Creating Legally-Sound Job Descriptions that Do What They’re Supposed To and Keep You Out of Hot Water
Speaker: Melveen Stevenson
Speaker Designation: CEO and Founder of M.S.Elemental, LLC
Speaker: Melveen Stevenson
Speaker Designation: CEO and Founder of M.S.Elemental, LLC
Carefully written job descriptions can act as reliable tools for effective hiring, new employee onboarding, performance management, disciplinary and performance improvement efforts, as well as for human capital planning for growth and change in any organization.
On the other hand, poorly written, outdated, and non-existent job descriptions can lead to a host of problems for companies, including employee disengagement, low morale, and legal complications.
This course will provide you with foundational information about job descriptions, including the importance of well-written job descriptions. It will then turn to specific areas relevant to any employer including the American with Disabilities Act, workers’ compensation, and wage and hour considerations.
Finally, a practical approach and structure of job descriptions will be provided so that you’ll be able to put into action the steps toward building more robust and legally-sound job descriptions within your own companies.
Job descriptions are often those dusty and forgotten-about documents in a binder or in an old folder on the shared drive of a business…until they’re needed. The need may be prompted by a hiring demand, a work-related injury and request for accommodation, a lawsuit by a former employee, a request by a manager to increase an employee’s compensation, and a host of other reasons.
At its basic level, a well-written job description should clearly lay out the job duties and expectations of the position. It also should be the written to support robust job evaluations, including providing a defense for employees in the recruiting, promotion, disciplinary, and leaves management areas of standard operating procedures. By taking the time and effort to create job descriptions
Unfortunately, companies either don’t put in the time and effort to create strongly-written job descriptions. In other cases, employers allow their job descriptions to lag behind the “real world” changes and requirements of the job.
This training is designed to help employers to develop job descriptions that support their organizations from important and relevant perspectives including recruiting/hiring, onboarding, performance management, leave management, and legal claims.
Melveen Stevenson is the CEO and founder of M.S.Elemental, LLC, a human resources and business advisory firm based in Los Angeles, California. 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 18 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.
Melveen is certified through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) and the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR). In addition, she is certified in Extended DiSC® for individuals, pairs, and groups.