Active Audio Conferences:
These audio conferences are still open and available for immediate registration.
Click on the audio conference you are interested in below, and then choose the Register
Now link to sign up. Audio conferences are an ideal way for members of Human Resources, Benefits,
or other professional teams to take advantage of timely information that can have a big impact on
the workplace. The presenters are experts in their fields and are ready to share a wealth of information
on topics ranging from dealing with EEO-1 Reporting requirements to handling sensitive health issues
in the workplace—and more.
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Wellness Programs: Providing Incentives or Imposing Penalties — Know the Legal Risks
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with Lorman Education Services
Rapidly rising healthcare costs and employees' poor health choices are a significant threat
to a company's bottom line. Establishing a wellness program in your organization may be the answer
to keeping employees healthy and productive, but how do you convince employees to participate?
Join us April 25th, as we partner with Lorman Education Services to present...
Legal Implications of Health Rewards and Punitive Disincentives
Register Now! http://www.lorman.com/shop/viewcart.php?item=184274& or
or Call (866) 352-9539 today to register for this exciting event!
*Please mention Priority Code 16052 when ordering.
Thursday, May 1
"Managing Employees with Mental Disorders: Unique Challenges, Best Practices"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Is one of your employees suffering from a mental disorder? How would you know? Can you
ask the worker about his condition without inviting a lawsuit? What about privacy and accommodations
issues?
Learn legally sound best practices for dealing with psychiatric disorders by
registering for
this all-new audio conference. In just 90 minutes, employment law attorneys who have counseled
clients on these issues will offer hands-on guidance for:
- Determining if an employee is a direct threat to health and safety --
both his own and his coworkers'
- What to ask, what NOT to ask, and determining if the ADA applies
- Handling employees who don't fall under the ADA, but still may need accommodations
- What information employers can seek from health care providers
- When it's legally safe to terminate someone with a mental disorder
- And there's so much more...
About our presenters:
Michael J. MacLean, partner at Baker & Daniels LLP, counsels and defends
management in various employment law matters, including compliance with the Family and Medical
Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Susan W. Kline represents employers in state and federal court and before the
EEOC and other state and local agencies. She previously worked as a vice president of human
resources for a trade association and its for-profit subsidiary, which included providing human
resources management support for the association's member organizations.
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YE8091:oak or call M. Lee Smith
Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
Completed Audio Conferences:
These seminars have already taken place but are still available through CD and streaming audio
options (where applicable). Click on the audio conference you are interested in below, and, to
order the CD or listen online, click on the Register Now link. This is a great way to stay up-to-date
on vital issues facing HR and Benefits professionals in the workplace at your own pace and convenience.
Thursday, April 3
"Your Employee Has Cancer: Discrimination, Productivity, FMLA, and ADA Answers"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Presented by Hal Adler, President of the Great Place to Work Institute.
You've just discovered one of your employees has cancer.
- Can you ask the employee about her condition without violating privacy laws?
- How can you ensure productivity and protect the worker from discrimination?
- What FMLA and ADA issues come into play?
Get the answers to these questions and more from a program director with
Gilda's Club and an experienced employment law attorney by participating in this
critical interactive discussion. In just 90 minutes, we'll cover health and legal concerns, as
well as:
- What symptoms employers should expect from workers with the disease.
For example, employers may expect hair loss and absences due to chemo/radiation, but what are the
not so well-known symptoms? There are other side effects that affect productivity, such as memory
and concentration loss, depression, and respiratory problems.
- The misperceptions that cause cancer patients to face discrimination at work
- Privacy issues that can surface when an employee has cancer
- Accommodations that are helpful to both the employee and employer
- Insurance and benefits issues that come into play
- And there's so much more...
About our presenters:
Felice L. Apolinsky, LCSW, is the Program Director with Gilda's Club Nashville.
Gilda's Club is the international network of non-residential homelike meeting-places where men,
women, and children with cancer and their families and friends come together for social and
emotional support.
An in-demand speaker on employment issues, Barbara L. Goodwin is an employment
law and civil litigation attorney at Murray, Plumb & Murray in Portland, Maine. Barbara is the
editor of the Maine Employment Law Letter and a member of the Advisory Board of Editors for
HR Insight newsletter. She's shared her employment law insight as a speaker at the
Advanced Employment Issues Symposium and in the training videos "12 Danger Zones for
Supervisors."
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YE8281:OAK or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
"Preparing for the Avian Flu and Staph Pandemic: What HR Must Do Now"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Presented by Michael G. McCourt and John J. Matchulat, Esq.
- Michael G. McCourt has designed and developed threat management protocols, crisis management procedures, and consequence management strategies for a variety of prominent companies, including General Dynamics, State Street Corporation, Kronos Incorporated, and Mercury Computer.
