is necessarily true! So what’s an employer to do? This webinar will help you gain some insight into how to navigate your relationship with your employees, keeping employment-at-will and its exceptions in mind.
Who Will Benefit:
HR Directors
HR Managers and VP’s
Hiring Managers
CEO
COO
Business Owners
Senior Management
Compliance Officers
Instructor Profile:
Janette S. Levey, “The Employer’s Lawyer” has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.
Janette operates under this core belief: It is possible, and it is in an employer’s best interest, to proactively solve workforce challenges before they become problems, before they result in lawsuits or steep fines caused by government audits.
Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette authors the firm’s weekly blog, where you can read each week, in plain English (not legalese) about issues impacting employers today. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.
Janette has served on the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a multidisciplinary task force dedicated to providing proactive, holistic solutions to employers serious about promoting workplace safety and preventing workplace violence.
Janette currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Child and Family Resources of Morris County, New Jersey.
Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Addressing and Preventing Employee Leave Abuse, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others.
