Employee Discipline & Termination: Avoiding Legal Risks and Costly Mistakes

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HRCI & SHRM Approved Webinar | CEUs = 1.5 Credit Hours

Overview:

Disciplining or terminating an employee is one of the hardest – and riskiest – responsibilities a manager or HR professional will face. Done wrong, it can trigger lawsuits, retaliation claims, and costly damage to your company’s reputation. Done right, it protects your organization, strengthens accountability, and reduces legal exposure.

The problem? Too many employers stumble into dangerous territory—failing to document properly, mishandling employees in protected classes, or waiting too long to address performance or conduct issues. One mistake can put your business on the hook for wrongful termination, discrimination, or retaliation claims.

This 90-minute, compliance-focused webinar gives you the tools and step-by-step strategies to discipline and terminate employees confidently, fairly, and legally. You’ll learn how to build a solid foundation of documentation, structure performance improvement plans, conduct terminations professionally, and protect your organization from legal and financial fallout.

By the end of this training, you’ll know exactly what to do—and what not to do when disciplining or firing an employee.

What You’ll Learn:

  • The critical steps to take before disciplining or firing an employee.
  • How to conduct effective performance improvement plans (PIPs).
  • Practical guidelines for avoiding legal pitfalls and wrongful termination claims.
  • How to run a termination meeting that is professional, compliant, and low-risk.
  • Special considerations when dealing with employees in a protected class or on leave (FMLA, ADA, workers’ comp, USERRA).
  • Documentation best practices for discipline and termination.
  • How to prevent—and defend against—bias, discrimination, and retaliation claims.
  • Post-termination steps every employer must follow to stay compliant.

Why should You Attend:

If you’ve ever worried about firing the wrong way—or not having your paperwork in order—this webinar is your roadmap to protecting your business while handling discipline and termination the right way.

Who Should Attend:

  • Business owners and executives
  • HR professionals and administrators
  • Department heads and supervisors
  • Compliance and employee relations professionals
  • Senior managers and CEOs

SHRM -

CEU Services is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. This program is valid for 1.5 PDCs for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit - portal.shrm.org.

HRCI -

This webinar has been approved for 1.5 HR (General) re-certification credit hours toward California, GPHR, HRBP, HRMP, PHR, and SPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the activity. It means that this activity has met the HR Certification Institute’s criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.

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Janette S. Levey
The Employers Lawyer

Janette S Levey “The Employer’s Lawyer” has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.

Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.

Janette has served on the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a multidisciplinary task force dedicated to providing proactive, holistic solutions to employers serious about promoting workplace safety and preventing workplace violence. Janette currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Child and Family Resources of Morris County, New Jersey.

Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Addressing and Preventing Employee Leave Abuse, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others.