Navigating Compliance Chaos: Strengthening Client Relationships While Safeguarding Your Bottom Line
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Who Should Attend
Staffing, recruiting, and workforce solutions industry owners, principals, chief executive officers, presidents, branch managers, and recruiting professionals
Highlights
Staffing firms and their clients have a shared responsibility for ensuring temporary workers are treated fairly and in compliance with the law. Yet it is not uncommon for a client to end a temporary workerâs assignment following a workplace injury, a complaint of sexual harassment, or a request for a disability accommodation. To prevent legal exposure, preserve client relationships, and foster an inclusive and equitable culture, staffing firms must take proactive measures.
By cultivating a strong partnership rooted in compliance and understanding, staffing firms can not only protect their clients but also enhance their business relationships. This webinar will address the critical responsibilities staffing firms and their clients share in ensuring fair treatment of temporary workers. This session will provide actionable strategies for effectively responding to worker concerns, training staff to identify potential legal risks, and educating clients on their obligations. Lia Elliott of Staffing GC will explore real-world scenarios on handling sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and leave concerns and give practical tips for favorably resolving these challenging situations. Donât miss this opportunity to equip yourself with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of employment law in the staffing industry.
During this webinar, attendees will learn
- How co-employment risk arises for the client regardless of contract
- Which scenarios commonly include risk and each partyâs obligations are
- Practical tips for getting clients to make the right decision
Presenters
Lia Elliott
co-managing partner, Staffing GC
Elliott is an attorney and c-suite adviser with more than 20 years of legal and executive experience in the workforce solutions and staffing industry. Her diverse experience in both the practice of law and executive management enables her to offer unique value-added legal solutions to her staffing firm clients. She launched Staffing GC with another staffing industry attorney expert in 2021; the law firm provides high-value legal services to staffing firms of all sizes to facilitate growth while reducing risk. Prior to launching Staffing GC, Elliott served for 15 years as general counsel to one of the largest U.S. light industrial staffing and workforce solutions firms. She earned a bachelor of science degree in business from Purdue University and juris doctor degree from Valparaiso University School of Law.
This webinar qualifies for 1.0 hour of CE toward maintaining your ASA credential.
