Employee Handbook Pitfalls: 10 Mistakes Plaintiffs’ Attorneys Are Dying to Find
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Employee handbooks are your first line of defense against the myriad of potential employment-related lawsuits your company faces. A good one will stand up in court and protect your company. But a poorly drafted one – containing lawsuit-provoking buzzwords, confusing language or other unnecessary verbiage that limits your flexibility – is a dream come true for a plaintiff’s lawyer.
Learning the 10 most common mistakes companies make in drafting handbooks – and how to correct them -- will help you avoid legal pitfalls. For example, an airtight employee handbook will allow you to manage employee expectations, reducing confusion about applicable policies. It will also provide a defense against lawsuits provoked by employees who claim they didn't know about reporting procedures, or that the company had inadequate procedures.
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Learning Objectives:
- Why handbooks are so important.
- The buzzwords employers include in their handbooks that can create liability.
- How an employer can draft a legally sound handbook in a manner that is both consistent with the law and provides maximum flexibility to administer
- policies according to legitimate business needs.
- What the courts have said when they examine handbooks.
- Practical ways to avoid liability and manage employee expectations about the policies.
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Presented by:
Melissa Fleischer
Attorney
Melissa Fleischer is a management-side employment attorney with over 20 years experience and is nationally recognized as an expert
in her field. She has successfully represented numerous clients in employment discrimination litigation as well as providing preventive
counseling and training on workplace issues. Ms. Fleischer is a frequent lecturer on a wide range of employment law topics including
seminars and workshops on Anti-Harassment Training, FMLA/ADA Training and Workplace Violence Prevention Training. Ms. Fleischer earned
a juris doctor degree from the National Law Center at the George Washington University in 1983. She was admitted to the Bar of the State
of New York in 1984.
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