Basic Employment Law: What Every Manager and Supervisor Should Know

Supervisors and managers must understand the basics of employment laws and regulations when dealing with employees but few have received training in these areas.

This workshop will look at what you need to know to avoid legal and practical issues and to meet your obligations to your employer. It also will assist you in working collaboratively with Human Resources, and assist individuals just entering or desiring to enter the field of HR. 

Topics covered include:

• NH and federal discrimination laws
• Legal issues to avoid when interviewing, hiring, and discharging employees
• How to support an employee with a disability
• Identifying basic FMLA issues
• Basic concepts in NH and federal wage and hour laws
• Identifying and avoiding harassment problems

This course has been approved for SHRM PDCs

Digital handouts will provided. If attending in person, please bring a laptop to class.

Hear what participants are saying about the Employment Law workshop:

“Thank you so much for your HR Employment Law through UNH. I found the information you presented to be incredibly helpful in my own professional development and, more importantly, for use in my current position at work. You were direct, clear, and well organized. I appreciate you making so much time for questions as well.”