Jean L. Seawright, CMC - Employment, vocational and life care expert witness

Based inWinter Park, Florida

Main fieldEmployment, vocational and life care

Areas of expertise19 listed

About Jean L. Seawright, CMC

Jean Seawright, CMC is a highly professional expert, consultant, speaker, and author in HR, negligent hiring, negligent retention, discrimination, harassment, FMLA/FLSA/ADA/Title VII, policies and procedures, performance management, internal investigations, compensation, overtime, regulatory compliance, and general human resources. Since 1987, Ms. Seawright has provided expert HR advice and consultation to thousands of businesses in multiple industries across the nation.

Services

Ms. Jean Seawright offers the following services:

Expert Witness Case Analysis, Reports, Depositions, and Trial Testimony for Plaintiffs and Defendants Professional HR Consultation and Advice on HR Issues Ranging From Hiring to Terminating Employees Professional Speaker at State and National Conferences Employee Handbook Development Charge of Discrimination Representation HR Audits Hiring Systems and Hire Processes Background Checks Performance Management Systems Compensation Plans Internal investigations Background Checks Sexual Harassment Avoidance EEOC, Title VII, ADA, FMLA, and FLSA Compliance Salary and Benefit Surveys Management Training Employee Retention Job Profiles and Job Descriptions Policies and Procedures

Litigation Support Services

Ms. Seawright is available for case analysis, case theory evaluation, expert witness reports, depositions, and trial testimony, and analysis of other experts' testimony.

Areas of Expertise

Americans With Disabilities Act
Background Investigations
Civil Rights
Discrimination
Employment
Employment Discrimination
Employment Termination

Hiring
Human Resources
Investigation
Labor Law
Management
Negligent Hiring
Negligent Retention

Negligent Supervision
Sexual Harassment
Terminations
Warnings
Wrongful Termination

Additional Expertise:

Policies and Procedures (Employee Handbooks), Performance Management, Internal Investigations, Compensation, Personnel Decisions, Employment Regulations (EEOC, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, and others).

Profile

As an HR management consultant since 1987, Ms. Seawright has provided professional HR consultation services and advice to business owners, CEOs, boards, and HR leaders across the nation. She has consulted with organizations of all sizes, including for-profit, non-profit, public, and publicly traded companies, creating essential human resource infrastructure and helping position organizations for future growth and development. She has owned and operated the HR management consulting firm, Seawright & Associates, since 1996.

Her consultation practice has focused on a variety of HR-related engagements such as daily HR consultation and advisory, regulatory compliance, HR risk management, employee handbook/policy development, hiring standards/systems/processes, background checks, internal investigations (including harassment), performance management programs, management training and development, compensation plan design, job descriptions and job profiles, employee opinion surveys, organizational development, and others. Ms. Seawright has represented clients before the U.S. Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, state human rights commissions, various state unemployment compensation divisions, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and other regulatory agencies. She has published numerous articles in the field of human resources and frequently presents at national and state conventions and trade association conferences. In 1999, Ms. Seawright also wrote and published The Employment Genie, a comprehensive hiring, coaching, and termination system for businesses.

Ms. Seawright received her Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Florida in 1986. In 2000, she earned the CMC (Certified Management Consultant) designation, credentialed by the Institute of Management Consultants. The CMC designation is the preeminent mark of competency, knowledge, and professionalism in the management consulting industry. Less than one percent of all consultants have achieved this level of performance.