Labor & Employment

WV Specific

West Virginia Employment Law: Hiring, Firing, and Disciplining Employees

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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5 hours 48 minutes
Scott Sheets
Benjamin Vanston
David Amsbary
Alexandra Farone
Janet Meub
With Scott K. Sheets from Dinsmore & Shohl LLP + 4 others
Recorded December 11, 2023
Product ID 97464

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Overview

Your Guide to Lawfully Hiring and Terminating Employees

What are the do's and don'ts of using social media to screen job applicants? Do you know how to craft an effective investigative report following a workplace investigation? When should you address a decline in work performance concerning an employee on intermittent leave? In this comprehensive online seminar, our experienced faculty provide you with essential guidelines for hiring, onboarding, disciplining, and terminating workers. Whether you're new to employment law, or you're just hoping to get a refresher, this course is for you - register today!

  • Adopt best practices for hiring and onboarding new employees.
  • Uncover practical guidance for preventing hiring discrimination issues.
  • Formulate basic strategies for managing remote workers.
  • Come away with essential tools for conducting reviews.
  • Tackle termination meetings and exit interviews with confidence.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws
  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them
  3. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees
  4. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials
  5. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices
  6. Hiring, Onboarding, and Managing Remote Workers: How to Do It Right
  7. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave
  8. Ethical Issues in Employment Law
Product ID 97464

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
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CLE

Agenda

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  1. Hiring New Employees: Complying With Federal and State Laws

    1. Guidelines for Using Social Media to Screen Applicants
    2. Interviews: Avoiding Common Perils
    3. Training Supervisors and Managers on Hiring Practices: Why It Matters
    4. Offer Letters and Other Essential At-Hire Documents
    5. Non-Compete Agreements - Current Developments
    6. Understanding State Working Age Requirements
  2. Hiring Discrimination Issues - How to Prevent and Handle Them

    1. Case Law and Legislative Updates
    2. Risks in Diversity Initiatives
    3. Pay Equity and Salary Transparency - The Latest Developments
    4. Use of AI in Hiring
    5. Background Checks: What You Must Know
    6. Uniform Discipline: Best Practices to Avoid Discrimination Claims
  3. Legal Essentials of Disciplining Employees

    1. Performance Reviews, Warnings, and Suspensions Made Simple
    2. Practical Guidance for Crafting Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
    3. Best Practices for Maintaining Disciplinary Policies and Records
    4. Employees With Mental Health Conditions: Handling Performance Issues
    5. Eliminating Bias From the Disciplinary Process
    6. Sloppy Disciplinary Procedures: Top Mistakes to Avoid
  4. Firing Employees: Legal Essentials

    1. Conducting Termination Meetings and Exit Interviews: Tips and Traps
    2. State Requirements for Severance Packages and Separation Agreements
    3. State Whistleblower Laws
    4. Disciplining and Terminating Employees for Marijuana Use: Top Risks
    5. Preventing Wrongful Termination Claims
    6. Pay Reductions, Layoffs, and RIFs: Essential Guidelines
  5. Conducting Workplace Investigations: Legal Best Practices

    1. Forming an Investigation Plan
    2. General Rules on Who Should Conduct the Investigation
    3. Techniques for Determining Witness Credibility
    4. Investigation Interviews: Top Legal Considerations
    5. Creating the Investigative Report: Legal Best Practices
    6. Following Up
  6. Hiring, Onboarding, and Managing Remote Workers: How to Do It Right

    1. Best Practices in Navigating Varying State Employment Laws
    2. Virtual Interviews and Telework: Impact on the Hiring and Onboarding Process
    3. Tips for Monitoring Work Performance
    4. Ensuring Workers Are Abiding by Company Policies: When and How
    5. Do's and Don'ts of Increasing Employee Retention
    6. Multi-Jurisdictional Work: Recent Case Law
  7. Guidelines for Terminating Employees on Leave

    1. The Interactions Between the FMLA, ADA, and State Leave and Workers' Compensation Laws
    2. When a Worker's Performance Suffers While on Intermittent Leave
    3. Do's and Don'ts of Defensive Documentation
    4. Timing Considerations
    5. Avoiding Retaliation Claims
    6. Review of Recent Case Law
  8. Ethical Issues in Employment Law

    1. Rules of Professional Conduct
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Attorneys' Fees
    4. Confidentiality

Who Should Attend

This basic level online seminar on employee hiring and firing is of benefit to:

  • Attorneys
  • Human Resource Professionals
  • Corporate Executives
  • Accountants
  • Payroll Professionals
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Scott K Sheets
Scott K.
Sheets
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Benjamin B Vanston
Benjamin B.
Vanston
Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC
David D Amsbary
David D.
Amsbary
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
Alexandra G Farone
Alexandra G.
Farone
Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Janet K Meub
Janet K.
Meub
Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Speaker bio
Scott K Sheets

