These classes are designed to equip supervisors with the necessary tools to manage their teams effectively and ensure compliance with HR policies and employment laws:

1. HR Compliance and Employment Law

• Overview: Covers essential employment laws and regulations, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Focus Areas: Anti-discrimination policies, workplace harassment prevention, wage and hour compliance, legal hiring practices.

• Importance: Supervisors must understand basic employment laws to avoid legal risks and ensure fair treatment of employees.

2. Performance Management and Coaching

• Overview: Teaches supervisors how to effectively manage and evaluate employee performance, set clear expectations, provide constructive feedback, and create development plans.

• Focus Areas: Performance appraisals, goal setting, continuous feedback, and managing underperforming employees.

• Importance: Helps supervisors encourage employee growth, maintain high performance, and address performance issues early.

3. Conflict Resolution and Employee Relations

• Overview: Provides tools and techniques for handling workplace conflicts, managing difficult employees, and fostering positive employee relations.

• Focus Areas: Mediation skills, addressing grievances, resolving team conflicts, and promoting collaboration.

• Importance: Ensures supervisors can navigate interpersonal issues effectively and maintain a productive work environment.

4. Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Prevention

• Overview: Focuses on recognizing, preventing, and responding to workplace harassment and discrimination.

• Focus Areas: Understanding different types of harassment (sexual, racial, etc.), bystander intervention, investigation procedures, and creating a respectful workplace.

• Importance: Helps supervisors prevent and address harassment and discrimination issues, promoting a safe and inclusive workplace.

5. Interviewing and Hiring Best Practices

• Overview: Trains supervisors in effective hiring practices, from interviewing techniques to making unbiased hiring decisions.

• Focus Areas: Behavioral interviewing, legal interview questions, candidate evaluation, diversity and inclusion in hiring.

• Importance: Helps supervisors hire the best candidates while avoiding potential biases and legal pitfalls.

6. Disciplinary Actions and Documentation

• Overview: Teaches supervisors how to handle disciplinary actions appropriately and document them effectively to avoid potential legal issues.

• Focus Areas: Progressive discipline, delivering written warnings, termination procedures, and maintaining accurate records.

• Importance: Ensures that supervisors can address employee misconduct while protecting the organization from legal claims.

7. Time Management and Delegation

• Overview: Helps supervisors develop time management skills and effective delegation techniques to manage workloads efficiently.

• Focus Areas: Prioritization, task delegation, managing deadlines, and balancing supervisory responsibilities with team needs.

• Importance: Enhances a supervisor's ability to manage their own time and ensure their team is productive.

8. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

• Overview: Focuses on promoting an inclusive workplace where all employees feel respected and valued.

• Focus Areas: Unconscious bias training, cultural competence, promoting diversity, and inclusive leadership.

• Importance: Equips supervisors with the skills to create a more equitable and supportive work environment.

9. Handling Employee Leave and Absenteeism

• Overview: Provides knowledge on managing employee leave, including Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), sick leave, and attendance policies.

• Focus Areas: Understanding employee leave rights, managing absenteeism, and maintaining productivity.

• Importance: Helps supervisors handle absences fairly while ensuring operational needs are met.