The Hiring Process:  Pre-hire, Interviewing, Hiring, and Post-Hire Orientation

• Job descriptions
• Applications
• Interviewing
• WLAD and ADA guidelines: Interviewing and pre-hire
• References
• Background checks and the new requirements of the Washington State Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Offer/rejection letters and conditional offers
• Independent contractor vs. employee
• Orientation
• Benefits

Handbooks and Personnel Documents

• Important handbook provisions/policies
• Personnel files—what needs to be included, what should not be included
• Other employee files:  disciplinary files, manager files, benefits files

Documentation to Avoid Wage and Hour Issues

• Documentation of hours worked
• Time clocks and rounding
• Documentation of meal and rest breaks
• Deductions from wages during employment versus termination

Accommodations & Leaves of Absence

• Coverage and eligibility requirements
• The new RCW 49.60 definition of "disability"
• Determining reasonable accommodations under the WLAD and the ADA
• Requirements for FMLA leave:  what's covered and what's new 
  • The Employee's responsibilities
  • The Employer's responsibilities
• Pay and benefits employees receive during FMLA leave
• Overlap of the FMLA, Washington Family Leave Act and Pregnancy Discrimination regulations 

Workplace Privacy

• Employee drug testing
• Employee monitoring and inspections
• Computer-related issues and company policies 

Managing Employee Performance

• Performance evaluations
• Investigations
• Progressive discipline
• Terminations