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The Legal Aspects of Interviewing:

Did you know that it is illegal to ask an interviewee about marriage, family plans, or even what year they graduated from high school? Interviewers sometimes ask inappropriate questions in job interviews, questions that could come back to haunt your company and expose the organization to legal liability. It is important to provide proper training to all members of your interviewing team in the following areas:

• Discriminatory Interviewing: Relying on stereotypes and biases.

• Unintentionally offending or discriminating against a Job applicant.

• Special issues regarding a candidate's age, national origin and disability.

• Making verbal promises during an interview.

The Americans Disabilities Act (ADA):

Almost 25% of all discrimination complaints filed in the United States are based on disability status. Are you prepared to accommodate the needs of disabled? It is critical that managers and supervisors in your organization understand the law's intentions and the steps needed to follow ensuring compliance. The following topics should be included in the training:

• The definition of disability

• Which disabled employees are protected by the ADA?

• Reasonable accommodation

• Associations supporting disabled individuals

• Substance abuse

• Hostile work environment

• Medical exams

Supervisor's Guide to Privacy in the Workplace:

Do you know whether you have the right to read employees' email? What about listening to their voice mail? Can you drug test employees? What are the rules surrounding employer-employee privacy in the workplace?

The area of legal liability is growing and companies urgently need to take protective measures to educate management. Knowing and understanding the laws that pertain to "Privacy in the Workplace," provides supervisors and managers with the tools to be able to uphold the laws and keep the business protected from possible lawsuits. It is necessary to train all managers on the following subjects: Medical records, lie detector tests, searches, video surveillance, e-mail communication, drug testing, off-duty conduct, back-ground checks.

Termination/Separation:

Every day thousands of employees leave their jobs for a variety of reasons. Regardless of whether an employee resigns voluntarily or are fired, you must comply with the legal requirements to avoid  costly legal liability. It is important to train and addresses the common pitfalls of terminating employees and provide information to assist managers. Training programs should include the following areas: Planning and documenting, termination, last day of work, post termination Issues, such as requests for personnel records and references, layoffs and reductions In force.