Strategic HR Law and Risk Management

Catalog description

We depend upon the law as well as ethics and common sense to help us make good decisions about issues surrounding employment that are routinely decided in workplaces every day. These issues can have devastating financial and productivity consequences if mishandled by the employer. Yet it seems as if few employers or their managers are equipped to handle them well. Employment law helps to regulate the workplace environment by protecting employees from discrimination and harassment, and providing a safer, fairer workplace where the rules provide for certain rights and responsibilities for both employees and employers alike. Those who choose to work in the business arena must understand basic legal concepts, plus have working knowledge of regulatory and compliance issues to effectively manage a business. In this course, you will analyze and evaluate legal concepts and learn to identify potentially troublesome employment-related legal and ethical issues to avoid liability as well as to develop an understanding of how to manage employees to maximize productivity.