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Documenting Misconduct that Will Stand Up in Court

Compliance Key INC  - HR Webinars Overview This 90 minute webinar on legal HR documentation will address why documentation is important in every employment decision you make. Learn from real life lessons, from actual court cases, of how documentation helped an employer to win its case and how wrong documentation ensured a loss. Why should you attend this webinar? As a labor and employment law attorney, you are always reviewing documentation that supports your client's version of what happened. As a human resource professional, you look at documentation so that you can approve a termination recommended by the supervisor. But as a supervisor, your focus is usually more on getting production done, and you "forget" to document that you had to tell a subordinate three times to do a task. You put off doing those performance appraisals. What are they used for anyway? And, as a supervisor, you are often documenting misconduct or performance issues

Employment Practice Liability Insurance. What is it? Why is it important?

Compliance Key INC  - Enterprise Risk Management Training Overview This training will focus on defining employment practice liability insurance (ELPI) and risk management. What is ELPI and why is it important to organizations? Lawsuits and claims can inflict financial and emotional damage to organizations. Insurance is there just in case an issue arises. Why should you attend this webinar? This webinar will: ELPI Providers Types of Coverage Reasons for Coverage Lawsuits Claims Research Recommendations Common Mistakes Correcting Mistakes Why it is important for your business Impact and cost for an organization Upcoming or potential changes. Areas Covered in the Session: Federal Laws Common Practices State Regulations Retention Period Helpful Links Common Mistakes Legal Issues Communication Why it is important Relevance to your organization Who can Benefit: Human Resources Professionals Small Business Owners Non-Profit Administrators

SAMHSA 42 CFR Part 2 vs HIPAA

Compliance Key INC  - Hipaa Webinar Overview This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to ensure their organization is complying with the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) regulations (42 CFR Part 2) and how this differs from the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy and Security Regulations. Both regulations carry significant civil and even criminal penalties if not complied with.  Both regulations are now being enforced proactively by the Federal government. Both regulations if not complied with can lead to catastrophic legal consequences on state laws of negligence and invasion of privacy if not complied with.  This lesson will cover the latest SAMHSA and HIPAA updates which were released in January 2018 and December of 2017 respectively, and also cover multiple scenarios and FAQ's relating to Substance Abuse Records, Mental Health Records, Al

GRC, Conflict Prevention, and the Digital Architecture of Success

Compliance Key INC  -  Financial Compliance Training Overview GRC is a double-edged sword. It is both ancient and modern. GSR can cut right through a problem and return your organization to the reliability path forward. Or, GRC can generate an unbelievably expensive amount of conflict. Individually, Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance are specialized areas of management practice that address strategic, tactical, and operational concerns. However, when an organization introduces modern Information Technologies to integrate GSR into a single management discipline, the demand for Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance becomes more urgent. This is because integration itself is insufficient to leverage GRC for business opportunity. Today, emerging technologies change the business success formula so that management may perceive, design, and apply GRC to improve business performance along the entire value chain by preventing conflict and enabling a more responsive Digital

Understanding Design Controls

Compliance Key INC  -  Medical Device Training Overview Design Controls are the processes used to design, develop, and manage medical devices that you manufacture. They are mandated by federal regulation, however, the regulations concerning design controls are vague in terms of the specific process steps required and the approaches that should be taken to achieve compliance should be developed. Knowing how the FDA both views and examines design controls is crucial to achieving compliance throughout the life of the medical devices you manufacture and is one of the most valuable compliance subject areas to explore. Noncompliance in design controls, which are consistently uncovered by the FDA during inspections and examinations, are concerned with the design control process that has been designed and applied and the documentation required to support each design control step. The specific sections of the regulations that apply to design controls include CFR 21 Part 820 Quality Syst

Sarbanes-Oxley issues in Mergers and Acquisitions of Credit Departments

Compliance Key INC  -  Accounting and Finance Training Overview For many companies, Accounts Receivable is the largest or second largest asset on the balance sheet. Therefore, any weakness in the financial controls for A/R could have a serious impact on the company's financial statements. As well, since Accounts Receivable departments interact with almost every other department in the company, weak controls in A/R can lead to increased risk in other areas.This is especially true when it comes to integrating Credit Departments in Mergers and Acquisitions. This session will provide you with the tools you need in a Merger and Acquisition process to establish and maintain strong internal controls that reduce risk and protect company assets .  In the case of public companies. with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), executives remain personally responsible for their public company's merged financial statements on a consolidated basis and for the effectivenes

Lawsuit Proof Termination! Avoid Violating Civil Rights Act Allegations and Wrongful Termination Charges by Following Easy Steps in this Training!

Compliance Key INC  -  Human Resource Training Online Overview *Free Compliance Tools for All Attendees: Volatile Termination Checklist to Reduce Impact of Volatile Terminations Employers have always avoided the termination process and discussions either because it is not easy to terminate someone or because it can be difficult to defend any allegations of wrongful termination. Cases of wrongful termination have emerged and increased since the late 2000 year. Research has identified the following factors in this increase: Employees more aware and knowledgeable of the workplace rights; Employees taking chances in making "a killing" by charging discrimination; The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was created to protect employees from Employer and workplace discrimination. There is a thin line between allegations of discrimination and the Employer's need to dispute al claims even if the allegations are not true; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) establishi