Learn a variety of ways to successfully manage employee performance.
Managers grapple with ways to effectively address employee performance. Whether that be through the use of performance evaluations or having workplace policies that encourage effective employee performance, managing employee performance, and ensuring success in the workplace is something managers work to achieve every day.In this presentation, we will focus on a variety of ways to successfully manage employee performance, including performance reviews, disciplinary procedures, and best practices to implement in the workplace.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to describe the importance of providing employees with detailed performance reviews and contemporaneous documentation related to performance.
- You will be able to discuss the performance evaluation process and effective ways to evaluate performance.
- You will be able to recognize ways to effectively address an employee’s shortcomings regarding workplace performance.
- You will be able to draft and review company policies that will assist in effective employee management.
Agenda
Clear and Effective Documentation- Why Documenting Employee Performance and Discipline Matters
- Do’s and Don’ts for Effective Feedback
- Why Conduct Performance Evaluations?
- The Importance of Feedback
- Best Practices
- Proper Documentation
- How to Handle Terminations
- Performance Improvement Plans
- Performance and Misconduct Terminations
- Reductions in Force
Speaker(s)
Nancy Gunzenhauser PopperEpstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Member of the Firm at Epstein Becker & Green
- Counsels clients on compliance with EEO laws, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, worker classification issues, and other federal, state, and local statutes governing the workplace
- Advises employers in all facets of the employment relationship, from pre-employment considerations and hiring to terminations and post-employment restrictions
- Prepares employment, consulting, and separation agreement
- Audits employers’ employment policies, procedures, and handbooks to ensure compliance with applicable laws and best practices
- Conducts workplace training seminars for employees, managers, and human resources personnel
- Assists in defending clients in labor and employment-related litigation in a broad array of matters, such as discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of contract, and wage and hour disputes
- B.A., Vanderbilt University; J.D., Brooklyn Law School
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Associate at Epstein Becker & Green
- Supports the defense of clients in litigation involving website accessibility and employment-related matters, with a focus on claims of discrimination, harassment, and failure to provide reasonable accommodations
- Conducts comprehensive reviews of employee handbooks, policies, and procedures to navigate complex issues such as workplace accommodations, leave of absences, and internal investigations relating to alleged work-place misconduct.
- Drafts a wide range of employment-related agreements such as offer letters, confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, and separation agreements for compliance with applicable state and federal laws.
- B.A., University of California - Los Angeles; J.D., George Washington University Law School