- John J. Matchulat, Esq. provides counsel to management on legal and practical issues arising before, during, and after workplace catastrophic events. He has shared that knowledge by authoring a 2006 publication, Workplace Catastrophes: An Employer's Guide to Workplace Violence, Terrorism and Natural Disasters.
Back by popular demand, the best-selling audio conference, now completely updated in light of serious, just-issued alerts...
- The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that as of December 28, 2007, more than 246 people have been infected with the Avian Flu and an additional 213 people have died from the pandemic.
- And the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that as of October, 2007, an estimated 94,000 individuals have been infected with the antibiotic-resistant "Super Bug" staph infection.
How can HR prepare for these potentially catastrophic threats? How should employers communicate the dangers of the Avian Flu and the Super Bug to employees? How can your organization ensure business continuity in the event of an outbreak?
Get the answers to these questions and more at this critical HR Hero live event. In just 90 minutes, we'll bring you up-to-speed on the best ways to prevent, contain, and recover from the effects of a pandemic at your organization, including:
- Specific steps to take to develop your Pandemic Response Plan
- How to prevent the spread of the Avian Flu and MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) at your organization
- How ADA, FMLA, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, OSHA regs, and FLSA exempt rules could impact employment policies in the event of an outbreak
- And there's so much more...
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YE8151:OAK or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
Tuesday, January 29
"Making Your Employees Shape Up or Ship Out: How to Legally Control Benefits Costs"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Presented by Ashley Gillihan and Robert William Edmund.
- Attorney Ashley Gillihan is a partner in Alston & Bird LLP's Employee Benefits and ERISA Litigation Groups at the firm's office in Atlanta. Mr. Gillihan’s legal practice focuses on health and welfare employee benefit compliance and litigation issues for employers, health plan administrators and other health and welfare benefit plan service providers.
- Attorney Robert William Edmund is a partner in the Employment Department at Porter Wright Morris LLP, the firm that edits Ohio Employment Law Letter. He regularly defends employers against all forms of discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuits, agency charges, and arbitrations.
Learn your legal limits for keeping employees healthy and productive by participating in this all-new audio conference. From smoking bans to obesity programs, employers are stepping up their efforts to get workers to cease
unhealthy habits.
But how far can you go to lower benefits costs? When a medical benefits administration company implemented a mandatory smoking ban (at the office -- and at home), almost 200 employees walked off the job, rather than submit to mandatory "smoke breath" testing. Now some states prohibit discrimination against employees who use lawful products, such as tobacco.
Find out what carrots -- and sticks -- you can legally use to regulate employee health by participating in this HR Hero live event. In just 90 minutes, employment law attorneys experienced in benefits compliance will guide you through emerging efforts to control healthcare spending, including:
- Real-life obesity programs other employers are using without incurring discrimination charges
- Smoking and smoker bans - what are the legal limits of smoker testing?
- Legal limits of instituting a workplace policy that limits "risky off-duty conduct"
- Healthcare premium discounts and other carrots you can use to keep your workforce healthy
- Legal limitations employers encounter when instituting wellness programs, including off-duty conduct statutes, discrimination laws, ERISA, and other restrictions
- And there's so much more...
Register Now!https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YE8041:oak or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
November 13, 2007
"Keep Employees Engaged and Slash Turnover: Secrets of the Great Workplaces"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Presented by Hal Adler, President of the Great Place to Work Institute.
Looking for new ways to reverse turnover and engage employees? How would you like to transform your organization into one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, such as Google or A.G. Edwards?
Learn how to become an "employer of choice" by participating in this all-new HR Hero audio conference. In just 90 minutes, you'll get an insider's look at America's great workplaces -- including strategies for building trust, especially between managers and employees.
You’ll also learn:
- Real-life examples of employee engagement from some of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, including Google (#1), Wegmans, Container Store, Medtronic, and A.G. Edwards
- Retainment secrets from some the Best Small & Medium Companies to Work For, including Badger Mining Company (#1 on 50 Best) and Holder Construction Company (#1 on 25 Best)
- The common ingredients that ALL top employers share, with analysis of the 5 dimensions of a best workplace
- Hands-on techniques the best workplaces use to jumpstart employee productivity and on-the-job innovation
- How the best companies foster genuine camaraderie among employees
- A fresh approach to the concept of benefits to win employee commitment -- for good
- How to analyze turnover, productivity, and stock price data of top workplaces -- and how to use this hard data to get buy-in from senior managers for implementing a great place to work initiative
- And there's so much more...
