Overview

Today's managers and operational leaders are often expected to make decisions that carry significant legal, compliance, wage-and-hour, documentation, workplace conduct, and employee relations consequences-even when they are not part of the HR or payroll function.

This practical two-hour virtual seminar is designed to help non-HR and payroll professionals understand the compliance risks that arise in everyday supervision and administration, recognize when issues require immediate escalation, and respond with greater confidence, consistency, and sound judgment. Participants will leave with a clearer understanding of the employment-related rules, red flags, and workplace scenarios that can expose an organization to unnecessary risk, along with practical strategies for supporting compliance, reducing missteps, and working more effectively with HR, payroll, legal counsel, and leadership.

By participating, you will:

• Understand the most common legal and compliance issues that non-HR and payroll workers can unintentionally trigger in the course of daily business operations
  
• Recognize the warning signs of wage-and-hour, documentation, classification, leave, accommodation, and workplace conduct risks before they become larger problems
  
• Identify when a manager or department leader should handle an issue directly and when the matter should be escalated immediately to HR, payroll, legal counsel, safety, or executive leadership
  
• Improve documentation, communication, and decision-making practices so workplace actions are more consistent, objective, and defensible
  
• Learn practical strategies for coordinating more effectively across departments on hiring, pay-related concerns, corrective action, attendance, leave, safety, investigations, and employee complaints
  
• Gain a forward-looking perspective on how compliance expectations, documentation standards, remote/hybrid work realities, workplace safety issues, and technology are reshaping organizational risk
  

Why should you Attend

• Would you like to understand the most common legal and compliance issues that non-HR and payroll workers can unintentionally trigger in the course of daily business operations?
  
• What about identifying when a manager or department leader should handle an issue directly and when the matter should be escalated immediately to HR, payroll, legal counsel, safety, or executive leadership?
  
• Could gaining a forward-looking perspective on how compliance expectations, documentation standards, remote/hybrid work realities, workplace safety issues, and technology are reshaping organizational risk be helpful?
  
• If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, come laugh, listen and learn as Chris DeVany helps us improve performance!

Areas Covered in the Session

• Section 1:Why Legal & Compliance Issues Matter Beyond HR (0–15 Minutes)
  
  • How everyday workplace decisions affect liability, reputation, employee trust, and organizational consistency; the compliance mindset every non-HR leader should adopt
    
• Section 1: The Rules Managers Commonly Trip Over (15–35 Minutes)
  
  • Wage-and-hour basics, employee classification, timekeeping awareness, off-the-clock work risks, recordkeeping issues, and pay-related communications that should be handled carefully
    
• Section 1: Documentation, Communication, and Escalation (35-55 Minutes)
  
  • How to document facts instead of opinions, what not to say in sensitive employment matters, how to avoid inconsistent treatment, and when to elevate issues promptly
    
• Section 1: Workplace Complaints, Investigations, and Employee Concerns (55-75 Minutes)
  
  • Harassment, discrimination, retaliation, attendance concerns, policy violations, accommodation requests, leave-related issues, and complaint handling basics for non-HR leaders
    
• Section 1: Workplace Safety, Conduct, and Operational Risk (75-95 Minutes)
  
  • The connection between safety, compliance, culture, and leadership; responding to incidents; reporting expectations; and the role of non-HR leaders in a safer workplace
    
• Section 1: Future-Focused Strategies and Practical Risk Reduction (95-110 Minutes)
  
  • Remote/hybrid considerations, technology and documentation trends, policy awareness, manager training priorities, cross-functional coordination, and a practical checklist for reducing legal and compliance mistakes
    
• Section 1: Live Q&A (110-120Minutes)
  
  • Final audience questions, clarification of real-world scenarios, and key takeaways participants can apply immediately
    

Who Will Benefit

• All

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