• Long-time employees who call in sick with a “24-hour bug” every other week – usually on a Friday
• The new administrative assistant who’s wonderful with her boss but spreads malicious gossip within her department
• A new sales rep whose work effort seesaws throughout the year, smashing quotas one month but slacking off on customer calls the next month
• The supervisor who arrives late once or twice a week but expects a break because she’s “management”

These workers aren’t completely failing in their jobs, at least not to the point that you’re ready to fire them. Instead, they’re falling short in one or more areas – and you know that you must fix these performance issues soon before the workers turn into full-time problems.

Order this 90-minute audio conference recording, where our expert – an experienced employment law attorney – will tell you how to recognize and reform “below standard” employees. You’ll learn how to set clearly understood performance standards for your workers before problems set in, as well as how to administer discipline and terminate employees, if required, without making matters worse.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• The first step that’s required in your workplace to nip problem employees in the bud
• How you can recognize problem employees – and steer them to higher performance levels – before it’s too late for them to remain employed
• What steps you can take to administer progressive discipline with your workers (and how to avoid claims of discrimination or retaliation in the process)
• How to keep problem employees from affecting the morale of their co-workers
• The limits of “at-will” employment, especially when dealing with workers who are in protected classes due to their age, disability, gender, national origin, race, or religion
• Which mistakes many employers make when terminating problem employees (and how you can avoid repeating them!)

About Your Speaker:

Marie Burke Kenny, Esq., is a partner in the San Diego, California, office of the nationwide law firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP. She represents employers in federal and state court litigation involving wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unfair competition, and wage and hour claims. The former co-chair of the labor and employment law section of the San Diego County Bar Association, Kenny lectures frequently on a wide variety of employment law issues, and she is an adjunct professor of employment law San Diego State University. She earned her law degree from the University of San Diego.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

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