If you were unable to join us for the live webinar session – no worries!   MSU’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations is offering the on-demand webinar:   Accommodations for Religious Employees.

This on-demand webinar will deliver the same materials and audio presented during the live session and also includes the original eGuidebook, a handy resource for you to refer back to again and again.

Explore the duty of an employer to accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of employees. Review the EEOC's recently created guidelines for employers, as well as recent cases which define employers' obligations to accommodate.  The scope of what constitutes "religion" is covered, as well as what accommodations are reasonable, and when accommodations would cause an employer undue hardship.

If you were unable to join us for the live webinar session – no worries!   MSU’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations is offering the on-demand webinar:   Privacy Interests of Employees.

This on-demand webinar will deliver the same materials and audio presented during the live session and also includes the original eGuidebook, a handy resource for you to refer back to again and again.

Explore the state and federal protections of employees’ privacy interests.  Both the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as well as state law, protect the privacy of information in employees’ records.  In addition, employees’ interest in their privacy while at work must be balanced against an employer’s need to supervise work and to investigate allegations of misconduct, including an obligation to address harassment claims.  Such supervision and investigation must be conducted within the confines of federal and state laws protecting privacy, including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Employee Polygraph Protection Act.  Employers may also wish to test employees for use of drugs, while still considering their employees’ interest in privacy.  This on-demand webinar will guide employers in the collection and storage of information about their employees without violating their obligations to protect the privacy of those employees.

If you were unable to join us for the live webinar session – no worries!   MSU’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations is offering the on-demand webinar:   Arbitration of Employment Disputes.

This on-demand webinar will deliver the same materials and audio presented during the live session and also includes the original eGuidebook, a handy resource for you to refer back to again and again.

Explore the necessary characteristics of an arbitration program to resolve employment disputes.  As more employers turn to arbitration as an alternative to expensive and lengthy litigation, some agreements to arbitrate have not been enforced because they do not meet the minimum requirements to make the agreement to arbitrate conscionable.  In addition, if arbitration is intended to resolve statutory claims, courts look for certain standards in the program to ensure that employees are treated fairly.   If an employer’s arbitration program adheres to these standards, the employer may be able to resolve employment disputes without litigation.  Even if the employee still files a complaint, a solid arbitration program will be subject to only limited judicial review of the arbitrator’s decision. 

If you were unable to join us for the live webinar session – no worries!   MSU’s School of Labor and Industrial Relations is offering the on-demand webinar:   Preventing Harassment in the Workplace.

This on-demand webinar will deliver the same materials and audio presented during the live session and also includes the original eGuidebook, a handy resource for you to refer back to again and again.

Explore harassment in the workplace that could violate federal non-discrimination laws, including laws prohibiting sexual harassment and retaliation for engaging in protected activities.  To address harassment appropriately, an employer must be able to recognize it, so examples of what is and what isn’t illegal harassment are provided.  To avoid liability, employers must also know how to respond to harassing behavior, by either a supervisor or a coworker.  Specific steps for an effective investigation of harassment and suggestions for appropriate responses are provided.  Training is essential, and this on-demand webinar will give the tools to establish an effective training for supervisors and managers to address harassment and keep it from happening in the future. 

This on-demand webinar will look at the larger spectrum of disease management including strategies for promoting wellness and healthier workplaces. Specific issues will be identified including effects, costs and solutions associated with smoking, diabetes, stress and obesity in the workplace. Early steps to implementing a wellness program and cost effective starting points will be discussed.