20 Sep Foundations of Employee Relations Foundations of Employee Relations Sunday, September 20, 2026 (12:00 AM) to Monday, July 31, 2028 (11:59 PM) .75 PDCs Provider: Applied Potential Solutions Course Name: Foundations of Employee Relations Speaker: Laura Azzarella Program Type: Videoconferences, webcasts, audiocasts, podcasts, eBooks, self-directed E-Learning Registration URL: https://applied-hr.trainercentralsite.com/course/foundations-of-employee-relations Email Details By the end of this course, learners will be able to: -Define employee relations and explain its role in supporting organizational performance, employee experience, and legal compliance. -Articulate the business case for employee relations, including its impact on retention, engagement, employer brand, and risk management. -Describe the core responsibilities of the employee relations function and balance the competing roles of employee advocate, organizational guardian, strategic partner, and neutral fact-finder. -Apply key employment law concepts, including equal employment opportunity protections, anti-discrimination requirements, employee rights under the NLRA, and emerging considerations related to AI in employment decisions. -Evaluate workplace issues through a legally defensible employee relations framework that emphasizes fairness, consistency, and documentation. -Identify when corrective action, coaching, investigation, or additional documentation may be necessary before making employment decisions. -Demonstrate best practices for creating objective, contemporaneous documentation that supports sound employee relations outcomes. Details You're Registered! DescriptionLocation Foundations of Employee Relations defines what employee relations is and why it drives four business outcomes: retention, engagement, employer brand, and legal risk. Participants learn the dual proactive and reactive nature of ER, the four roles an HR professional plays in any ER matter, and the three legal concepts that govern day-to-day decisions: at-will employment, protected classes, and protected concerted activity. This course also exames three pivotal outcomes from established case law — Faragher v. City of Boca Raton, Staub v. Proctor Hospital, and Hispanics United of Buffalo — to further illustrate each concept and how it plays out in practice. The course closes with the documentation habits and the modern considerations (remote and hybrid work, AI in employment decisions, and social media) that keep both the professional and the organization protected.