Management Training 

Training

How we help

We provide individualized training programs to assist employers though these difficult waters. The Firm’s training programs combine legal expertise with practical know-how. We understand your Industry as well as the law. This helps us provide training that will benefit your employees, and is not simply a recitation of the law. Our standard programs include the following topics.

Employment Law

Wage & Hour Compliance
  • Exempt / Non-Exempt Classifications
  • Meal and Rest Periods
  • Prevailing Wage Laws
  • Overview of Federal, State (Washington, Oregon), Local (Seattle, Portland) Wage & Hour Laws

Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Training
  • Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Training for Supervisors, Managers, and Owners
  • Conducting Workplace Investigations
  • Respect and Professionalism in the Workplace
  • HR’s Role Preventing and Addressing Discrimination and Harassment
  • Anti-Retaliation Training
  • Train the Trainer: For HR Professionals

DEI Training
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
  • Anti-Discrimination Training

Avoiding Litigation for Employers (General Workplace Guidance)
  • Effective Employment Policies
  • Auditing Your Employment Practices
  • Hiring and Firing Procedures
  • Avoiding Common Mistakes Employers Make
  • Conducting Workplace Investigations
  • How to Discipline and Discharge Employees
  • Performance Evaluations and Management Best Practices

Leave Laws
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • FMLA / PFML
  • ADA and WLAD Pertaining to Employees with a Disability
  • The Interactive Process and Reasonably Accommodating Employees with Disabilities
  • The Intersection of State and Federal Leave of Absence Laws
  • City / State Local Leave and Sick Time Laws

Effective Discipline and Hiring/Firing Practices
  • Discipline and Discharge in the Workplace
  • Employee Disciplinary Policies

Labor Law

Union Avoidance Training
  • How to Legally Respond to a Union Organizing Drive
  • Understanding Why Employees Unionize
  • Employee and Employer Rights and Responsibilities Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Collective Bargaining
  • Negotiating a Pro-Management Collective Bargaining Agreement
  • The Basics of Collective Bargaining
  • Employee and Employer Rights and Responsibilities Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Labor Disputes / Strike Response Plan
  • How to Legally Respond to a Strike
  • Employer Strategies in Labor Disputes

Effective Discipline and Hiring/Firing Practices in a Union Environment
  • Discipline and Discharge in the Workplace
  • Employee Disciplinary Policies for Union and Non-Union Employees
  • Just Cause for Union-Represented Employees

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