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Course Description

Learn the basics of Employment Law, the potential pitfalls and ways to keep yourself out of court so that you can grow your business by hiring, evaluating, and managing employees. 

This course will discuss all the necessary information you need to know about employees and independent consultants, what benefits you are responsible for, taxes, discrimination issues, unionization, and workplace safety.  You will learn the ins and outs of how to advertise a job position, and how to effectively interview so that your hiring process goes smoothly. Learn good evaluation techniques and how to resolve problems before they become really big issues.  However, not everyone is in the right place, and you may have to terminate someone from your employment, and this class will help you to do it the right way. 

Employment laws are both at the federal and state levels and every business owner is responsible for them. While this course is NOT a replacement for knowing and understanding the employment laws that affect your business, this course will reveal the most common employment laws and how they can affect the way you do business. This course is a must for anyone who wishes to learn how to be an effective employer, supervisor, or manager and will be of benefit to any small business owner or a corporate executive, manager, supervisor, or human resource specialist.
 
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Course Lessons

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Lesson One: The Employment Relationship

In this lesson you will understand the importance of learning the fundamentals of employment law, you will, at the very least, limit the possibility of litigation.

Lesson Two: The Process of Hiring Employees

In order to find the best applicants for your position, you'll need to write a clear description of the job that needs to be done.

Lesson Three: Evaluating Performance

The lesson will include an interview with Michael Link. He holds the position of a Senior Manager at an international corporation and has long been involved in the process of hiring, evaluating, and occasionally terminating employees.

Lesson Four: Termination

We are not always one hundred percent successful in choosing the right person for a position we need filled. Other times, due to economic situations, we have to let good people go.

Lesson Five: Employee Compensation and Benefits

The FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) is the main federal law the covers all issues related to wages and pay. It sets minimum wage and overtime payment standards. It prevents gender specific pay.

Lesson Six: Taxes

One aspect of employment law you may prefer to avoid, but cannot, is the issue of taxes. As an employer you are automatically assigned the role of tax collector.

Lesson Seven: Leave Policies

With a few exceptions, employers actually have no obligation to provide for leave from work except as mandated by law.

Lesson Eight: Workplace Safety

Safety in the workplace has become of paramount importance for both employers and employees.

Lesson Nine: Discrimination

Job discrimination includes hiring, wage, and promotion decisions based on anything other than a worker's performance, credentials, or skills.

Lesson Ten: Disabilities

In 1990, Congress passed the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) in order to prevent discrimination against individuals with mental or physical disabilities.

Lesson Eleven: Unions and Labor Relations

Prior to the newest federal administration (2009), only about 12% of all American workers belong to unions. This is a decline of about 50% from numbers collected in 1983.

Lesson Twelve: Legal Issues

The employer/employee relationship is one that is created with tightly woven legal constraints. When one side or the other violates the others' rights, then the dispute could possible turn into a legal issue.

Lesson Thirteen: Miscellaneous Topics

The balance of your employees' "reasonable expectation of privacy" and your desire to run your business efficiently and effectively is tenuous at best.

Optional Certificates Awarded

  1. Certificate of Merit
  2. Certificate of Academic Excellence
In addition to the standard Certificate of Course Completion, Merit Awards may be issued by the instructor at his/her own discretion and are based on student achievement. Merit awards also incur an additional $30.00 processing fee that covers the customization, printing, and delivery of the award, as well as access to the UniversalClass™ Portfolio Service that documents your achievements online. Official Merit Awards have a serial number that verifies the authenticity of the award (great for employers to verify your achievement).
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Course Title : Employment Law Fundamentals 101
CEU Value :

1.0 (Continuing Education Units)

Course Number : 7550199
Course Type : Professional Development
Course URL :

http://employmentlaw.onlineclasses.com

Course Rating : Excellent Course! 4 Star Rating
Instructor :

Donna Salazar

Syllabus :

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Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :

Basic Course: $30

   

with CEUs & Certificate: $55

NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment. This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.

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