This audio conference was recorded on Thursday - February 5, 2009

Credits:

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. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI’s criteria to be pre-approved for recertification.

Description:

Here’s the #1 reason: Two out of three employees who fail to show up for work aren’t staying home because they’re sick. A recent survey found that 21 percent miss work to handle “family issues,” another 18 percent are dealing with “personal needs,” and the rest say they’re stressed or simply need a day off.

If you’re already operating a lean workforce in this tough economy, every missing worker cuts productivity and increases the strain on your employees who show up for work as promised. And, your bottom line takes a hit as well, with $660 in added costs per employee every year due to unscheduled absences.

Order this practical 90-minute audio conference recording that will give you the most current do's and don’ts for managing paid time off with your workers. You’ll learn all about paid-time-off (PTO) banks and other cutting-edge strategies, such as allowing employees to buy or sell days off.

Our expert – an experienced employment attorney – will tell you how you can reduce abusive absenteeism without turning into the “time off police.”

Speaker(s):

Margaret M. DiBianca, Esq., is an associate in the employment group of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP. She devotes her practice to counseling clients in employment law compliance and defending employers in federal and state courts and before administrative agencies. Also, she regularly provides in-house training to managers and supervisors and teaches best-practice seminars to human resource professionals and in-house counsel. She is the acting editor of DelawareEmploymentLawBlog.com. DiBianca earned her law degree at Villanova Law School.

You and your colleagues will learn:

• The primary reasons your workers take sick leave when they’re not ill
• The traditional time-off policies that have proved most effective in reducing surprise absences
• Why you should consider introducing a PTO bank that combines sick days with holidays, vacations, and “mental health days”
• How your time-off policies may be affected by state and federal laws (e.g., the Family and Medical Leave Act) and by your insurance benefits (e.g., short-term disability)
• The options you should consider when a worker has exhausted his or her leave but still needs time off due to hardships or emergencies
• How to handle PTO carryover (and how to cash out unused days when an employee terminates)
• The best techniques for communicating new leave policies to your workers and encouraging their buy-in