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2016
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND PERSONNEL RELATIONS LAWS August 17, 2016 August 24, 2016
Pasadena Area Orange County
The program is designed to provide a guide to Human Resources Officials, Personnel Specialists, Attorneys, Supervisors and other management officials through the ever-increasing maze of state and federal employment discrimination laws. Registrants will receive a free copy of the New Tenth Edition of Simmons’ EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND EEO PRACTICE MANUAL FOR CALIFORNIA EMPLOYERS (over 800 pages). This is the first work of its kind — a one-stop desk reference to state and federal EEO, employment discrimination and record retention laws affecting California employers.
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the FEHC have both recognized the value of this man- ual and obtained copies for investigators, consultants and supervisors in the past. A partial listing of the book’s table of con- tents is in this brochure.
The program will also examine other personnel relations laws and issues of significance to California employers. The rap- idly developing laws prohibiting disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, “wrongful discharge” and “unfair termination” of employees will be examined. Simmons’ book provides a detailed review of the means by which employers can AVOID LIABILITIES in this area. Employers have been found liable for millions of dollars in damages for wrongfully ter- minating employees.
The course will also present a review of restrictions against the employment of undocumented workers, questions that can be asked in interviews and applications, and how to treat employees on pregnancy and workers’ compensation leaves of absence.
Among the many subjects that will be discussed in the program are the following:
• Wrongful termination — employer pitfalls, safeguards, and defensive practices
• New amendments to California law, including the FEhA
• Rules on personal liability and punitive, exemplary, and emotional distress damages
• Sexual harassment — the laws and new decisions, standards of review, damages, means of reducing
or eliminating liability, defenses, and a sample policy against harassment
• Pregnancy leave regulations, transfer rules, and notification obligations — Cases and FEhC rules
• New California Fair Employment and housing Council Developments and Regulations
• Disability discrimination — New state rules, decisions defining covered “disabilities” and employer obligations • Complaint procedures — liabilities and remedies
• Age discrimination — new issues — jury trials — liabilities
• Americans With Disabilities Act and EEOC Guidance
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act and Regulations
• Smokers and non-smokers’ protections
• State law protections for employees with alcohol and drug addictions
• Revisions to California fair employment practice laws
• Sexual preference and orientation
• New Equal Pay and Fair Pay Laws
• English-only rules
• Dress and grooming standards
• Legislation — New statutory rules
• Pre-employment inquiries in interviews and applications — New rules
• Mental disability rules — scope of protection for mental disorders,
INCLUDES
NEW TENTh EDITION OF ThE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION MANUAL
• Emotional distress claims
• New Gender Expression and Identity Protections
• Hiring practices
• DEFENDING CASES BEFORE ThE EEOC AND DFEh • Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
• Defenses and strategies
• Common pitfalls and areas of exposure
• Inspection of personnel files under amended law
• Disciplinary action and interviews
• Defamation issues
• Blacklisting and misrepresentation laws
• Communication skills rules
• Other significant issues
• Questions and answers
WORKERS’ COMP LEAVES OF ABSENCE
FEhA ChANGES IN 2016
SEXUAL hARASSMENT AND BULLYING
alcoholism, and drug addiction
• Workers’ compensation leaves of absence — job retention rights — continuation of benefits and insurance — duration of leaves
• Immigration concerns of employers — Employee Screening Obligations — I-9 Developments
NEW PREGNANCY AND DISABILITY RULES
WRONGFUL TERMINATION ADA UPDATE