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LBRL 0007 - Practical HR: How to Navigate Employment Law Myths and Landmines

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As a human resources (HR) professional, you are expected to be an expert on employment law and HR practice. With hundreds or even thousands of potentially applicable employment laws, where do you start? Join us for this daylong, interactive program where you learn the basics of both employment law compliance and human resources practice. At the end of this program, you have the tools to help your organization spot and avoid high-risk employment matters, as well as some practical tips for managing issues that do arise.

This course is preapproved by the Society for Human Resource Management for 7 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) toward the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP.

Course Outline/Topics

Spotting Employment Law Risks

  • Hiring and Paying Employees
  • Discrimination and Harassment
  • #Metoo
  • Religious Discrimination and Accommodation
  • Age Discrimination
  • Disability Discrimination, Accommodation Issues and Leaves of Absence
  • Other Employment Risks

Avoiding and Managing Employment Law Risks

  • Failing to Act
  • Policies, Postings and Training
  • Conducting Investigations
  • Corrective Action and Discipline
  • Avoiding Retaliation Claims
  • Managing Employee Conflict
  • Managing Performance Issues
  • Ending the Employment Relationship

Benefits and Learning Outcomes

After attending this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify high-risk human resources employment law matters
  • Recognize high-risk human resources employment law matters within your organization
  • Implement practical tips for managing high-risk human resources employment law matters that do arise

Who Should Attend

  • New and/or experienced HR professionals
  • New and/or experienced business leaders, supervisors, compliance employees and other individuals who regularly handle HR matters

Testimonials

"Access to an expert in this field, including answering our random, yet important questions, was a tremendous benefit."
-Participant, 2022

"The instructor was very knowledgeable and could give answers to all of our questions. I have learned a bunch from this class and hope to use it in
the future as needed."
-Participant, 2022

Instructors

  • Jill Sopha

Partners & Professional Credits

  • Society for Human Resource Management 7.0 PDCs

Applies Towards the Following Credentials

  • Business Administration Certificate : Elective
  • Labor Relations Certificate : Elective
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LBRL 0007 - 260326V

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Mar 26, 2026
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$595.00
Section Title
Practical HR: How to Navigate Employment Law Myths and Landmines
Type
Live Online
Days
Th
Time
8:30AM to 4:00PM
Dates
Mar 26, 2026
Schedule and Location
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Contact Hours
7.0
Location
  • Online (Central Time)
Instruction Method Options
Live Online  
Course Fee(s)
Registration $595.00
CEUs
0.7 CEUs
Cancel Request Deadline
Mar 12, 2026
Transfer Request Deadline
Feb 24, 2026
Instructors
  • Jill Sopha
Partners & Professional Credits
  • Society for Human Resource Management
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Jill Sopha

Jill Hamill Sopha is the owner and managing director of Sopha Mediation LLC. As a full-time employment attorney mediator, Jill combines her unique and unparalleled experience with her passion to help employers and employees find resolutions to workplace disputes and litigation through mediation.

Jill has more than 20 years of experience practicing as an employment attorney. She has crafted resolutions to hundreds of employment disputes ranging from informal complaints to administrative charges and state and federal litigation, and covering a broad array of employment and employment-related areas.

For disputes covered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) mediations, Jill is on the panel of AAA-approved employment mediators.

In addition to her mediation practice, Jill is an adjunct professor at Marquette Law School, where she teaches law students how to effectively advocate for their clients in a three-credit “Mediation Advocacy” workshop.

Jill is a frequent speaker on topics involving mediation and employment law, with a particular focus on avoiding and resolving workplace conflict and litigation.

Prior to opening Sopha Mediation LLC, Jill spent the past 15 years in progressive legal and HR leadership roles at Fortune 500 company Harley-Davidson, Inc. – most recently as chief counsel/human resources. At Harley-Davidson, Jill provided primary direction and guidance on all HR-related legal issues, developed and implemented a Global HR Compliance program, and led a team of HR professionals responsible for providing day-to-day HR support. Before her work at Harley-Davidson, Jill was an employment attorney at the law firms Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in Madison, WI, and Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, IL.

Jill is also a member of several professional organizations. In addition to being secretary/treasurer for the Labor and Employment section and a board member for Dispute Resolution of the Wisconsin Bar Association, Jill is co-chair of the Labor and Employment section of the Milwaukee Bar Association. Jill is also a member of:
• American Arbitration Association (AAA) Mediation Panel
• American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section, Dispute Resolution Section)
• Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association (EDWBA)
• Association for Women Lawyers (AWL)
• Wisconsin Association of Mediators (WAM)
• Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
• Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)

In the past two years, Jill has completed over 150 hours of mediation training, including 40-hour programs at the nationally renowned Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine’s University School of Law and at Chicago’s Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR).

In addition to her employment mediation work, in 2017, Jill applied for and was selected to be a mediator for Wisconsin’s Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS), where she helps parents and schools work together to resolve disputes about special education. As part of that application and selection process, Jill participated in an additional 40-hour mediation training program.

Jill has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School (1993) and obtained her Juris Doctorate degree cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School (1996).

Society for Human Resource Management

LBRL 0007 - 260326V - Practical HR: How to Navigate Employment Law Myths and Landmines

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Jill Sopha

Jill Hamill Sopha is the owner and managing director of Sopha Mediation LLC. As a full-time employment attorney mediator, Jill combines her unique and unparalleled experience with her passion to help employers and employees find resolutions to workplace disputes and litigation through mediation.

Jill has more than 20 years of experience practicing as an employment attorney. She has crafted resolutions to hundreds of employment disputes ranging from informal complaints to administrative charges and state and federal litigation, and covering a broad array of employment and employment-related areas.

For disputes covered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) mediations, Jill is on the panel of AAA-approved employment mediators.

In addition to her mediation practice, Jill is an adjunct professor at Marquette Law School, where she teaches law students how to effectively advocate for their clients in a three-credit “Mediation Advocacy” workshop.

Jill is a frequent speaker on topics involving mediation and employment law, with a particular focus on avoiding and resolving workplace conflict and litigation.

Prior to opening Sopha Mediation LLC, Jill spent the past 15 years in progressive legal and HR leadership roles at Fortune 500 company Harley-Davidson, Inc. – most recently as chief counsel/human resources. At Harley-Davidson, Jill provided primary direction and guidance on all HR-related legal issues, developed and implemented a Global HR Compliance program, and led a team of HR professionals responsible for providing day-to-day HR support. Before her work at Harley-Davidson, Jill was an employment attorney at the law firms Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C. in Madison, WI, and Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, IL.

Jill is also a member of several professional organizations. In addition to being secretary/treasurer for the Labor and Employment section and a board member for Dispute Resolution of the Wisconsin Bar Association, Jill is co-chair of the Labor and Employment section of the Milwaukee Bar Association. Jill is also a member of:
• American Arbitration Association (AAA) Mediation Panel
• American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section, Dispute Resolution Section)
• Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association (EDWBA)
• Association for Women Lawyers (AWL)
• Wisconsin Association of Mediators (WAM)
• Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA)
• Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)

In the past two years, Jill has completed over 150 hours of mediation training, including 40-hour programs at the nationally renowned Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine’s University School of Law and at Chicago’s Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR).

In addition to her employment mediation work, in 2017, Jill applied for and was selected to be a mediator for Wisconsin’s Special Education Mediation System (WSEMS), where she helps parents and schools work together to resolve disputes about special education. As part of that application and selection process, Jill participated in an additional 40-hour mediation training program.

Jill has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with distinction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Business School (1993) and obtained her Juris Doctorate degree cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School (1996).

Society for Human Resource Management

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