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Training for Managers & Employees
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Fair Measures legal training prevents costly lawsuits by teaching managers and employees the skills they need to be productive and create respectful workplaces. With an emphasis on practical, common sense approaches, our programs teach not just the law, but your organization's policies and values. Our instructor-lead programs empower managers and employees to make the right choices, including when to partner with your in-house resources to get help before challenges turn into problems.

Supreme CourtWhile all lawsuits can't be prevented, Fair Measures training -- if combined with other appropriate policies and practices -- can eliminate liability for punitive damages. The U.S. Supreme Court says so.

The links below describe our various programs. But more important than the content of these programs is how we work with you to make these programs seamlessly integrate with your corporate culture, policies and values. This is what we call the Fair Measures Advantage, seven ways to turn the mundane into the extraordinary. Give us a call to discuss how we can partner with your training and legal departments to unleash the full potential of your workforce.

For the best learning experience, all Fair Measures training are instructor led programs.

Our programs include:

Managing Within the Law
This one-day seminar is mandatory core management training for experienced and new executives, managers, supervisors and leads.  Taught by our own employment law trainers since 1987, topics include documentation, wrongful action, discrimination and harassment.  A second day of training can be added including privacy, ethics, overtime and more.

Respectful Workplace: Understanding and Preventing Harassment
It's not just sexual anymore -- anyone can sue for illegal harassment. This half-day program is for employees and managers.

California Harassment Compliance Training

One-on-One Sensitivity Training
For all types of harassment prevention.

Hiring the Best: Interviewing for Top Talent
This half-day program guides managers in developing an interviewing strategy that will support them in selecting top talent and avoiding the bad apples while not creating legal risk.

Managing Ethically: Corporate Compliance Laws
Want to keep your managers out of jail? This half-day program focuses on business ethics, corporate code of conduct and relevant laws.

Executive Sessions
Short, high-level programs for senior executives and HR professionals.

Consultation Service
A companion service with our classroom training programs.

Fair Measures Webinars
World-class webinars taught on-line by Fair Measures attorney/trainers.  Current webinar offerings are:

California Harassment Compliance Training
Connecticut Harassment Compliance Training
Email = Evidence
Harassment Prevention Training (all states)
Managing Overtime

Benefits:

  • Increase productivity and quality through improved performance management
  • Promote communication and teamwork with Human Resources
  • Create shared organizational culture based on values, policies and laws
  • Link your organization's policies to legal requirements
  • Give managers confidence to comply with legal do's and don'ts
  • Empower managers to be proactive, especially with poor performers
  • Prevent employee lawsuits and avoid prison terms for responsible corporate officers

Why Our Programs are Unique:

  • We emphasize the spirit of the law: fairness, respect, integrity.
  • Your policies, procedures and values are integrated into the program.
  • Our instructors are seasoned attorneys, experienced trainers and skilled facilitators who use personal stories and appropriate humor to make this potentially dry topic fun and interesting.
  • Our programs are highly participative with group interaction, case studies, video vignettes, skill-building exercises and plenty of time to ask questions.
  • Participants receive a comprehensive reference manual, a monthly update e-newsletter and access to our web site with regular updates. Intranet site publishing also available.

Accreditation

The follow courses have been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credit and Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) credit:

Managing Within the Law I
Managing Within the Law II
Respectful Workplace
California Harassment Compliance Training Webinar

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To find out more about our national training programs, or to book training for your organization, please call
800-458-2778
or email training@fairmeasures.com.

 

 
 
 
Products

Wrongful Termination Checklist
Our Checklist sets out the legitimate business reasons for employee termination or layoffs, and shows you how to determine when they apply, and how to document them.

Harassment Investigation Checklist
If you are a manager or HR professional faced with a claim of harassment, you need to know how to conduct an investigation that will meet all of your legal responsibilities and that will ensure the rights of both the alleged victim and the accused harasser.

It's Not Just Sexual Anymore: Training Requirements for California Employers
White Paper by attorney Rita Risser.

Anti-Harassment Policy and Procedure
If you have an anti-harassment policy, it can be used in court to show that your company made a good faith effort to prevent harassment. With this policy, your company may not be liable for illegal harassment lawsuits against supervisors.

Internet and E-mail Policy and Procedure
An effective Internet / e-mail usage policy can help you maintain the integrity of your system against viruses, and prevent lawsuits for everything from violations of intellectual property, anti-spam laws, sexual harassment, invasion of privacy, wrongful termination and more.

Vacation Rights of Employees
These are just some of the common questions employers and employees have about vacation. In this comprehensive e-book, you will learn the laws relating to "use it or else" policies, employees forced to use vacation time, "working vacations" interrupted by calls from work, and more.

 
 
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