Employer duty of care (DOC) has evolved tremendously and the global mobility community has taken note. Yet, many companies still don't have adequate DoC planning protocols and teams in place and often neglect to create a culture of DoC and loyalty in their worldwide operations. Don't wait for an incident impacting the health, safety and security of your traveling employees to happen and find out that you've breached your legal DoC. Employees are also becoming more aware of an employer's DoC obligation and expect you to assess and mitigate these health, safety and security travel risks. And, if you don't, they are likely to sue you for breach of DoC. This session will help you:
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Lisbeth Claus, SHRM-SCP
professor, global human resources
Atkinson Graduate School of Management of Willamette University
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Lisbeth Claus, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP, is a Professor of Global Human Resources at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon (USA). Prior to joining Willamette University, she held faculty and administrative positions at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and managerial positions at Safeway Inc. and Maritz Inc.
Dr. Claus has published widely in academic and professional journals on subject matters related to international and global HR management issues, and is a frequent key-note speaker at national and international HR conferences. She is considered a leading expert on issues related to employee performance management for multinational companies and organizations.
She frequently delivers multi-day strategic HR seminars in Central and Eastern Europe, Eastern Africa, and Asia for country and regional HR managers. She was the 2003 President of SHRM Global, the international division of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). In 2004, SHRM commissioned her to design the GPHR (Global Professional Human Resources) Certification Preparation Course She is also a Global HR Special Expertise Panel Member at SHRM. To advance the HR profession, she frequently volunteers her professional services for the establishment and development of country HR associations in emerging markets.