Lawful Employment Recordkeeping

You may purchase a CD recording of this program which took place January 5, 2005

Featured Presenters:
Barbara Fielder, HR Consultant and IAML Instructor and
Sara Fineman, Safety/Environmental Consultant



Who Will Benefit:
Human resource professionals, safety/health/environmental professionals, employee benefits professionals, business and office managers, controllers, payroll managers and facilities managers.

Why You Should Purchase This CD:
Employers large and small are required by federal law to manage their employment records lawfully. In this program, federal recordkeeping creation, retention and access will be discussed and explained. At the end of the teleconference, participants will understand how to create employee files by:

  1. Establishing a compliant recordkeeping system
  2. Developing a recordkeeping policy and procedure
  3. Identifying what three files should be maintained for each employee
  4. Understanding the need to identify confidential documents and files
  5. Identifying who has the right to access employee records and files
  6. Creating forms to document employee file access
  7. Determining what information, if any, to disclose to third parties
  8. Determining retention period for documents and files.
Participants will take from this program the steps to creating I-9 files by:
  1. Identifying what to keep and for what length of time
  2. Establishing a secure and confidential filing system
  3. Maintaining copies of "proof" documents with I-9
  4. Determining when to lawfully purge I-9 documents.
At the conclusion of the program, participants will have the answers to Federal Posting Requirements and have a comprehensive checklist to move forward in:
  1. Determining what to post
  2. Determining when to post
  3. Identifying a secure and visible posting area
  4. Creating a checklist of posting notices.
Every company is required to post or maintain some type of OSHA workplace documentation. This course will assist you in determining what needs to be posted, what OSHA forms should be used and how long these documents should be maintained. OSHA record keeping is the first "step" in your organization's compliance management. Participants will fully understand how to create OSHA files for full compliance in:
  1. Creating illness and injury logs
  2. Establishing employee exposure and medical records
  3. Retaining exposure and medical records
  4. Documenting employee OSHA training.
Participants will have a full knowledge of OSHA Posting Requirements to ensure lawful:
  1. Posting job safety and health protection in the workplace
  2. Posting OSHA Form 300A
  3. Posting of citations and for what length of time

Featured Presenters:

Barbara Fielder is President of The Fielder Group, Inc., a human resources consulting and corporate training organization founded in 1979. The Fielder Group, Inc. serves employers in developing employee handbooks, personnel policies and procedures, and wage and salary administration. As a part of her consulting business, Ms. Fielder develops and conducts specialized corporate training and public seminars. Prior to establishing her consulting business she worked for BASF, Shiley (a division of Pfizer), Lear Siegler and The Irvine Company. She has taught human resources management courses at the University of California at Irvine, Davis and Riverside. Ms. Fielder earned her Masters in Human Resources from Kennedy-Western University and her BSBA from Redlands University. She is a member of SHRM, ASTD and the National Speakers Association; and has been recognized in Strathmore's Registry of Who's Who in Business, Who's Who in Education and Who's Who Internationally. Ms. Fielder is a featured presenter in IAML's Certificate in Essentials of Human Resource Management Seminar.

Sara Fineman is President and Senior Consultant for Safety Training and Environmental Protection, LLC in Murray, Kentucky. Her company specializes in working with companies to help develop and expand their emergency response capabilities. Prior to establishing this company, Ms. Fineman spent 20 years developing her experience beginning with JT Baker Chemical Company. Following her move to Kentucky, she served as a Graduate Assistant at Murray State University. Along with faculty she helped develop a Hazard Communication program for campus use. She later joined the university's Adjunct Faculty where she developed and presented upper level courses in Industrial Hygiene, Legal Aspects of Safety and Health, Environmental and Hazardous Materials Management, Acoustics and Hazardous Materials Emergency Response. In 1987 Ms. Fineman joined the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Region IV in Atlanta. While in their Technical Support Division she was responsible for interpreting 1910 and 1926 OSHA regulations for general industry and the general public. She holds a degree in Environmental Engineering Technology, a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Occupational Safety and Health from Murray State University.

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