Webinars

• Why traditional interviews often miss the most important predictor of performance: motivation.
• The difference between skill-based questions and motivation-based questions.
• How to uncover internal drive, ownership and resilience during an interview.
• Practical question frameworks that reveal mindset, accountability and work ethic.
• How to assess alignment between a candidate’s motivation and your team culture.
• Red flags and subtle cues that signal low ownership or external blame patterns.
• Structuring interviews so candidates demonstrate responsibility, not just confidence.

• Manage marijuana use. Effectively handle employee use at home, on the job and off-duty.
• Develop compliant policies. Create and enforce clear, legally sound marijuana policies.
• Navigate federal and state laws. Address conflicts between medical and recreational-use regulations.
• Accommodate medical marijuana. Consider accommodating medical use to prevent legal risks.
• Rethink drug testing. Evaluate testing practices to balance safety with retention and hiring needs.
• Address zero-tolerance policies. Weigh strict policies against evolving legal and workplace norms.
• Ensure compliance. Tackle challenges related to ADA, FMLA, OSHA, DOT and workers’ comp.
• Respond to impairment. Identify and manage suspected on-the-job impairment effectively.

• Why you need to limit where remote work takes place, whether it happens regularly or occasionally.
• Learn why in most cases remote work isn’t a right, but sometimes is a required reasonable accommodation, including new rules for religious accommodations and for pregnant employees under the PWFA.
• Discover how to ascertain if one of your teleworkers is also working for another employer.
• Hybrid work doesn’t fix your remote-work legal problems–in fact, it could multiply them. Learn how to minimize the risk.
• Why you need harassment rules for telework NOW.
• Comply with laws that require you to pay remote and hybrid workers for the surprise expenses they incur on your behalf.
•Understand state and federal laws on timekeeping and breaks for remote staff.
• Learn how to properly classify remote workers as exempt vs. non-exempt, and employee vs. independent contractor.

• Employer do’s and don’ts. Which accommodations are required under the ADA, FMLA, PWFA and PUMP Act.
• Religion. It’s almost impossible to turn down a religious-accommodation request without objective, concrete evidence that making the accommodation will severely impact your bottom line.
• What is a religion anyway? You don’t have to honor them all. The trick is to know what doesn’t constitute a sincerely held religious belief.
• Failed accommodations. What to do when accommodations aren’t working and you’ve tried all reasonable options.
• PWFA and PUMP. These recent federal laws provide extensive pregnancy and postpartum workplace rights that you don’t want to get wrong.
• FMLA vs. ADA. Know the difference between FMLA leave for health issues and reasonable accommodations under the ADA.
• Essential job functions. See exactly what your job descriptions must say about “essential” and non-essential functions.
• Step-by-step interactive process. Find out exactly what you must do (and document) when an employee requests an accommodation.
• Accommodation resources. Discover resources for finding the best possible accommodation for your organization. (Tip: It doesn’t always have to be the one the employee prefers—with one crucial exception.)

• Why you may want to use independent contractors, and when that’s a poor choice.
• See what’s different about the proposed rules and why you should review every existing independent contractor agreement you have now.
• The new tests will apply to the FMLA, too. Learn what you can do to take advantage of the expansion.
• Learn details about the two core tests that will likely determine whether you can even consider an independent contractor arrangement.
• How to arrange work so the worker has maximum control of their work while assuring the work gets done correctly and on time.
• Learn what the contract should say about what the independent contractor is bringing to the job, including investment and tools.
• Why you should encourage the independent contractor to work for others, too.
• See what kinds of work assignments spell trouble and which are appropriate for an independent contractor.

• How to communicate clearly to boost performance and earn employees’ respect.
• Motivate those who report to you, not from a “management down” but from a “leadership up” perspective.
• Master remote leadership and establish an achievement mindset.
• Coach appropriately to address uncomfortable workplace situations in real time.
• Hold all team members to the highest performance and conduct standards.
• Create and sustain a culture based on trust, open communication and transparency.
• Ask the right questions that help you mentor any employee.
• How to administer progressive disciplinary action appropriately and, when necessary, structure terminations that will withstand legal scrutiny.
• Avoid rookie mistakes that can lead to hard feelings—or even legal trouble.