Northeast Ohio Regional Library System
Date/Time
6/11/2025
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eastern
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Competency
Networking, Human Resource and Fiscal Operations
Event Description
Here is an opportunity to share your challenges and successes with your peers. . Please send agenda items/questions to Yvette Wasko.
PEs, PIPs, and LCAs: Filling Your Toolbox for Managing Performance and Workplace Conduct
Most employers will find that roughly 80-90% of their workforce is comprised of hardworking, qualified individuals who perform at a level that meets expectations. They do not rock the boat by engaging in problematic workplace conduct and are easy to communicate with and manage. Management of the remainder of the workforce, however, can be challenging, overwhelming and costly for an employer who attempts to do so without utilizing the proper tools.
This training will go beyond the usual discussion about the need to document discipline and performance issues. We’ll share ideas regarding filling your toolbox with effective methods for managing a wide range of employee performance and workplace conduct issues. It will also include training on best practices for maximizing positive results when utilizing these tools.
Tools to be discussed include:
Amanda S Smith, Shareholder, OSBA-Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, DE&I Officer , National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional, Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLC
Amanda’s unusual path to becoming a labor and employment attorney began with earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in neuroscience at Allegheny College and Kent State University, respectively. After determining that a career in science ultimately was not for her, she took a job as a legal assistant following her graduate studies, and immediately fell in love with law.
That first position at a plaintiff’s side labor and employment firm quickly evolved into enrolling in classes at the University of Akron School of Law, where she eventually earned her juris doctor degree, summa cum laude. Her experience to-date as a management-side labor and employment attorney has led to some lively discussions at the dinner table back home with her father (a police chief) and mother (a former union president).
Amanda has found the work to be both fascinating and fulfilling. She represents employers in many types of labor and employment matters, including charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ohio Civil Rights Commission and other state fair employment practice agencies. She also counsels employers on litigation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution matters, as well as wage/hour compliance, performance and leave management, discipline, and workplace policies.
PEs, PIPs, and LCAs: Filling Your Toolbox for Managing Performance and Workplace Conduct
Most employers will find that roughly 80-90% of their workforce is comprised of hardworking, qualified individuals who perform at a level that meets expectations. They do not rock the boat by engaging in problematic workplace conduct and are easy to communicate with and manage. Management of the remainder of the workforce, however, can be challenging, overwhelming and costly for an employer who attempts to do so without utilizing the proper tools.
This training will go beyond the usual discussion about the need to document discipline and performance issues. We’ll share ideas regarding filling your toolbox with effective methods for managing a wide range of employee performance and workplace conduct issues. It will also include training on best practices for maximizing positive results when utilizing these tools.
Tools to be discussed include:
- Performance Evaluations
- Performance Improvement Plans
- Last Chance Agreements
Amanda S Smith, Shareholder, OSBA-Certified Specialist in Labor and Employment Law, DE&I Officer , National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional, Kastner Westman & Wilkins, LLCAmanda’s unusual path to becoming a labor and employment attorney began with earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in neuroscience at Allegheny College and Kent State University, respectively. After determining that a career in science ultimately was not for her, she took a job as a legal assistant following her graduate studies, and immediately fell in love with law.
That first position at a plaintiff’s side labor and employment firm quickly evolved into enrolling in classes at the University of Akron School of Law, where she eventually earned her juris doctor degree, summa cum laude. Her experience to-date as a management-side labor and employment attorney has led to some lively discussions at the dinner table back home with her father (a police chief) and mother (a former union president).
Amanda has found the work to be both fascinating and fulfilling. She represents employers in many types of labor and employment matters, including charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Ohio Civil Rights Commission and other state fair employment practice agencies. She also counsels employers on litigation, arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution matters, as well as wage/hour compliance, performance and leave management, discipline, and workplace policies.
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Cost: FREE to all
There is an additional $20 surcharge for facility use and amenities.
We encourage you to register a minimum of three (3) days in advance for this event in order to ensure that we can accommodate your full participation in terms of seating, hand-outs, food, etc.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
There is an additional $20 surcharge for facility use and amenities.
We encourage you to register a minimum of three (3) days in advance for this event in order to ensure that we can accommodate your full participation in terms of seating, hand-outs, food, etc.
It’s never too late to save your library money. NEO Memberships are pro-rated! Call us today to join.
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