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YR7291:oak or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
October 25, 2007
"Workplace Stress: What Causes It And What To Do About It"
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Presented in conjunction with Briefings Publishing Group...
Unrelieved workplace stress has far-reaching consequences, impacting the employee, his or her peers, family members and even relationships with friends and his or her mental and physical health.
Hopelessness and despair accompany unrelieved stress and result from a lack of understanding about how to address and resolve stress. This conference will focus on the causes and treatments of stress and how to reclaim one's personal and professional life from the jaws of the stress monster.
Learning Objectives:
- Define stress: The good and the bad
- Explore the journey down the stress path: How did I get here?
- Addressing stress: Personal and professional
- Examine choices as stress-reduction tools
Register Now! http://briefings.com/audio366.asp?code=OAKB7 or call 1-800-431-7571. Please mention promo code: OAKB7 when calling.
September 11, 2007
"When a Supervisor Inherits a Problem Employee: 10 Rules for Avoiding Legal Danger"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Presented by John B. Phillips, Jr., Nationally recognized attorney, speaker, and trainer.
How can supervisors deal with a problem employee ... whose previous boss was too lenient with evaluations and discipline?
Can management terminate the worker without incurring a lawsuit?
Help your supervisors learn how to discipline and fire poor performers without placing your organization in legal danger by registering them for this all-new HR Hero audio conference.
Nationally renowned attorney and speaker John Phillips, Jr. will walk your leaders through real court cases involving situations where supervisors inherited "bad" employees.
In just 60 minutes, your supervisors will learn:
- The first plan of action when addressing poor performance
- 4 things supervisors should NEVER do
- 6 steps they can take to correct the problem and avoid legal danger
- Legally-sound corrective action when the employee is in a protected class because of race, gender, national origin, religion, disability, or age
- How to respond if discipline leads to a charge of discrimination or retaliation
- And much more...
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YS7141:oak or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
July 19, 2007
"EEO-1 Reporting Deadline Looms: New Rules for HR"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
Uncle Sam needs your EEO-1 reports by September 30. Will yours meet the new requirements?
Learn how to accurately complete and submit your reports in time for the deadline by participating in this HR Hero
audio conference.
Here's what you'll get in just 90 minutes:
- A step-by-step explanation of the new reporting requirements regarding job categories
- Easy-to-follow guidelines for defining business and financial occupations
- A clear roadmap of the changes being made in the ethnic and racial categories
- Practical suggestions for communicating to employees the employer's need for information and tips on alleviating employees' privacy concerns
- Hands-on advice for recording individuals who do not self-identify
- An in-depth discussion of the implications of the changes on similar record keeping requirements of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP)
- Recommendations on how to handle OFCCP record keeping until the OFCCP’s promised new race and ethnicity identification guidelines are issued
- And much, much more...
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YH7241:oak
or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
June 26, 2007
"Dispute Resolution: What to Do When HR Is Stuck in the Middle"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC.
Presented by Candace Kollas, nationally-renowned expert in workplace transformation.
Do any of these situations sound familiar?
- Two employees simply aren't getting along
- A new company policy adversely affects a supervisor— and she's complaining
- Two supervisors are sharing support staff—and can't agree on who gets priority
- An employee feels he deserves a raise—but there's an issue
If you've experienced one or more of these uncomfortable situations, you're not alone. More often than not, disputes like these are dumped squarely on HR's lap.
Now—to help you respond confidently and effectively when disputes arise—Candace Kollas is presenting this eye-opening and empowering audio conference.
Use this audio conference as your insurance against upsetting disputes that can demoralize entire departments...even your entire workplace.
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YR7161:oak or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.
June 21, 2007
"Diabetes at Work: Legal and Medical Answers for HR"
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Brought to you by Personal Best in partnership with M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
Register today for "Diabetes at Work: Legal and Medical Answers for HR" and get the dos and don'ts for handling diabetes at work, find out how to avoid EEOC lawsuits, and discover ways to make reasonable accommodations under the ADA.
- Can you legally ask an employee if he has diabetes?
- How do you address diabetes-related safety and performance concerns without risking a discrimination claim?
- What's the difference between Type I and Type II diabetes and what are the symptoms?
Get the answers to ALL your legal and medical questions for dealing with this disease in the workplace by participating in this all-new HR Hero audio conference.
Presented by an experienced employment law attorney and a physician who specializes in diabetes treatment and workplace education.
An employee with diabetes demands special attention at every stage of the employment relationship -- from hiring to performance evaluations to termination -- and an estimated 21 million Americans have the disease.
Register Now! https://secure.mleesmith.com/hrhero/conference.cgi?YH7191:oak or call M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC toll-free (800) 274-6774. Please mention Conference Code OAK when calling.