6-Hour Program

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Overview

Why you should attend

Please join an experienced faculty of employment law attorneys for this updated program.  Each year brings new challenges to employers, and nothing is more important than the beginning and the end of an employment relationship.  In 2011, a host of new state and federal employment and labor law obligations will affect the way all employers, employers’ counsel, human resources professionals and managers conduct their business.

Learn about all of the new legal developments affecting the hiring and termination of employment process, and obtain practical guidance for handling the most troublesome and recurring issues.  This program and the developments to be addressed has important implications for both plaintiff/employee and defendant/employer practitioners.

What you will learn

  • The latest developments regarding independent contractor versus employee issues and audits, including joint employment risks and litigation avoidance suggestions
  • Tips for conducting effective and legally compliant background checks, and maintaining applicant flow data
  • Lessons from the Supreme Court of California’s recent rejection of the “stray remarks” defense to discrimination claims in Reid v. Google, Inc.
  • Suggestions for avoiding discrimination claims in the hiring and firing process, including legally permissible and impermissible inquiries
  • How to protect applicant and employee privacy rights and avoid claims
  • The importance of preserving “at-will” employment relationships, and employment contract/offer letter drafting suggestions
  • Wage and hour compliance requirements and suggestions, including exempt classifications, time recording, regular rate of pay/overtime, expense reimbursement and meal and rest break compliance suggestions
  • Best practices for protecting and preserving company intellectual property and trade secrets, including recent developments affecting post-employment non-solicitation of employees and customers provisions
  • ADEA/OWBPA compliance issues and avoiding disparate impact claims
  • Other layoff issues, including severance pay and tax withholding and reporting obligations
  • Practical compliance and litigation avoidance suggestions

Who should attend


In-house counsel and outside counsel who represent employers, employee attorneys, human resources professionals and managers will benefit from attending this program.

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