Knowing the legal framework that affects your business is paramount to eliminating costs and having better relationships with your customers, suppliers, and employees. 

Objective
The objective of this five-hour session is to provide you with insightful information regarding the legal environment and how it affects your business. 

During the morning workshop you'll learn about proactive and reactive measures to protect your business, including incorporation issues, contracts and other writings, better communications with vendors and customers, insurance, and the litigation landscape.

In the afternoon session, you'll learn about the major federal laws that protect employees. You'll discover what you should and should not do as an employer, and teach you how to make legally-sound personnel decisions.

Who Should Attend?
This workshop is designed for both start-up and ongoing businesses with employees, as well as for businesses thinking of adding employees for the first time.

What Will be Covered?

• Understand concepts such as corporate formation, insurance, contracts, professional relationships, and litigation. 

• Understand how better communications in business can eliminate or reduce costs. 

• Get familiarized with both proactive and reactive legal measures.

• Learn how to gain a firm understanding of the evolving laws that protect employees.

• Increase your knowledge of the latest legislative updates and emerging trends.

• Learn how to proactively reduce your legal exposure by detecting and correcting gaps in your current policies and procedures.

• Learn the skills and insights for tackling the challenging issues you confront every day surrounding discrimination, sexual harassment, disability, termination, records management, privacy,  and other highly charged areas.

Faculty
Heather Wright, Attorney at Law
Mary Livingston, Human Resources Expert

Location
SBA Georgia District Office, Peachtree Center, Downtown Atlanta
Harris Tower, Suite 1900, 233 Peachtree Street NE.