Scott K. Sheets

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Scott Sheets

is a partner with Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, a full-service, national law firm with over 700 attorneys across the country. Mr. Sheets is a partner in the firm’s labor and employment department, focusing his practice on the representation of employers in the areas of labor and employment laws, employment-related litigation, and general commercial litigation. He routinely counsels and represents employers on matters of wrongful termination, workplace harassment, employment discrimination, workers’ compensation, unemployment, unfair labor practices, contract negotiations, arbitrations, and OSHA citations. Mr. Sheets frequently conducts seminars and publishes materials of interest to employers and human resource professionals on such topics as internal investigations, employee discipline and job performance strategies, handbooks and policies, workplace privacy, wage and hours issues, and developments in state and federal labor and employment laws. He is admitted to practice before the state courts of Ohio and West Virginia, and before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Sixth circuits. Mr. Sheets earned his B.A.degree, summa cum laude, from Marshall University in history; and his J.D. degree from the College of William & Mary, where he was Order of the Coif.

Speaker bio
Benjamin B Vanston

Benjamin B. Vanston

Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC
Benjamin Vanston

is an associate at Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC, where he practices employment law. He received his Bachelor's degree, cum laude, from Marshall University; and his J.D. degree from West Virginia College of Law. Mr. Vanston received a CALI Award in Constitutional law his 1L year and was an associate editor on Issue 123 of the West Virginia Law Review. During his 3L year, his student note, "Putting Together the Pieces: The Mosaic Theory and Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence Since Carpenter", was selected for publication. Mr. Vanston also served as an Executive Board member of the Democratic Law Caucus and the Labor & Employment Law Society. He is licensed to practice in West Virginia.

Speaker bio
David D Amsbary

David D. Amsbary

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
David Amsbary

is a member of Bailes, Craig, Sellards, PLLC, in Huntington, West Virginia and focuses his practice in the areas of health care, labor and employment, and trial practice. He has represented clients before the National Labor Relations Board, West Virginia Unemployment Commission, EEOC, West Virginia Human Rights Commission, and civil litigation in state and federal courts. Mr. Amsbary is a graduate of The Ohio State College of Law, and is admitted to practice in West Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. In addition to his active litigation practice in state and federal courts, Mr. Amsbary has also served as a lecturer presenting seminars on topics including employment law, privacy issues, social media, and wage and hour law. Mr. Amsbary has served on the West Virginia State Bar Association Board of Governors, Cabell County Bar Association, West Virginia CASA Association, Huntington Little League member and president, and Cabell County Library Board of Trustees.

Speaker bio
Alexandra G Farone

Alexandra G. Farone

Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Alexandra Farone

is an associate in the employment and labor, litigation, and emerging technologies groups of Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C. She has a broad range of experience representing corporate, technology, municipal, and energy clients in all facets of employment law, public and private labor, and complex commercial litigation. Ms. Farone is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia Bar associations. She has served multiple terms on Council of the Young Lawyer’s Division (YLD) of the Allegheny County Bar Association, and currently co-chairs the Communications Committee of the YLD and serves as the editor in chief of the Point of Law Newsletter, which won an American Bar Association Award of Achievement under her leadership. At Babst Calland, Ms. Farone is a member of the Women’s Initiative Committee and regularly serves as a mentor in the summer associate program. She earned her B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Baldwin Wallace University; and her J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where she graduated magna cum laude and a member of the Order of the Coif. Ms. Farone is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western districts of Pennsylvania, Northern and Southern districts of West Virginia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Speaker bio
Janet K Meub

Janet K. Meub

Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
Janet Meub

is senior counsel in the litigation and employment and labor groups of Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C. She has significant experience in the areas of employment and labor law, professional liability defense, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation, toxic tort litigation, nursing home negligence, and medical malpractice defense. Ms. Meub has a diversified practice that includes defending employers, healthcare providers, law enforcement and other professionals, and non-profits, at all levels of civil litigation through trial. She routinely counsels non-profit clients on employment matters, including discrimination, wage and hour, FMLA, and represents employers in PHRC/EEOC matters and at unemployment compensation hearings. Ms. Meub is a member of the Allegheny County, Mahoning County, Pennsylvania, Ohio State and American bar associations. She has served on the Allegheny County Bar Association's Sub-Committee on Police Use of Force and is also a fellow of the Allegheny County Bar Foundation. Ms. Meub has served on the Allegheny County Bar Foundation's Attorneys Against Hunger Committee and Board of Directors for Focus on Renewal Sto-Rox, H.O.P.E. Network, and Pittsburgh Center for Arts & Media. She is a member of Amen Corner, 100+ Women Who Care Pittsburgh, and a volunteer attorney for the Neighborhood Legal Services' Protection from Abuse Program. Ms. Meub earned her B.A. degree, with honors, from Miami University; and her J.D. from Duquesne University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia; as well as before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, United States District Court for the Middle and Western districts of Pennsylvania, United States District Court for the Northern and Southern dDistricts of Ohio, and United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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