Hire Smart, Hire Safe: Legal & Ethical Hiring Practices for Today’s Workplace

Overview: 

Hiring mistakes are costly. This training equips leaders and HR professionals with practical guidance on compliant, fair, and ethical hiring practices-from job postings through final selection. Legal and Ethical Hiring Practices is a 60 minute training designed for hiring managers, supervisors, and HR professionals who want to hire with confidence while minimizing legal risk. Offered in March, April, and May 2025 (excluding U.S. holidays), this course provides practical, real-world guidance on compliant, fair, and ethical hiring-from job postings to final selection decisions. 

Participants will gain a clear understanding of key employment laws and protected classes, learn how to structure consistent and lawful interviews, avoid illegal or biased questions, and strengthen documentation and decision-making practices. With a focus on reducing bias and ensuring defensible hiring outcomes, this training equips leaders with the tools needed to make sound, ethical, and legally compliant hiring decisions.

Course Objective: 

• Understand key employment laws impacting hiring
• Reduce bias and improve hiring consistency
• Conduct lawful interviews
• Make defensible hiring decisions

Target Audience: 

• Hiring managers and supervisors
• Human Resources professionals
• Recruiters and talent acquisition specialists
• Legal professionals and in-house counsel
• Compliance and risk management professionals
• Business owners and executives
• Operations and department leaders
• Government and public sector professionals
• Nonprofit leaders and administrators
• Healthcare, education, and corporate hiring teams
• Anyone involved in interviewing, selecting, or approving candidates

Basic Knowledge:

Basic familiarity with interviewing