Employee Relations

This course is designed to help students identify workplace problems and provide specific solutions to those problems, with special attention given to enhancing their leadership and supervisory skills in their role as a human resource professional. Topics include: the changing nature of the work force and its implications for employers; Employee Assistance Programs, including guidelines for establishing EAPs, the profile of a typical EAP, and the possible legal disadvantages of establishing an EAP; employee orientation, including components of an effective program,ten elements every employee handbook should have, and the do's and don'ts of at-will statements; women's issues in the workplace; employee problems and solutions; and motivation problems in the workplace. Approved for six HRCI recertification hours.