How to Fire an Employee: Best Practices for Legal and Ethical Terminations
Best Practices for Termination Meetings, Manage Employee Reactions Effectively, & Understand The Recent NLRB Ruling!
Instructor :
Brenda Neckvatal
Webinar ID:
11328
Date: DEC 31, 2024 (TUE)
Start Time: 10 AM PT - 11 AM PT
Duration: 1 Hr.
What you will learn
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- Designed For Employers, Managers, And HR Professionals.
- Focus On Legal And Ethical Termination Practices.
- Explore Legal Considerations Including Discrimination And Retaliation.
- Learn Best Practices For Conducting Termination Meetings.
- Communicate Termination Reasons Clearly And …
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- Designed For Employers, Managers, And HR Professionals.
- Focus On Legal And Ethical Termination Practices.
- Explore Legal Considerations Including Discrimination And Retaliation.
- Learn Best Practices For Conducting Termination Meetings.
- Communicate Termination Reasons Clearly And Respectfully.
- Develop Strategies For Managing Employee Reactions.
- Minimize Impact On Remaining Team And Culture.
- Understand Implications Of Recent NLRB Ruling.
- Equip With Tools To Maintain Professionalism And Respect.
Course Description
Terminating an employee is a complex process, guided by legal norms and ethical considerations. Understanding at-will employment and navigating potential labor law violations are crucial to executing this delicate task responsibly.
This webinar will equip you with the necessary knowledge and strategies to handle terminations legally and ethically.
Key Takeaways:
- At-Will Employment Explained: Learn what it means when either party in the employment relationship can terminate at any time, for any reason—or no reason at all.
- Legal Exceptions: Gain insight into the exceptions to at-will employment, such as illegal grounds for termination including whistleblower protection and refusal to partake in unlawful activities.
- Practical Strategies: Before consulting an attorney, discover effective practices and strategies to strengthen your legal standing and ensure ethical compliance.
This course is designed to make your legal preparation effective, ensuring you are well-informed before making any decisions about employee termination.
Join Now!
Terminating an employee is a complex process, guided by legal norms and ethical considerations. Understanding at-will employment and navigating potential labor law violations are crucial to executing this delicate task responsibly.
This webinar will equip you with the necessary knowledge and strategies to handle terminations legally and ethically.
Key Takeaways:
- At-Will Employment Explained: Learn what it means when either party in the employment relationship can terminate at any time, for any reason—or no reason at all.
- Legal Exceptions: Gain insight into the exceptions to at-will employment, such as illegal grounds for termination including whistleblower protection and refusal to partake in unlawful activities.
- Practical Strategies: Before consulting an attorney, discover effective practices and strategies to strengthen your legal standing and ensure ethical compliance.
This course is designed to make your legal preparation effective, ensuring you are well-informed before making any decisions about employee termination.
Join Now!
Why you should attend
Attending our webinar, “How to Fire an Employee: Best Practices for Legal and Ethical Terminations,” offers several compelling benefits for employers and managers.
Here’s why this session is invaluable:
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- Legal and Ethical Awareness: As a leader, understanding the legalities and ethical considerations of termination is crucial. This knowledge helps you avoid potential legal complications and lawsuits, which are often the results of mishandled terminations.
- Best Practices for Termination Procedures: Gain insights into conducting effective termination meetings, managing communication with the departing employee, and handling their potential reactions and emotions with dignity and respect.
- Leadership and Culture Enhancement: This webinar not only enhances your leadership skills but also aids in fostering a positive workplace culture. By demonstrating respect and fairness, even in difficult situations like terminations, you reinforce a culture of integrity and respect among your team.
- Long-term Benefits: The skills and knowledge acquired from this webinar are invaluable, benefiting both the employer and employee in the long run. Investing your time in this training is not just about learning to terminate an employee but about enhancing your overall approach to ethical management and corporate responsibility.
By the end of this webinar, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct terminations that are both legal and ethical, minimizing the risk of potential legal issues and lawsuits.
Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to handle the aftermath of termination in a respectful and professional manner, contributing significantly to a positive workplace culture.
Enroll Now!
Attending our webinar, “How to Fire an Employee: Best Practices for Legal and Ethical Terminations,” offers several compelling benefits for employers and managers.
Here’s why this session is invaluable:
-
- Legal and Ethical Awareness: As a leader, understanding the legalities and ethical considerations of termination is crucial. This knowledge helps you avoid potential legal complications and lawsuits, which are often the results of mishandled terminations.
- Best Practices for Termination Procedures: Gain insights into conducting effective termination meetings, managing communication with the departing employee, and handling their potential reactions and emotions with dignity and respect.
- Leadership and Culture Enhancement: This webinar not only enhances your leadership skills but also aids in fostering a positive workplace culture. By demonstrating respect and fairness, even in difficult situations like terminations, you reinforce a culture of integrity and respect among your team.
