Employment laws keep changing, and HR needs to know what is and isn't required when bringing on a new employee. Federal, state and local governments each require different forms and paperwork during the new hire process.
This 60-minute new hire legal requirements webinar gives high-level guidance on what to look for and where to find the forms you need. It covers the basics of the new hire process, preparing and completing legal paperwork, knowing when paperwork must be updated, and contract language.
You'll also look at employer and employee expectations, the legal consequences of getting it wrong, how laws vary, and how to communicate with new hires and build a good onboarding process.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
Missing or outdated new hire paperwork can create legal exposure from an employee's first day. This session helps you understand the legal requirements, prepare the right documents and set clear expectations from the start.
It suits HR, payroll and accounting professionals, small business owners, non-profit administrators, general and office managers, attorneys, consultants, trainers and instructors.
AREA COVERED
- Basics of the new hire process
- Legal requirements and why they matter
- Preparing and completing legal paperwork
- Where to look for required forms
- Knowing when to update paperwork
- Variations in federal, state and local laws
- Contract language
- Employer and employee expectations
- Legal ramifications
- Communicating with new hires
- Building a good onboarding process
- Other considerations and questions to ask
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Explain the legal requirements of the new hire process
- Prepare and complete required new hire paperwork
- Find the federal, state and local forms you need
- Recognize when paperwork must be updated
- Set clear employer and employee expectations, including contract language
- Communicate with new hires and run a good onboarding process
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
- Human Resources Professionals
- Small Business Owners
- Non-Profit Administrators
- General Managers
- Office Managers
- Payroll Professionals
- Lawmakers
- Attorneys
- Accounting Professionals
- Consultants
- Labor Unions
- Professors
- Instructors
- Trainers
Missing or outdated new hire paperwork can create legal exposure from an employee's first day. This session helps you understand the legal requirements, prepare the right documents and set clear expectations from the start.
It suits HR, payroll and accounting professionals, small business owners, non-profit administrators, general and office managers, attorneys, consultants, trainers and instructors.
- Basics of the new hire process
- Legal requirements and why they matter
- Preparing and completing legal paperwork
- Where to look for required forms
- Knowing when to update paperwork
- Variations in federal, state and local laws
- Contract language
- Employer and employee expectations
- Legal ramifications
- Communicating with new hires
- Building a good onboarding process
- Other considerations and questions to ask
- Explain the legal requirements of the new hire process
- Prepare and complete required new hire paperwork
- Find the federal, state and local forms you need
- Recognize when paperwork must be updated
- Set clear employer and employee expectations, including contract language
- Communicate with new hires and run a good onboarding process
- Human Resources Professionals
- Small Business Owners
- Non-Profit Administrators
- General Managers
- Office Managers
- Payroll Professionals
- Lawmakers
- Attorneys
- Accounting Professionals
- Consultants
- Labor Unions
- Professors
- Instructors
- Trainers
Speaker Profile
Matthew Burr
Matthew Burr has over ten years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company; Burr Consulting, LLC. He specializes in labor and employment law, conflict resolution, performance management, employee relations and work with labor unions. Matthew also has a generalist background in HR and provides strategic HR services to his clients, focusing on small and medium sized organizations. Matthew will be starting as an Associate Professor of Management at Elmira College in July 2017. Matthew is the …
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