Description

Note: this webinar is the first of a two part series.

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Drafting employment agreements and job descriptions for new staff

Preparing employment agreements and job descriptions are tricky tasks, essential for every employment relationship.

Get your employment agreements and job descriptions right from the start.  Designed for both employers and professional advisors, this webinar covers key legal obligations at the beginning of an employment relationship.

Learn how to draft employment agreements that comply with the law and serve to protect company property, confidential information, and workplace stability.

Avoid common pitfalls in individual employment agreements, so you hire with confidence.

We will cover the legal requirements for employment agreements and guide you through drafting a letter of offer, job descriptions, and person profiles.

Key takeaways:

• What to consider when preparing employment agreements
• Essential legal clauses and optional protections for company assets
• Tips for professional advisors on gathering key client information
• How to draft clauses on that protect an employer’s interests, including 90-day trials, notice periods, grounds for termination, and restraint of trade clauses
• How to ensure legal compliance, including availability provisions and bonding and training agreements
• How to prepare a letter of offer, job descriptions, and person profiles

Join us for expert insights on drafting employment agreements that meet legal requirements and protect your business.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This webinar will give you useful tips for preparing documents for new employees, including:

• Different types of employment relationships
• Dealing with fixed-term and casual arrangements
• Mandatory clauses required by law
• Drafting optional clauses that protect company property and confidential information
• Drafting clauses for employers on: Availability provisions, Conditions of employment, Drug and alcohol testing, Grounds for Termination, Notice, Bonding and Training, and Restraint of trade
• Preparing letters of offer, job descriptions and person profiles
• Reviewing and updating employment agreements

SUITED TO

This webinar is a practical guide for employers, employment law practitioners, professional advisors, accountants, lawyers, HR professionals, administrators and managers responsible for preparing individual employment agreements.

Ideal for those in their first five years of practice or new to employment law, this webinar also serves as a refresher for experienced professionals.

PRESENTER

Julia Shallcrass, Director, KiwiBoss Ltd

Julia is an employment lawyer who specializes in legal education. As director of KiwiBoss, she delivers inhouse training and consulting on people management, employment law compliance, and privacy law to help businesses create better workplaces. Julia regularly delivers training through the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ), and this year will also present public courses and inhouse training directly through KiwiBoss, she has also lectured in human resources for tertiary institutions. Julia is an employment columnist for the NZ Herald.