Brian H. Kleiner, Professor (Emeritus) of Human Resource Management
at prestigious CA university
551 Santa Barbara AvenueFullerton, CA 92835-2463 Phone: (714) 879-9705 Alternate: (714) 595-1891 Fax: (714) 879-5600 Email: bkleinerphdmba@gmail.com
Specialty Areas
Accidents - Industrial/Manufacturing, ADA, ADA & Accidents, ADA Compliance, Administration, Benefits and Retirement Plans, Business/Management, CFRA (California Family Rights Act), Discrimination and EEO, Employment, Employment - Workers' Compensation, Executive Compensation, FMLA, Hotel, Hotel/Restaurant Industry, Human Resources/Organizational Development, Industrial Hygiene, Insurance - Workers' Compensation, Interactive Process, Investigation - Employment, Labor/Management Relations, Negligent Hiring (Training/Supervision/Retention), OSHA, Other (slips, trips and falls, household and power tool accidents), Police Practices, Psychology, Reasonable Accommodations, Restaurant, Retailing, Retaliation, RIFs (Reduction In Force), Safety - Human Factors, Safety & Accident Prevention - Industrial/Manufacturing, Safety & Accident Prevention - Other, Safety & Accident Prevention - Transportation, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Harassment/Assault, Transportation/ADA, Vocational/Career Evaluation & Counseling, Wage and Hours, Workplace Investigations, Workplace Violence, Wrongful and "At Will" Termination
About
Compliance of organizational policies, procedures, and practices with standards of human resources management; preventing and investigating complaints concerning sexual harassment and other forms of discrimination and harassment; ADA, interactive process, reasonable accommodation; CFRA, FMLA, workers’ compensation; retaliation, discipline, wrongful termination; negligent hiring/retention/supervision; independent contractor vs. employee classification; compensation, wage & hours, benefits/pensions; performance evalution, promotion selections, workforce- reductions; workplace violence, safety, OSHA.
Licenses
PhD, MBA, BS
Education
PhD Management, University of CA, Los Angeles: 1977; MBA, Management, University of CA, Los Angeles; BS, Business Administration, Drexel.
Current/Previous Positions
Human resources manager for Ford Motor Company; consultant to over 100 organizations concerning how to improve human resource management policies and practices.
Honors Awards
2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 & 2011, Received university research award for quality of articles published in the most recent five years. 2008, Favorably featured in Employment Law Verdict Reports. 2007, Profiled in Bender’s California Labor & Employment Bulletin. 2001, Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity Award. 2000, Faculty Merit Award. 1998, Creative and Scholarly Activity Award. 1997 and 1996 Performance Award. 1996, “Teacher Scholar” Award. 1995-96, Taught first graduate Managing Human Resources and Human Behavior in Organizations courses ever to be publicly televised. 1993. Nominee for Bradford Outstanding Educator in United States Award. 1992, Finalist for Outstanding Faculty Award, SBAE. 1986-90, Meritorious Performance Award. Selected for Marquis’ Who’s Who in Business Higher Education, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, Who’s Who in California, and Who’s Who in the World.
Prof. Affiliations
Society For Human Resource Management; Society for Nonprofits.
Publications
Over 500 in high quality professional and peer-reviewed academic journals. These Include “When it’s time to say good-by: how to discharge workers without legal hassles,” and “Workplace reduction guidelines,” which was reproduced in a college textbook titled “Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Management,” published by McGraw-Hill. Also, “Designing Effective Performance Appraisal Systems,” one of the most downloaded articles of all time, with over 12,500 downloads.
Prior Expert Experience
Have been retained in over 1,000 cases and have given trial/arbitration testimony over 80 times for plaintiffs and defense in over 15 California federal and state courts.