The brochure that is now available is from the 2013 program and is representative of the type of agenda that will be covered in 2014. The 2014 brochure will be available in early February.

Our Mid-Year Employment Law Conference: The definitive advanced-level update of the most important developments affecting the employment policies and practices of business and government.

Topics include:

Developments in EEO Law - An update of Supreme Court and significant appellate court cases and their application and implications for employment law practitioners, including prospects for new anti-discrimination laws and enforcement actions in the second Obama Administration;

Growing Surge in Retaliation and Whistleblowing - Why and how courts are sharply divided on the application of key elements such as "protected activity" and negating an inference of "causation. Hot topics, including third party retaliation, retaliatory harassment, and use of the judicial process, and others, with separate focus on the explosion of whistleblower legislation and recent Dodd Frank and Sarbanes Oxley issues;

Employment, Termination & Severance Agreements - Review of current legal authority on the enforcement of waivers of employment claims, compliance with the OWBPA, exit interviews and settlement strategies, and special issues in settling class actions and tax issues arising from settlement payments;

e-Workplace: Access, Security and Privacy in the Era of "The Cloud," Social Media and BYOD - Analysis of key legal, technology and Human Resource issues relating to data security, workers' privacy, recent developments as to the ever-growing "Cloud," social-network posting limits, and risks and rewards of bring-your-own-device;

ADA Update -- Groundbreaking cases analyzing a multitude of issues surrounding "Qualified" and "Reasonable Accommodation"....qualification standards for jobs, essential functions, triggers to the reasonable accommodation interactive process, documentation of that process, etc;

Recent Wage and Hour Developments - Thorough coverage of developments regarding exempt status under each of the major exemptions, and what constitutes compensable time, what compensation must be included in the regular rate of pay, and other difficult wage and hour issues;

Complex FMLA Issues - Practical guidance in light of recent case law decisions: direct v. indirect care of a family member, pitfalls of allowing an employee to work on leave, cooperation or lack thereof in the medical certification process, and much more; along with an outline of recent DOL guidance, the status of DOL's proposed regulations, and the likely impact of President Obama's second term; and

Ethics in Labor & Employment Law - 1 full Ethics credit hour.

Please note: Time slots on the agenda are subject to change.

Participants will receive a hard copy manual, along with a searchable CD, that will contain, as appropriate for each topic, a discussion of legal and regulatory developments together with sample forms, policies and checklists, a research and reference tool not to be without.

Early Registration Fee: $895.00 (available until approximately 3 weeks prior to the seminar date, please consult brochure for exact date)

Registration Fee: $945.00

The brochure that is now available is from the 2013 program and is representative of the type of agenda that will be covered in 2014. The 2014 brochure will be available in early February.