In 2020, your company's email is more legally dangerous than ever.

Simple email mistakes are triggering million-dollar jury awards. For example, when a Virginia company wrongly continued to delete emails even after an employee filed a lawsuit, a court slammed the company with a huge $2.75 million fine.

The maze of employer rules and responsibilities relating to email content, monitoring, record retention, policies and best practices is staggering. And with employees working from home these days (and often on mobile devices), the risk of lawsuits and recordkeeping disasters is at an all-time high.

Now is the time to understand all the federal and state laws governing your employees' electronic communications – at the office and employees' homes.

Join us on Tuesday, October 6, as nationally recognized expert Nancy Flynn, founder of The ePolicy Institute, explains the correct steps to minimize risk, maximize compliance and manage your e-records in this historic time. Plus, Nancy will solve the new confusion over the preservation of business email and other electronically stored information (ESI).

This interactive workshop will cover topics including:

• What HR and employers need to know about e-communication content, records and risks
  • How to draft a strategic email policy to deflect legal liabilities, regulatory disasters, data breaches and other risks – at your facility and employees' homes
  • Best practices to help ensure legal, regulatory and organizational compliance

• Why and how you must preserve, protect & produce e-communication records
  • How to recognize electronic records – and distinguish them from non-records
  • E-discovery risks and rules: Complying with federal & state laws governing the evidence-gathering phase of litigation
  • Regulatory requirements: Know the guidelines to prevent HIPAA, FLSA, GLBA and other risks

• Establishing best practice email and mobile device/BYOD policies
  • Strategies for writing and implementing effective policies & procedures
  • How an email policy – supported by training & technology – can support your legal position
  • Step-by-step plan to manage email usage at work, home and on the road

• Best practices to minimize risks and maximize compliance
  • Tips for effective email policy training
  • Monitoring rules: Reconciling privacy expectations with legal realities

Employee email creates the equivalent of DNA evidence, yet only 34% of organizations have email retention policies in place. And if your employees are working at home on their phones, you might be risking a costly FLSA claim.

Join us on October 6 to learn how to minimize your risks, and maximize your legal, regulatory and organizational compliance.

Sincerely,

Pat DiDomenico, Editorial Director
Communication Briefings

P.S. Early Registration Bonuses. The first 50 people to sign up will receive our 35-page book, Business Communication Toolkit: Vol. I: Written Communication, plus a special bonus created by The ePolicy Institute: a handy tip sheet, Social Media Rules: Guidelines for Creating Effective Social Media Policy.

P.P.S. Extra Added Bonus. You'll also receive one month of members-only access to CommunicationBriefings.com – our comprehensive online resource designed to make you a stronger, better-prepared manager. So that you continue to benefit from CommunicationBriefings.com, we'll continue your access automatically for just $97 per quarter, unless you tell us "no, thanks" – your choice.

P.P.P.S. We promise you'll be satisfied. If the Email Policy Compliance Workshop fails to meet your needs in any way, we will refund 100% of your tuition – no hassles, no questions asked. Your conference materials, website access and early registration bonuses are yours to keep.

About Your Speaker:

A recognized expert on workplace compliance and communication, Nancy Flynn is the founder and executive director of The ePolicy Institute and Business Writing Institute. She provides training and consulting services to clients seeking to minimize compliance risks and maximize communication skills. Nancy is an in-demand trainer and the author of 13 books including The ePolicy Toolkit, The Social Media Handbook and Writing Effective E-Mail. She also serves as an expert witness in litigation related to workplace email and web use. A popular news source, she has been quoted in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, Fortune and CNN.

Credit Hours:

The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.

This program is valid for 1.25 PDCs for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.

Since this is a webinar, you and your entire staff can attend in the comfort of your office or conference room for one low price! You may include as many people as you wish while listening on a single phone line or computer. Contact us for multi-site discounts.