The brochure that is now available is from the 2010 program and is representative of the type of agenda that will be covered in 2011. The 2011 brochure will be available in November.

This is one of the nation’s most comprehensive advanced-level programs for attorneys and human resource professionals, and NELI brings together the leading employment law experts to analyze legal developments and their practical application and implications in the workplace. In the 2010 Briefing, the following topics will be covered:

• EEO Developments - An update of Supreme Court and significant appellate court cases and their application and implications for employment law practitioners;
• Legislative and Executive Branch Update - The Obama Administration's emphasis on labor and employment issues over the past year, new enforcement personnel and priorities, new regulatory and Executive initiatives;
• Labor-Management Relations: Re-Focused - Pending legislation and the impact on existing employment policies, changes at the NLRB, and more;
• E-Discovery: Proactive Policies/Reactive Strategies - Key e-discovery law and technology issues in employment cases;
• Hot Topics in Retaliation and Whistleblowing - Why do these claims continue to skyrocket? How courts across the country are divided on key elements such as "protected activity" and "adverse action;"
• Annual Wage & Hour Law Update - New developments in exempt status regulation and litigation, regular rate of pay and overtime, time keeping traps, pay frequency and timeliness;
• Immigration Compliance in a New Era - Implication of comprehensive immigration reform for business, E-Verify, I-9 compliance and increased audits by DHS, ICE, H-1 B visa and green card backlogs, and more;
• The FMLA: One Year Later - Recent DOL regulations and case developments on managing intermittent leave abusers, DOL forms, contact with an employee's health care provider, notice of leave;
• Employment Preferences: Doing "The Right Thing" - Examination of preferential employment actions in light of Ricci v. DeStefano;
• Benefit Issues for the Non-Specialist - Update on recent ERISA litigation, including benefit claims, fiduciary duty litigation, cash balance plans, severance plans, IRC Section 409A relative to executive compensation, COBRA and other health plan issues;
• ADA Developments in Disability and Reasonable Accommodation, including a review of the ADA Amendments Act and EEOC's proposed regulations under the ADAAA; and
• Ethics & Professionalism in Labor & Employment - 2 full Ethics credit hours.

This program provides between 18.0 - 21.5 CLE/CEU hours, including ethics, depending upon the jurisdiction. NELI is also an HRCI/SHRM approved provider. As always, we will file in as many jurisdictions as you are licensed.

All program participants will receive a copy of our 2-Volume Employment Law Briefing Manual - both in hard copy and on a searchable CD, which will be newly revised for this program.

The brochure that is now available is from the 2010 program and is representative of the type of agenda that will be covered in 2011. The 2011 brochure will be available in November.

Early Registration Fee: $1395.00 (available until approximately 4 weeks prior to the seminar date; please consult the brochure for exact date)

Registration Fee: $1495.00

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