- Long-term Benefits: The skills and knowledge acquired from this webinar are invaluable, benefiting both the employer and employee in the long run. Investing your time in this training is not just about learning to terminate an employee but about enhancing your overall approach to ethical management and corporate responsibility.
By the end of this webinar, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct terminations that are both legal and ethical, minimizing the risk of potential legal issues and lawsuits.
Equip yourself with the knowledge and tools to handle the aftermath of termination in a respectful and professional manner, contributing significantly to a positive workplace culture.
Enroll Now!
Course Agenda
This interactive Webinar is designed for Employers, Managers, and HR Professionals who are keen to master the intricacies of Legal and Ethical Terminations.
The session is structured to enhance understanding and skills to manage terminations effectively while upholding legal standards and fostering a positive workplace culture.
Here’s what you will learn:
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- Understanding Legal Considerations: Dive into the core legal considerations involved in the termination process, including federal and state laws concerning discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
- Conducting a Termination Meeting: Learn best practices for conducting termination meetings, with a focus on how to communicate the reasons for termination clearly and respectfully.
- Managing Employee Reactions: Develop strategies for managing potential reactions and emotions from the employee being terminated. Gain insights into handling difficult conversations and maintaining professionalism throughout the process.
- Minimizing Impact on Team and Culture: Explore ways to minimize the impact of termination on the remaining employees and the overall workplace culture, ensuring continuity and morale.
- Navigating New Legal Rulings: A special segment on the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling effective from February 2023. Understand its implications on the use of confidentiality agreements and anti-disparagement clauses, and how it affects your responsibilities as an employer.
BONUS:
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- PDF copy of the presentation handout for your future reference.
- Soft copy of the certificate of completion on request.
- Q&A Session with the Presenter: Get your pressing questions answered verbally, via chat or email.
This interactive Webinar is designed for Employers, Managers, and HR Professionals who are keen to master the intricacies of Legal and Ethical Terminations.
The session is structured to enhance understanding and skills to manage terminations effectively while upholding legal standards and fostering a positive workplace culture.
Here’s what you will learn:
-
- Understanding Legal Considerations: Dive into the core legal considerations involved in the termination process, including federal and state laws concerning discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.
- Conducting a Termination Meeting: Learn best practices for conducting termination meetings, with a focus on how to communicate the reasons for termination clearly and respectfully.
- Managing Employee Reactions: Develop strategies for managing potential reactions and emotions from the employee being terminated. Gain insights into handling difficult conversations and maintaining professionalism throughout the process.
- Minimizing Impact on Team and Culture: Explore ways to minimize the impact of termination on the remaining employees and the overall workplace culture, ensuring continuity and morale.
- Navigating New Legal Rulings: A special segment on the recent National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling effective from February 2023. Understand its implications on the use of confidentiality agreements and anti-disparagement clauses, and how it affects your responsibilities as an employer.
BONUS:
-
- PDF copy of the presentation handout for your future reference.
- Soft copy of the certificate of completion on request.
- Q&A Session with the Presenter: Get your pressing questions answered verbally, via chat or email.
Who is this course for
Everybody Benefits from Watching This. Even Better When Done as a Group!
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- Area Supervisors
- Managers and Team Leaders
- Vice Presidents, Directors
- CEO
- Executive Director
- Managing Director
- HR Professionals
- Anyone who works with other people
Everybody Benefits from Watching This. Even Better When Done as a Group!
-
- Area Supervisors
- Managers and Team Leaders
- Vice Presidents, Directors
- CEO
- Executive Director
- Managing Director
- HR Professionals
- Anyone who works with other people
Instructor Profile
Brenda Neckvatal is an international award-winning HR professional and two-time best-selling author. She not only helps business leaders get the people side of their business right, but she is also a specialist in crisis management, government contracting HR compliance, and a mentor to rising entrepreneurs, business leaders, HR champions, and professionals.
Brenda has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., and US News & World Report. She began her HR career after a solid fourteen-year stint in retail management. She enjoys helping people solve their unique problems; human resources offered her the ability to support her coworkers more effectively. Having benefited from working for six Fortune 500 companies, she leverages her experience to advise her audience to use tried and trusted best practices that help small businesses achieve their workforce goals. In her combined 30-year career in human resources and business, she has consulted with over 500 small businesses and C-suite leaders, optimizing employee effectiveness and helping mitigate the high costs associated with making hasty employment-related decisions.
She has dealt with complex employee situations involving workplace violence, a near stabbing, deliberately inciting fear among coworkers, stalking, breaches of protocol around national security, assault, suicide, death, homicide, and a potential active shooter scenario.
Brenda is a devoted volunteer in the Navy SEAL community and is constantly finding new ways to support veterans of Naval Special Warfare. She dedicates 32 weeks a year to working with The Honor Foundation, supporting the career transition of Special Forces personnel by providing them with her knowledge, insight, and creativity. Perseverance, integrity, and relentless optimism are just a few of the qualities you will encounter when meeting and working with Brenda.