Creating Legally-Sound Job Descriptions that Do What They’re Supposed To and Keep You Out of Hot Water

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On the other hand, poorly written, outdated, and non-existent job descriptions can lead to a host of problems for companies, including employee disengagement, low morale, and legal complications.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.

• You will learn how to confidently develop your own well-written job descriptions and improve your existing ones.
• You will have a firm understanding of the legal considerations related to job descriptions so that you can support the success of your company.
• You will provide your company with a useful tool for career planning, performance management, training and development, and legal/compliance purposes.
• You will be able to create useful and plain-language tools for your employees to understand the components and relevance of their position to that of the overall company’s operations.

• Primary components of a well-constructed job description
• A roadmap and best practices for developing job descriptions
• Legal considerations that every employer should know about job descriptions
• Differentiating the job analysis from the job description and job posting – and why you should know the difference between all three
• Uses of job descriptions including recruiting and hiring; onboarding and orientation; performance management; promotions and compensation; and, leaves management.

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.

• Managers, supervisors, and anyone who manages other employees
• Human resources professionals – all levels
• Talent Management and Recruiting professionals – all levels
• Business leaders who want to successfully grow their workforce of employees who perform well and are engaged