Discover 2024 HR Laws and Boost your Career. Earn your meaningful HR Manager Certification.

Human resources laws and regulations have evolved in 2024. You need to know the current requirements to help employees, protect your employer, and avoid lawsuits.

Whether a veteran HR manager, a newly promoted leader, or a professional aspiring to take on more responsibility, you can kick off the year by mastering the best practices to increase productivity and demonstrate your value.

Our HR Manager Certification program will enable you to:

• Understand the many complexities of HR
• Protect your organization from potential legal liability
• Earn a prestigious certification and the Human Resources Certified Manager (HRCM) professional designation
• Boost your career

Each session focuses on the legal requirements of a vital human resources area. We have packed a large volume of interesting and useful content into five engaging sessions.

HR Manager Certification

Webinar 1: Overview And Hiring: Avoiding Legal Pitfalls

• Job descriptions, employment applications, and interviews
• Background checks and compliance with FCRA 
• Offer letters and onboarding documents, including I-9 forms
• At-will employment and avoiding implied contracts 
• Exempt vs. non-exempt classifications 
• Avoiding GINA issues in pre-employment physicals 

Webinar 2: The Family And Medical Leave Act (FMLA)  And The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)

• HR managers’ responsibilities to ensure compliance
• FMLA definitions, timing requirements, and leave options
• Medical information requests, certifications, and documentation
• An employer’s obligation for employee job reinstatement
• The ADA interactive process
• Workers’ compensation

Webinar 3: Preventing Sexual And Unlawful Harassment And Conducting Investigations

• Anti-harassment policies and training
• Investigation requirements, reports, and best practices
• Confidentiality and protection of witnesses from retaliation
• When and how to implement corrective action
• Case law arising from mistakes made by employers
• Steps you must take to assert the Farragher-Ellerth affirmative defense

Webinar 4: FLSA And Wage And Hour Issues

• How to avoid misclassification of employees
• Definition of compensable time
• Obligations for payment of overtime for hours spent on smartphones after hours
• Booting up or down computers as compensable time
• Student interns and volunteers
• Overtime calculations

Webinar 5: Performance Management And Terminations

• Performance documentation to establish a legal defense in court
• Insights into performance reviews
• How to link performance reviews to well-drafted job descriptions
• Legal issues that can trip up managers and cause potential legal liability
• Progressive discipline and how to effectively use it to your advantage
• How to avoid discrimination claims when terminating an employee