What Every HR Manager and Business Owner Needs to Know About Lawsuits (Webinar)

“We don’t want to get sued” – every HR Manager has either said it or heard it, but the fact is, most of us do not know what an employment lawsuit entails.

In this beyond-the-basics program, you will learn what you can expect from the time the marshal serves legal “process,” to ensuring the preservation of records, being subpoenaed for depositions, having to produce discovery, being called as a witness, and the trial process. We will also cover the six “pretext” traps you should recognize to minimize your risks of being sued.

Among the topics we will cover are:

· The Top Five Reasons for Employment Lawsuits;

· Employment Lawsuits:  A look at the numbers: How many? How long do they take? Who wins? Who pays?

· The Pretext Trap:  Spotting the Weaknesses and Risks before You Terminate an Employee;

· The Cost of an Employment Lawsuit-Regardless of the Outcome;

· “This was just in the CCHRO – Why are we now in Court?” Learn Why.

·  The Commencement of the Lawsuit:  “Service of Process”--- How you are Notified;

· When Must You Answer the Lawsuit? What are “Pre-Trial Motions”?

· “Discovery:”  Documents You will be Required to Provide without a Subpoena; What Can You Demand from the Employee Who has Sued You?

· Depositions-When You, Your Managers and the Company President are Deposed; How much Notice will you Have and How a Deposition Works;

· The Settlement Process:  What the Employee's Lawyer will Claim in Damages, the EPLI Settlement Trap, and "garden variety emotional distress?"

· What to Do When the Press Calls.

For further information, please feel free to call or e-mail Jessenia. (Jessenia Narvaez, Office Manager, 860-349-7010; Jessenianarvaez@Robertnoonan.com).