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Surgent's Hiring and Firing of Employees - What You Can and Cannot Do

Wednesday, July 24
 10:00am - 12:00pm

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2.00 Credits

Member Price $99.00

Non-Member Price $134.00

Overview

There are numerous federal laws that restrict what businesses can do in terms of hiring and firing employees. Many of these laws impose significant penalties if employers violate them. Accordingly, it is crucial that all employers and their professional advisors understand these laws and apply them to their employment practices.

Objectives

  • Recognize when a worker might have an implied employment contract
  • Know what to ask about and what to discuss during an employment interview
  • Know how to discharge an employee — what, and what not, to say and do

Highlights

  • Employment at will—what this means in a practical sense
  • Implied employment contracts
  • What a prospective employer can ask about, and test for, during  employment interviews
  • Federal anti-discrimination rules applicable to hiring and firing
  • How to fire an employee and not get sued
  • Hiring and firing during a pandemic

Designed For

Any practitioner whose duties involve hiring and firing employees

Prerequisites

None

Preparation

None

Notice

To access this program, log into your CTCPA account at https://www.ctcpas.org/my-cpe/upcoming and click on the orange “Launch Event” button.

Leader(s):

Leader Bios

Michael Tucker, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC

MICHAEL J. TUCKER, CPA, MBA, J.D., LL.M., Ph.D. Mike is an employee of Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC. He authors materials and scripts for the monthly Edward Jones sponsored All Star Tax programs. Mike also writes materials for and conducts almost daily webinars on a variety of tax related topics. Mike works in the offices of T. M. Byxbee Company, CPAs, Mike’s duties at T.M. Byxbee Co. involve advising individual and business clients on a wide variety of transactional matters. Mike was formerly a professor of accounting at Quinnipiac University, in Hamden, CT, where he taught graduate and undergraduate law and tax programs. Mike received his J.D. from New York University and his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a CPA and received his Ph.D. from the University of Houston.

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Non-Member Price $134.00

Member Price $99.00