You hear it all the time-you'll win in court with good documentation, but with poor documentation, you will surely lose. Indeed, properly documenting discipline and termination decisions can not only help you win in court, it can also help you avoid going to court in the first place by acting as a deterrent to frivolous lawsuits. In this Webinar, you will learn:

• How to ensure your policies and procedures protect your organization against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims
• How to keep your documentation, such as offer letters and handbooks, from becoming legally binding contracts
• Establishing documentation procedures for progressive discipline plans, employee coaching, and other corrective action
• How to properly prepare a performance evaluation
• Avoiding admissions in documentation that can later hurt you in court
• Document-retention requirements-how long must you keep documents and when should you destroy them?
• How to respond to EEO charges

Moderator:
Susan Fahey Desmond
Shareholder
Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, P.A.

Susan Fahey Desmond is a shareholder with Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis, P.A. She has been representing management in all areas of labor and employment law since 1985. Ms. Desmond practices in the areas of labor and employment and civil litigation, including representing employers in Family and Medical Leave cases, discrimination claims relative to age, sex, disability, race, religion, and sexual harassment, and handling EEOC charges and other administrative complaints through the administrative and judicial process. She is a frequent speaker and author on topics relative to labor and employment law. She was named Outstanding Young Lawyer of Mississippi from the Mississippi Bar Association, Young Lawyers' Division, and also received an Award of Merit from the Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Ms. Desmond is a member of the American Bar Association, and she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee School of Law. Ms. Desmond is licensed to practice in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Colorado.