Employment and termination decisions can result in unpleasant and costly consequences to an employer. In this practical 3.3-hour presentation, recorded May 27, 2008, you will learn how to advise your business clients to avoid (or at least minimize) those consequences when they are hiring and firing employees.

Randall C. Schauer, Esq., a partner in the Exton, PA office of Fox Rothschild LLP, covers these important topics:

ü Introduction

ü Hiring Procedures

• at will employment (6 subtopics)

• documentation

• minimize problems by hiring well

• employment advertising

• job descriptions

• resumes

• conducting the interview

• rejection of applicant

• preemployment testing

• employee handbooks

ü Firing Procedures

• performance appraisals

• discipline

• severances and covenants