Workplace Management: Employment Laws and Regulations

Workplace Management: Employment Laws and Regulations

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Prerequisites
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Overview/Description
The HR practitioner must continuously maintain a working level of knowledge regarding laws and regulatory standards that impact the organization's relationship with its employees and that serve to protect the interests of both parties. Organizational noncompliance may lead to financial penalties and other indirect costs, such as reputational impacts. In this course, you'll learn about a number of federal laws and standards and their amendments, covering areas of compensation, employment, health and safety, employee relations, and employee protection. The course contents are based on the Body of Competency and Knowledge (BoCK), 2015 of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). While the course helps learners to prepare for the SHRM-CP/SCP certification exams, it is equally useful for HR professionals who want to improve their effectiveness in the workplace and advance their careers.

Target Audience
Senior-level human resource professionals, HR managers, and all individuals preparing for the SHRM-SCP certification examinations of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM); compensation and benefits analysts, administrators, staffing managers, and recruiters will also have interest in this certification path. Courses in this curriculum are created keeping in mind certification as well as noncertification users of the content. While the curriculum helps learners to prepare for the SHRM certification exams, it is equally useful for HR professionals who want to improve their effectiveness in the workplace and advance their careers.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.8

Lesson Objectives

Workplace Management: Employment Laws and Regulations

define key legislative and regulatory terms

recognize steps in an HR compliance audit

describe HR's relationship with legal counsel in preventing, preparing for, and acting on litigation

identify steps to conduct an effective investigation

demonstrate your understanding of HR's role in legislative and regulatory practice and process

recognize the reach of the Fair Labor Standards Act

recognize amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act

describe the enforcement and jurisdiction of ERISA

describe coverage and compliance under COBRA

identify the basic leave entitlement provisions of FMLA

describe the provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

identify key Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provisions

demonstrate your understanding of the range of compensation and employment laws

identify the key objectives of the Occupational Safety and Health Act

describe key OSHA standards and their requirements

identify the requirements of the Drug-Free Workplace Act

demonstrate your understanding of how health and safety regulations are applied in the workplace

identify the rights the National Labor Relations Act was designed to enforce

identify the Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements

describe the Immigration Reform and Control Act, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, and Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

demonstrate your understanding of how employee relations and protection laws apply in the workplace

Course Number:
hr_20_a04_bs_enus