Make Job Descriptions ADA-Ready: California HR’s How-To for Defining Essential Functions

California Employer Resources Webinar

Monday, July 30, 2012
10:30 a.m. to Noon Pacific

Order Option       Price   1. Live Conference       $189       2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $259       3. CD Recording Only       $189

Done right, job descriptions keep managers, supervisors, and employees on track. They can also boost employee morale and create a more motivated workforce. But writing job descriptions that comply with federal laws like the ADA, the ADEA, and the FLSA can be tricky. In an effort to word things clearly, you actually could be violating the very laws you’re trying to comply with.

Add in having to comply with California’s notoriously complicated laws, and it can overwhelm even the most experienced HR executive.

To keep your organization up to date and free from costly legal entanglements, you need strategies for ensuring your job descriptions accurately and properly outline the essential functions and requirements of the job.

Participate in this interactive webinar, and you'll learn:

• Five mistakes HR managers must avoid when drafting and updating job descriptions
• Critical elements that should be included in every job description
• Tips to ensure that your job description program is well managed and up to date
• How to use job descriptions to set the bar high for performance without creating intangible goals or expectations that employees can’t achieve
• Critical factors that clarify whether the position is exempt or nonexempt under applicable wage and hour laws
• How to use well-written and thorough job descriptions to defeat any allegations that you illegally targeted employees in protected classes
• Why a thorough understanding of "essential functions" is crucial to staying out of court
• And much more

About your Speaker:

Attorney Michelle Lee Flores is a partner in the Los Angeles office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. She focuses her practice on all aspects of employment litigation, including jury and bench trials, arbitration, mediation and prelitigation negotiations, wage and hour violations, and wrongful termination. Ms. Flores also advises clients on employment compliance, internal investigations, discipline, terminations, reductions in force, and wage and hour matters.

Attorney Tamara I. Devitt is the managing partner in the Los Angeles office of Fisher & Phillips LLP. Her practice focuses on representing employers against claims of discrimination, unlawful harassment, wrongful termination, unfair business practices, and wage and hour-related issues. Ms. Devitt represents employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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