An Overview of Employment Liabilities

Workplace-related claims of discrimination, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, and a multitude of other alleged offenses against employees and applicants continue to be filed, and the price for employer misconduct continues to grow. In 2002 alone, the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received 84,442 job-related civil rights complaints.  More than 14,000 sexual harassment claims and lawsuits are filed annually in this country. Additionally, when the Society for Human Resource Management randomly polled members recently, 57 percent of the 616 respondents said their organizations had faced an employment-related lawsuit at least once during the past five years.

This course discusses the employment liabilities and laws that govern and affect the conduct between employer and employee.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Managers/Supervisors/Risk Management & HR Professionals

PROGRAM LEVEL
Basic

PROGRAM PREREQUISITES
None

ADVANCED PREPARATION
Not Required

DELIVERY METHOD
Self-Study

TIME TO COMPLETE
105-120 minutes

PURPOSE
To provide an overview of employment-related laws and the liabilities that result from them.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

• identify discrimination, and apply the appropriate federal and state anti-discrimination laws that protect individuals from discrimination;
• recognize and categorize the two types of sexual harassment;
• describe the circumstances in which claims of retaliation and wrongful termination often occur; and
• differentiate between such workplace torts as assault and battery, defamation, fraudulent misrepresentation, invasion of privacy, negligent hiring, and wrongful reference.

TOPICS COVERED
1. Discrimination

• Definition
• Trends
• Federal, State, Local Laws

2. Sexual Harassment

• Definition
• Federal Laws
• Types

3. Retaliation

• Definition
• Federal laws
• Components
• Trends

4. Wrongful Termination

• Definition
• Types

5. Other Workplace Torts

• Assault and Battery
• Defamation
• Fraudulent Misrepresentation
• Invasion of Privacy
• Negligent Hiring
• Wrongful Reference

FORMS INCLUDED
The following forms/documents can be downloaded and/or printed:

• Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Anti-Harassment Policy
• Authorization Form to Obtain Consumer Report
• Background Investigation Authorization and Release Form
• Sexual Harassment Policy

ACCREDITATION
HR CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE
This program has been approved for 2.0 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.  For more information about certification or recertification, visit the HR Certification Institute homepage at www.hrci.org.

THE FLORIDA BAR
The Florida Bar’s Board of Legal Specialization and Education has accredited this course for 2.0 hours of General Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits. For more information about credit hours, visit the Florida Bar homepage at www.flabar.org.

THE STATE BAR OF GEORGIA
The State Bar of Georgia has accredited this course for 2.0 hours of Regular CLE credits, including 2.0 Ethics credits. For more information about CLE credits, visit The State Bar of Georgia homepage at www.gabar.org.

NASBA
This program provides 2.0 credit hours toward Continuing Professional Education (CPE) recertification. 

OFFICIAL QAS STATEMENT
The Human Equation is registered with the State Boards of Accountancy as a Quality Assurance Service (QAS) sponsor of continuing professional education. Participating state boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding QAS program sponsors may be addressed to NASBA, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org.