Continuing Education Credits: IACET CEUs: 0.4 (Contact Hours: 4 hours) ATD CI Credits: 4 HRCI Credits: 4 SHRM PDCs: 4
Estimated time to complete: 4 hours (90 days access time)
Self-Paced Online Course Description:
This course explores several common causes of employee grievances that affect employees’ equal employment opportunities, including discrimination, harassment, and abuse of power. It is important for human resource professionals to know when and under what conditions employees can bring legal claims against their organizations. Employers who fail to comply with their own grievance procedures can face serious legal repercussions and cause unnecessary harm to their employees. It is vital that human resource professionals address grievances in a fair and ethical manner. This course also focuses on legal issues related to adverse employment actions and the human resource function’s relationship to ethical responsibility.
What You Will Learn:
- Define Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Identify the responsibilities of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Describe complaints and/or legal actions arising from discrimination, harassment, and sexual harassment
- Cite legal issues arising from wrongful termination and unfair wage negotiations
- Explain grievances resulting from the abuse of official positions
- Explore processes for employers to address grievances in both union and nonunion workplaces
Key Features:
- Mobile-friendly
- Audio-enabled
- Badge and credit-awarding
- Real-world case studies
- Fully accessible
- Games & Flashcards
- Expert-supported
- Video content