Seminars on Demand

Seminars on Demand

Our attorneys regularly present timely seminars on a variety of labor, employment, and education law
topics to clients, businesses, professional groups, associations and other practitioners.

Below we have highlighted some of the more popular topics we have addressed at previous seminars
and would be happy to present at your request. To request a particular seminar just click on a box below.

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Best Practices for Beginning the Employment Relationship
✓ Job descriptions
✓ Job applications
✓ Proper interview techniques
✓ Pre-employment written tests/assessments (skills/traits)
✓ Pre-employment drug testing and medical exams
✓ Reference and background checks (criminal, credit)
✓ Social media checks
✓ Employment “at-will” vs. employment contracts
✓ Offer letter/communicating with successful and unsuccessful candidates

Best Practices for Managing Family and Medical Leaves of Absences, Employee Medical Issues and Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Employees

What Every Supervisor Needs to Know About Employment Laws in Connecticut

Wage and Hour Laws
✓ Minimum Wage
✓ Overtime
✓ Exemptions
✓ Breaks
✓ Vacation Pay
✓ Employment of Minors
✓ Methods of Payment
✓ Etc.

Personnel Files/Record-Keeping Requirements

Freedom of Information Rights and Obligations

Affirmative Action Plans and Requirements

Legal Pitfalls In Managing Employees In A Unionized Workplace

Best Practices for Maintaining the Employment Relationship
✓ Performance management
✓ Counseling and performance improvement plans
✓ Performance review process

Essential Personnel Policies

Best Practices for Ending the Employment Relationship
✓ How to discipline effectively
✓ Proper discharge methods

Drug/Alcohol Testing of Employees

Prevention of Employment Discrimination/Harassment

Sexual Harassment Awareness Training

Workplace Privacy, Monitoring and E-mail/Internet Use

Preventing Workplace Violence

First Amendment Issues in Public Schools

Employee Discipline and Discharge In A Unionized Workplace

New Supervisor Training

Workplace Investigations

New Developments in Employment, Labor and School/Education Law

Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Requirements

Responding to Workers’ Compensation Claims

Contract Negotiation Strategies For Certified And Non-Certified Employees

Special Education Evaluation Requirements and Criteria

Individual Education Plan (IEP) Development

Alternative Funding of Public Schools

Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration Under The Municipal Employee Relations Act

Affordable Care Act’s Negotiation Implications

Understanding Weingarten, Loudermill and Garrity Rights

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