Employment Law 

This course covers broad issues on Employment and Labor laws as it applies to Insurance Agencies.

It covers issues on pre and post employment procedures, employee agent/agency staff/agency staff and employer/agency rights and interviewing strategies in order to avoid claims and suits.

Further, it puts emphasis on real world issues related to the employment laws.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Interviewing strategies
• Understand employer agency rights for requesting and disseminating employee references
• Employment verification requirements; Do’s and Don’ts
• Drug testing and physical examinations
• Employment at-will doctrine
• Discrimination principles
• Retaliation
• Harassment
• American with Disabilities Act
• Investigating effectively and within the law
• Effective disciplinary policies

TOPICS COVERED:

• Introduction
• LESSON 1: Labor and Employment Law
• LESSON 2 : Interviewing Strategies 
• LESSON 3: Employment References 
• LESSON 4: Employment Verification Requirements of Employers 
• LESSON 5: Drug Testing And Physical Examinations 
• LESSON 6: Is There Really Still Employment-At-Will? 
• LESSON 7: Discrimination Principles 
• LESSON 8: Retaliation 
• LESSON 9: Harassment 
• LESSON 10: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) 
• LESSON 11: Family Leave and Medical Leave Act (FLMA)
• LESSON 12: Investigating Effectively and Within The Law 
• LESSON 13: Effective Disciplinary Policies

Please refer the the state/regulatory requirements page in the course catalog to see if this class meets your states regulatory requirements.

This course has been approved for 2 hours.

The final exam must be passed with a minimum of 70% to pass the course.

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