Mastering Job Descriptions: Legal and Practical Insights for HR Pros
Learn to build legally sound job descriptions and use them for hiring, onboarding, performance, promotions, pay and leave, with ADA, workers' comp and wage and hour in mind.
Speaker
Melveen Stevenson
HR consultant and executive coach · M.S. Elemental, LLC · SHRM-SCP
Overview
Job descriptions tend to sit untouched on a shared drive until someone urgently needs one for a new hire, a workplace injury or a lawsuit. When they are outdated or don't match the real job, they help no one.
This 60-minute job descriptions training for HR gives practical guidance on writing legally compliant job descriptions that clearly set out duties and expectations. You'll cover the legal considerations every employer should know, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, workers' compensation and wage and hour rules, plus a roadmap and best practices for development and the key components of a strong description.
The session also explains how job analysis, job descriptions and job postings differ, and how to use job descriptions in recruiting, hiring, onboarding, performance management, promotions, compensation and leave management.
Why attend: Accurate job descriptions support fair job evaluations in recruitment, promotion, discipline and leave decisions, and strengthen your position if a claim is filed. This course gives you practical structures for creating descriptions that fit your company's needs. It suits HR directors, managers, analysts and business partners, recruitment, talent acquisition and onboarding specialists, engagement coordinators, training and development managers and policy development officers.
What’s covered
- Why job descriptions matter and the risks of letting them go out of date
- Legal considerations: the Americans with Disabilities Act, workers' compensation and wage and hour
- A roadmap and best practices for developing job descriptions
- Key components of a well-crafted job description
- How job analysis differs from job descriptions and job postings
- Practical uses: recruiting, hiring, onboarding, performance management, promotions, compensation and leave management
Who should attend
What you get
About the speaker
Melveen Stevenson is the CEO and founder of M.S. Elemental, LLC, a human resources and business advisory firm. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate the human resources “jungle” of compliance, human capital, and leadership challenges. In doing so, she empowers companies to strengthen their infrastructure from the inside out, specifically through leadership development, operations, training, employee engagement, and executive coaching.
Melveen speaks on key topics to empower companies with the latest research and best practices for increasing engagement, enhancing leadership presence, and optimizing diverse workforce groups.
Over the last 20 years, Melveen has held leadership positions in human resources operations, supply chain, and talent management at international companies in food manufacturing, medical devices, and consumer products. She has spent most of her career in California, and has expertise in the state’s complicated employment regulations.
Melveen is certified through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) and the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR). She is also a faculty member at California State University-Dominguez Hills.
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