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Legal and Contractual Perspectives of Managing the Remote/Virtual Employee
20 August 2021 |1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
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OVERVIEW
This webinar training discusses the legal and contractual perspectives of managing the remote/virtual employee. It will highlight the opportunities and challenges that the virtual workplace offers. The current competitive business environment and the changing nature of work and the workforce requires effective leadership that spans the boundaries of time and space to help employees to work together – apart. Participants will understand the dynamic interaction between technological systems and human systems that the virtual leader has to address and how to implement prevention strategies to minimize liability by designing and developing virtual policies.
WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?
More and more organizations are “going virtual,” whether it is an employee who telecommutes, a team of workers in another country, or simply an employee who connects from a virtual workplace.
Approximately 80% of U. S. workers continue to do business remotely after normal work hours. More and more organizations are incorporating telecommuting and other forms of virtual work into their workforce with great success and reduction in costs.
The virtual workplace is a reality that is expanding and influencing how organizations do their work. The new virtual work environment offers exciting opportunities as well as challenges to avoid liability.
Managing remote or virtual workers requires a management mindset change that differs from managing on-site workers. Examining, planning, and implementing legal and contractual issues are not always considered in the same way when managing on-site workers.
AREA COVERED
To identify the remote/virtual worker
To list recommended elements of a virtual team contract
To explore steps to avoid discrimination claims
To describe wage and hour obligations
To discuss ergonomics, health risks, and virtual workplace injuries
To define essential competencies of leadership in virtual environment
To list 4 essentials for virtual teamwork
To identify best characteristics of virtual team/employee
To discuss tools & techniques to facilitate “working together apart” in virtual environment
To identify the tips for effective virtual meetings
To discuss importance of virtual contracts
To determine the best data security
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
This training will help participants understand how to manage virtual teams/workforce vs. on-site team effectively to balance growth and cost, while addressing the legal and operational challenges.
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
Team leaders
Supervisors
Middle managers
Administrators
Directors
Senior leaders
Human resources professionals
HR generalists
HR managers
Risk Managers
Attorneys
Any manager of a telecommuter or virtual employee/team
SPEAKER PROFILE
Dr. Susan Strauss is a national and international speaker, trainer, consultant and a recognized expert investigator on workplace and school harassment and bullying. She conducts harassment and bullying investigations and functions as an expert witness in harassment and bullying lawsuits. Her clients are from business, education, healthcare, law, and government organizations from both the public and private sector.
Dr. Strauss also provides organizational, management, and employee development by conducting training, coaching, and facilitating workshops. She has been the Director of Training and Development and consults with a variety of organizations and industries, both large and small. Susan has also been the director of Wellness and has consulted with organizations to help them design, develop, implement and evaluate their Wellness programs.
Susan has a doctorate in organizational leadership. She is a registered nurse, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and counseling, a master’s degree in community health, and professional certificate in training and development. She has been involved in the harassment and bullying arena since 1985.