November 2010 NTCA Fort Worth Breakfast
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November 4 , 2010 |
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| Where: | Reata Fort Worth Parking: The Reata will validate parking tickets for up to 2.5 hours of parking in Sundance Square surface parking lots and garages. Click here for a map of parking areas. Sundance Square lots are indicated with the PARK sign. |
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| Agenda: | 7:30 – 8:00am Registration & Networking |
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| Topic: | Employer Negligence: The Issues of Hiring, Retention, Performance Evaluation, & Termination |
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| Speaker: | Whit Smith, WhitneySmith Company
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| Cost: | Registration is still open
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Employer Negligence: The Issues of Hiring, Retention, Performance Evaluation, & Termination
The unsuspecting employer can face serious legal consequences when making the wrong decisions in hiring, retention, evaluating performance and terminating employment. Employer negligence, in any aspect of employment, can lead to significant liability claims from an injured party (employee or non-employee, alike) when an unsuspecting employer is careless in the employment, performance evaluation or termination process. It is imperative the employer assert great care in making selection, retention, performance evaluation, and termination decisions to avoid potential liability.
This program will cover each of these four topics by providing informative case studies and useful tips designed to help employers avoid these situations. Guidance on the effective use of employment applications versus resumes and helpful interviewing tips, as well as utilizing criminal background checks will be discussed. The material will also offer suggestions on reducing liability through an appropriate performance evaluation process, as well as how to conduct the termination discussion in a non-discriminatory fashion.
Whit Smith, WhitneySmith Company
Whit Smith is the President and Founder of WhitneySmith Company, a human resources consulting firm. Established in 1989, the firm currently provides human resource assistance to more than 2,500 companies across the United States and Canada.
The firm provides consulting assistance in six human resources disciplines: employee relations, recruitment, compensation, benefits, training, and safety. Industries served by the firm include banking, health care, energy, insurance, textile, retail, manufacturing, automotive, engineering, transportation, entertainment, public accounting, restaurant, wholesale, legal, nonprofit, municipalities, professional associations, education, churches, service, technology, hospitality, aerospace, printing, real estate, construction, credit unions, financial services, and savings and loan.
In more than 350 federal and state employment-related lawsuits, Mr. Smith has been designated as an expert witness or consulting expert in matters relating to Title VII discrimination, age, disability, sexual harassment, mitigation (employability and job search effort), recruitment practices, policy issues and tort claims involving negligent hiring, negligent retention and wrongful termination. He is licensed as a private investigator through the Texas Department of Public Safety and is a professional safety source to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission.
Mr. Smith is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Personnel Management and Marketing. He also completed the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking program at Southern Methodist University, and has more than 30 years of human resources experience.
Mr. Smith is active in the Fort Worth community and has served as Chairman or President of the Board of The Fort Worth Opera Association from 1999 to 2007. He currently chairs the Strategic Planning Committee. He is also a board member of the All Saints Health Foundation, All Saints Episcopal School, Amphibian Stage Productions, the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth, and Opening Doors For Women In Need. He is also the Secretary/ Treasurer of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Smith is the past President of the Parenting Center and Chairman of the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth. He has also previously served on the boards of United Way of Metropolitan Tarrant County and The Women’s Center.
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