Start Smart: Building a Compliant Onboarding Process from the Ground Up

Topic Description:

This presentation gives HR professionals and business owners a clear, practical roadmap for onboarding employees in compliance with federal and California law. It covers how to prepare for a new hire’s first day, what forms and notices must be provided at hire, required reporting to the EDD, wage and employment disclosures, and best practices for orientation and training. Attendees will learn how to properly document onboarding, meet new and upcoming legal requirements, implement effective employee handbooks and acknowledgment forms, and reduce risk by ensuring policies are clearly communicated from day one. The session is designed to help employers build a compliant, organized onboarding process that supports both legal obligations and a strong start for new employees.

Speaker Information:

Prior to attending law school, Laura Withrow worked for the Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce where she obtained a first-hand look at the challenges facing business owners. Inspired to make a difference, Laura attended law school with the goal of working with business owners and managers to help them overcome the pitfalls of operating a business in California.

Laura has been one of the top-rated employment law attorneys in California for the past several years and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for the past nine (9) years. Her practice encompasses all aspects of employment law, including litigation defense, representation of employers in hearings before administrative agencies, management training, and counseling employers on compliance issues relating to employment agreements, commission plans, hiring, firings and other personnel matters.

Laura has twenty-nine (29) years of litigation experience and provides her clients with the peace of mind to know that their employment law issues will be resolved in a cost-effective and expedient manner.

Laura is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she participated in the Education Abroad Program in Cambridge, England, and earned a B.A. in Psychology. In 1996, she earned her J.D. from the University of Southern California where she was a three-year recipient of the Douglas Simon Memorial Scholarship.

Laura is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit, multiple U.S. District Courts, and the Supreme Courts of California and Massachusetts. She currently serves as a volunteer Settlement Officer for the Resolve Law LA Virtual Mandatory Settlement Conference Program.

The East Ventura County Employer Advisory Council (EAC) is composed of employer volunteers representing a cross-section of businesses and industries.  Its commitment is to assist employers in conducting their business more effectively and efficiently, to provide information on employment-related issues, and to enhance communication in the private sector. This presentation is provided for educational and informational purposes only; it does not constitute an endorsement of the curriculum or speakers by the East Ventura County EAC. We assume no responsibility for the accuracy, legality, or content of the materials provided during this event.

Special requests for accommodation need to be made two weeks before the event by emailing info@eastventuraeac.org or by calling (805) 288-8231