Contact: David Carew
(615) 661-0249, ext. 8077
dcarew@mleesmith.com

National Award-Winning Attorney/Video Host John Phillips to Reveal How to Bulletproof Your Company Against Employee Lawsuits

NASHVILLE, TN, October 18, 2004 — It’s a harsh new business reality. If supervisors ever say anything- -or do anything- -not compliant with workplace law, companies can face devastating legal consequences. According to ‘USA Today,’ more than 150,000 U.S. companies currently are battered by workplace-related lawsuits . . . with thousands triggered by supervisor missteps.

Now - to offer supervisors and their employers the clear, expert training they need - M. Lee Smith Publishers will present ‘Bulletproofing Your Organization Against Employee Lawsuits: What Your Supervisors Need to Know,’ a live audio seminar to be broadcast nationally on Thursday, October 28 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Time, 10 to 11:00 a.m. Central Time.

Guest speaker for the event will be John B. Phillips, Jr., host of the national award-winning workplace-law-training series ’10 Danger Zones for Supervisors.’ Mr. Phillips has been used as an expert source on workplace law topics by ‘USA Today,’ ‘The New York Times,’ ‘Human Resource Executive’ magazine, and other major news media.

Because ‘Bulletproofing Your Organization Against Employee Lawsuits: What Your Supervisors Need to Know’ is an audio seminar, registrants do not leave their offices to participate. They simply tune in to the live 60-minute presentation via their own office speakerphone or telephone, and may train as many employees as they like for one per-listening-site fee of $167 (total). Companies register by calling KRM Information Services (which is handling registration for this event) at 800-775-7654.

By listening to the audio seminar, employers, human resources professionals, and company benefits specialists will learn:

• How to use a variation of the Golden Rule toward employees in a way that absolutely minimizes the threat of their suing your company.
• How to communicate expectations - on the first day of work and thereafter - in a way that dramatically reduces the risk of employee lawsuits.
• The bold, no-nonsense answer to the question: ‘Is it risky for supervisors to play favorites?’.
• Why it’s so crucial for supervisors to address poorly performing employees (and the VERY serious legal and morale issues that can arise if you don’t).
• What supervisors need to know about ‘in-your-face discipline’ versus ‘face-to-face discipline.’
• All-important things supervisors MUST know about the language they use and how they use it.

  About the Presenter, John B. Phillips, Jr.
  Two video series hosted by John B. Phillips, Jr., have been named a Top 10 Training Product of the Year by the national magazine 'Human Resource Executive.' In doing so most recently, the magazine hailed Mr. Phillips’ ‘thorough understanding of the latest legal challenges and Supreme Court decisions impacting today's workplace." A partner in the law firm of Miller & Martin (Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta), Mr. Phillips is listed in 'The Best Lawyers in America.' He has practiced labor and employment law for more than 30 years, serving as Deputy General Counsel for Labor and Employment for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. for the past several years. He has also served as Editor of 'Tennessee Employment Law Letter' since 1986.

  About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
  Founded in 1975, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee is the only company in America that produces a state-specific workplace law newsletter for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. The company also produces a wide variety of other newsletters, national and state-specific workplace law conferences and seminars, and other information products for HR professionals, business people, and attorneys, including the national award-winning video-based training series 10 Danger Zones for Supervisors. For more information please visit HRHero.com or mleesmith.com.

  NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: John B. Phillips, Jr., is available as an expert source for news reports or features associated with this or other workplace-law topics. To schedule an interview with Mr. Phillips, please contact David Carew at M. Lee Smith Publishers at 800-274-6774, ext. 8077 or via e-mail at dcarew@mleesmith.com.

  The company also offers full-service publishing and printing for other companies' newsletters.

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