Current employment law (bold)
Become familiar with current employment law, so that you understand the responsibilities and boundaries of your own role and can assess workplace issues and legal implications.
Learn about
• Employment discrimination laws
• How major claims affect employment best practices
• E-employment and cyber employment issues
• What constitutes wrongful termination
Understand how to establish a structured framework for systematic analysis of employee issues and rights.
DESIGNED FOR
Financial professionals in businesses, not-for-profits, and public practices
Those who practice in corporate, business, public advocacy, and other areas of the law.
BENEFITS
Employment law basics
Employment-related issues from evolving technologies and cyberspace
Wrongful termination
Harassment claims
Retaliation claimsHIGHLIGHTS
- Assess the historical and current trends in employment law claims, settlements, and verdicts.
- Analyze the process by which most employment law claims get to federal or state court.
- Evaluate employment-related issues associated with evolving technologies and cyberspace.
- Assess what makes a termination wrongful under applicable law.
- Identify how harassment claims are defined by the EEOC.
- Analyze the factors that expose an employer to a claim of retaliation.
COURSE LEVEL
Advanced
PREREQUISITES
Experience in, and knowledge of, employment law issues