Multi-State Employers: Drafting Employee Handbooks Compliant in All States

Duration: 90 minutes

Speaker: Melissa Fleischer, Esq

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ABOUT THE EVENT

Understanding what an employee handbook must include is tough enough. However, if you are a multi-state employer with business operations in more than one state, it is even more complicated. There are a multitude of laws that vary state by state with which an organization must comply, even if the employer only has one employee working remotely in that state. Some localities even have their own requirements that differ from those of the state. Failure to know about or abide by these varied requirements can put an organization at legal peril.

One of the causes for concern when drafting a multi-state handbook is that employers must comply with both federal and state laws concerning workplace employment practices such as wage and hour laws, no-smoking laws, FMLA, harassment, minimum wage, overtime, and many other areas. Therefore what may be legal in one state can create legal havoc for you in another state. That is why it is so important to understand how to properly draft an employee handbook that will protect an organization in every state in which they operate.

Please join Melissa Fleischer as she highlights the most common legal pitfalls that an employer will face when drafting a multi-state employee handbook.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Some of the important topics to be covered include:

Which policies are most important to have in an employee handbook
Top policies that can cause major problems for multi-state employers
How to protect an organization with necessary disclaimers to include in an employee handbook
Drafting a handbook that contains legal protections but is also compliant in all jurisdictions
Understanding how different state laws can lead to discrimination claims
The need to include and ensure compliance with state laws for employees who work remotely
Top legal perils related to specific state FMLA and leave-of-absence laws
Paid sick leave laws - creating policies to ensure compliance in all jurisdictions
AND MUCH MORE!

Who Should Attend?

HR, payroll, in-house counsel, financial officers, CEOs

Speaker(s)

Melissa Fleischer, Esq

Melissa Fleischer, Esq., is a sought-after employment law attorney and HR advisor, having utilized her 20 years of law practice experience specializing in employment discrimination litigation to form HR Learning Center LLC, an HR consulting firm that specializes in providing workplace solutions to employers on a wide range of legal and human resource management issues. Ms. Fleischer provides preventative counseling and proactive training on a wide-range of employment law issues to help employers achieve legal compliance and reduce litigation costs, Ms. Fleischer is a management-side employment attorney and is nationally recognized as an expert in her field. Ms. Fleischer has successfully represented numerous clients in employment discrimination litigation as well as providing preventive counseling and training on workplace issues. Ms Fleischer was previously associated with Epstein Becker & Green in NYC.

Through HR Learning Center, Ms. Fleischer provides on-site training seminars and on-line training webinars and consulting on a wide range of workplace and human resource issues including sexual harassment, disabilities, diversity, discrimination, workplace violence, employee use of social media, job descriptions, employee handbooks, workplace investigations, FLSA misclassification and independent contractor status, information privacy and security, and HR records management. She also offers compliance training on the major employment laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, including exempt and non-exempt worker classifications and the National Labor Relations Act. She presents seminars, leads webinars and workshops, and is a frequent lecturer on these and other HR management and legal topics.

Ms. Fleischer served as a chapter editor for the Family and Medical Leave Act Treatise, published by the Bureau of National Affairs. She also served as an Editor for HRExpert, an on-line legal resource for attorneys and HR Professionals. Ms. Fleischer is an adjunct faculty member with the Professional Development Center at SUNY/Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Ms. Fleischer earned her J.D. degree from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C., and her B.A., cum laude, from New York University.

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