Lawful Hiring

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Train your employees on lawful hiring practices. Organizations encounter many legal challenges when hiring employees.  Protect your organization from unlawful employment discrimination by training managers in lawful hiring practices based in employment law to combat discrimination in the workplace. Register for a Course Demo

Lawfully hiring new employees can be tricky business for an organization. This course includes information, tools and downloadable documents that help supervisors hire personnel in a manner that is both legal and true to their organizations' needs and culture. Knowing employment discrimination law is the first step to preventing workplace discrimination, including sexual discrimination, racial discrimination, gender discrimination and other forms of discrimination in the workplace.

Proper hiring is more critical than ever. Companies strive to find and retain the best talent, while avoiding the legal troubles that can arise from discrimination in the workplace due to poor process and decisions. Every year, hiring blunders cost organizations millions of dollars in lost productivity, wasted resources and unnecessary litigation.

At a Glance
Audience: Supervisors
Length: 45 minutes
More Info: Register Here

Course Highlights

  • Interactive tutorial on how to read a job application with a critical eye.
  • How to identify an "applicant from hell" simply by reviewing a job application.
  • Interviewing disabled applicants and others who may be in protected categories.
  • How to handle prohibited topics when they arise in interviews and many other hiring topics.
  • When and how to conduct pre-employment testing.
  • The importance of correctly and thoroughly checking references.
  • Comprehensive, relevant glossary of terms.

Additional Topics

  • What interview questions you can – and cannot – ask a pregnant or disabled applicant.
  • Sample interview questions, including "prohibited" questions (and how to rephrase them.)
  • How to handle tough issues like childcare and religious observance.
  • How to write proper job descriptions.
  • Tips to get an applicant to disclose revealing information in an interview.

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