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Best Practices in HR: Employee Discipline, Performance Reviews, Terminations, and Reductions in Force
Recorded On: 05/18/2023
Let’s face it: Employee discipline, difficult performance reviews, terminations, and reductions in force are an unfortunate and inevitable reality of every workplace—whether due to uncertain economic circumstances, the return-to-office dynamic, misconduct, poor performance, or otherwise. The key is handling them professionally and legally. In this session, learn the best practices and find out what not to do when engaging in these delicate personnel matters.
Gerald L. Maatman Jr., Esq, partner, Duane Morris LLP
Robert W. Sanders, Esq., partner, Taylor English Duma LLP
Gerald L. Maatman Jr., Esq.
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Maatman is a partner of Seyfarth Shaw LLP with a primary emphasis in his practice on defending corporations sued in employment-related class action lawsuits brought in federal and state courts. Maatman represents several leading employment practices liability insurance carriers and defends their employer insureds throughout the U.S. He has also developed EPLI risk management programs for these carriers to assist their employer insureds in reducing and minimizing workplace exposures. Maatman is often consulted by major news organizations for his views on significant court rulings in class action cases, and writes and lectures extensively on employment discrimination and labor law topics.
Robert W. Sanders, Esq.
Partner
Taylor English Duma LLP
Sanders is a partner at Taylor English Duma LLP, where he helps companies across the country understand legal risks and strategies to avoid claims—empowering them to make confident, business-minded employment decisions. He routinely counsels employers on best practices in handling employee discipline and discharge, leave and accommodation, discrimination and harassment, wage and hour, worker safety, noncompete, and other issues.
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