Petrie & Stocking, S.C.'s 2013 Labor & Employment Law Update Seminar

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The dates and locations for the 2013 Labor & Employment Law Update Seminar, presented by Attorney David McClurg, have been decided!  Please join us for one of the following dates:

Madison - Thursday, February 28, 2013

La Crosse - Friday, March 1, 2013

Ashland - Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Eau Claire - Thursday, March 14, 2013

Milwaukee - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Green Bay - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The following topics will be covered:

1.        Affordable Care Act Implementation - Risks and Opportunities

Learn which parts of the flood of new regulations affect your business operations, policies and tax liabilities, and obtain critical information in order to avoid penalties under the Act. You need to know how the development of Health Care Exchanges will impact your current and future health plans and the size of businesses that are affected by the ACA and its implementing regulations.

2.        Defenses to Unemployment Claims

Unemployment contributions and surcharges are high enough without increases due to spurious and unjustified claims.  Learn about decisions broadening the “misconduct” defense in connection with chronic tardiness and absenteeism, drug use, and chronic poor job performance, and your ability to use employee theft as a sword against terminated employees as well as a shield against unemployment claims, along with other ways to minimize your UI exposure.

3.        Increased NLRB Pressure on Non-Union Employers

Now that the constraints of the 2012 elections have been removed, Obama’s appointees to the National Labor Relations Board are expected to push their employee friendly agenda even harder.  Learn the new exposures that employers face under the NLRB’s ever expanding vision of “concerted protected activity” and the Board’s relentless efforts to promote unionization, including quickie elections, “micro-units”, and restrictions on pre-election hearings.

4.        Criminal Background Checks

Learn why background checks are important, and the pitfalls to avoid in conducting them, including compliance requirements under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act and Title VII discrimination provisions. The EEOC is aggressively cracking down on policies that screen out individuals with criminal records. Learn how the EEOC’s new guidance compares with Wisconsin law on arrest and conviction record discrimination.

5.        Developments in Discrimination/Retaliation/Harassment Claims

Learn about developing liability theories and enforcement trends relating to discrimination, retaliation and harassment claims, and strategies to avoid pattern and practice and class action claims.

6.        Legislative and Case Law Update

Learn about recent legislative and case law developments on critical Human Resource issues relating to Wage and Hour claims, Act 10, Paid Sick Leave and many more.

 

The cost is $250.00 per person if received on or before Janury 28, 2013 and $290 per person after January 28, 2013.  Please contact Bethani Daoust at (414) 276-2850 for more information.