Learn a variety of ways to successfully manage employee performance.
Managers grapple with ways to effectively address employee performance. Whether that be through the use of performance evaluations or having workplace policies that encourage effective employee performance, managing employee performance and ensuring success in the workplace is something managers work to achieve every day. In this presentation, we will focus on a variety of ways to successfully manage employee performance including performance reviews, disciplinary procedures, and best practices to implement in the workplace.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe the importance of providing employees with detailed performance reviews and contemporaneous documentation related to performance.
- You will be able to discuss the performance evaluation process and effective ways to evaluate performance.
- You will be able to recognize ways to effectively address an employee’s shortcomings regarding workplace performance.
- You will be able to draft and review company policies that will assist in effective employee management.
Agenda
Clear and Effective Documentation
- Why Documenting Employee Performance and Discipline Matters
- Do’s and Don’Ts for Effective Feedback
Performance Evaluations
- Why Conduct Performance Evaluations?
- The Importance of Feedback
Disciplining Employees
- Best Practices
- Proper Documentation
- How to Handle Terminations
Addressing Termination Strategies
- Performance Improvement Plans
- Performance and Misconduct Terminations
- Reductions in Force
Speakers
Nancy Gunzenhauser Popper,
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.- Attorney in the employment, labor & workforce management practice in the New York office of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Counsels clients on compliance with EEO laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, worker classification issues, and other federal, state, and local statutes governing the workplace
- Advises employers in all facets of the employment relationship, from pre-employment considerations and hiring to terminations and post-employment restrictions
- Prepares employment, consulting, and separation agreements
- Audits employers’ employment policies, procedures, and handbooks to ensure compliance with applicable laws and best practices
- Conducts workplace training seminars for employees, managers and human resources personnel
- Assists in defending clients in labor and employment-related litigation in a broad array of matters, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract and wage and hour disputes
- Can be contacted at npopper@ebglaw.com
Christopher Shur,
Associate ,
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.- Associate at Epstein Becker & Green
- Client-focused and common sense approach to assisting employers in a wide variety of employment-related matters and helps employers with complex federal, state, and local employment laws by providing practical advice and ensuring that their policies and procedures are compliant with applicable laws and best practices
- Conducts HR and anti-harassment trainings for employers
- Authors pieces about employment-related legal developments, which can be found on on the EBG website
- B.S., St. Joseph’s University; J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for human resource managers, personnel managers, supervisors, business owners and managers, benefits administrators, payroll professionals and attorneys.
