How to handle employee complaints, leaves of absence, disability, workers' compensation claim, retention or other agreements and statutory notice provisions when evaluation candidates for termination.
Operating principles and templates to assist in retaining the strongest workers and arriving quickly at right structure.
During this economic slow down, many companies are, and will be forced to, reduce their headcount, often in large numbers, to cut costs. A well-conceived and well-executed reduction in force (RIF) can help management meet its cost reduction goals, greatly limit the risk of litigation, and focus the company's remaining employees on the critical challenges that lie ahead. This presentation will discuss the critical role in-house counsel can play in advising management and the Board on the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern a RIF, in helping managers develop and document lawful rationales for selecting employees who will be included in the RIF and in designing a severance and communication program that exits employees in as dignified and productive a manner as possible.
The George Washington University Paralegal Studies Program course description, including topics, objectives, agenda and readings.
When most organizational leaders think of diversity initiatives, they tend to think of racial, gender and cultural diversity. Another aspect of workplace diversity that almost every organization has, but remains largely overlooked by most organizations today, is generational diversity.
Work-life balance and other issues still challenge women GCs.
This document provides best practices for developing a social media policy.
Read this article to find out how grooming a successor can be a major steppingstone in your career development. In this article, Robert Half Legal, ACC's Alliance partner for legal staffing services, provides helpful hints to determine essential job requirements to consider, identify your prospective replacement, as well as the continued coaching and mentoring of said replacement.
As baby boomers approach their golden years and prepare to exit the working world, they’ve been hit with the reality of a dismal economy coupled with longer life expectancies. Phased retirement has been a win-win opportunity for counsel who don’t want the obligation of a full-time workload and employers who need to harvest the skills of seasoned attorneys.
It’s not a great time to be looking for a job; similarly, it’s not a great time to lose some of your company’s legal talent. The strength of a law department is in its ability to assemble — and hold on to — strong attorneys. Learn how to build and maintain your legal dream team.