This audio conference was recorded on Wednesday - January 14, 2009

Credits:

This audio conference qualifies for Continuance of Certification (COC) credit. CSPs will earn 0.05 COC points for attending this audio conference.

Description:

Any effective safety and health management program requires discipline and follow-through from both management and workers. Often, however, employers fail to follow through on reforming or terminating unsafe workers, instead just letting them continue to flail along while putting themselves and others at risk.

While the threat of a termination-related lawsuit is undoubtedly sobering, doing nothing is far from an acceptable solution. Failing to act when an unsafe employee ignores safety practices or engages in reckless behaviors can destroy your safety culture. Morale drops, injury risk increases, and you face greater exposure to compliance-related complaints and citations.

Order this in-depth audio conference recording and learn how to reform – or fire – without fear.

Speaker(s):

Howard Mavity, Esq. is a partner with the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP. He draws upon his past business experience in transportation, logistics, and industrial supply to work with clients as a business partner. Mavity has handled well over 200 incidents of union activity and over 270 OSHA fatality cases in construction and general industry, ranging from dust explosions to building collapses. He has coordinated complex inspections involving multi-employer sites, corporatewide compliance, and issues involving criminal referral.

Mavity coordinates the firm’s Occupational Safety and Health Practice and Catastrophe Response. He also responds to virtually every type of day-to-day workplace inquiry, and has handled cases before the EEOC, OFCCP, and numerous other state and federal agencies. He frequently speaks to business associations, bar groups, and professional groups and lectures and conducts training for numerous private and governmental employers. He has been selected as a “Georgia Super Lawyer, Labor and Employment” since 2004.

Our speaker, a lawyer and OSHA expert, will explain:

• Why enforcement of safety procedures and practices is essential to your culture
• How to coach, reform, or ultimately terminate an employee for safety issues while keeping your legal risks at a minimum
• Strategies to avoid whistleblower or retaliation lawsuits and claims
• Who you can partner with to reduce risks of fraudulent workers’ compensation and disability bias claims from unsafe employees
• Effective steps to document and track safe and unsafe performance
• Common pitfalls that will open you up to complaints, citations, and poor morale – and how to avoid them
• Why effective management of your safety program helps protect both your employees and your bottom-line profits