Navigating Through Legal Landmines for Business Owners and HR

Navigating Through Legal Landmines for Business Owners and HR

"The Top Ten Wage-Hour and Leave Management Legal Landmines For HR Professionals"

Perhaps the greatest challenges posed to Human Resource professionals today are navigating through the unique legal landmines posed by leave management and payroll issues. This program will serve three purposes: 1) identifying the ten most common leave management and wage hour problems for California employments; 2) empowering attendees with a review of applicable law and the policies that must be implemented; and 3) educating attendees on preventative practice and risk management tools.

PERSONNEL FILES 101 WHAT TO INCLUDE AND WHERE TO KEEP THEM

Did you know there should be more than one file for each employee? Does the thought of a government audit of your organization's payroll records or I-9 documentation send chills down your back? To find out what files you need and what should and should not be in them, make sure you attend this informative and interactive program.

Employee files - how many files to keep?

• What to keep in those files and where to keep them
• I-9 Forms - would you survive an audit?
• Payroll Records
• HIPAA- Medical and Workers' Compensation files
• Access to files
• Supervisor files - What do you do when your employee or a lawyer demands you give them copies of Personnel files?

Who Should Attend

• Business Owners
• Employee Benefits Managers
• Human Resource Managers
• Office Managers

SPEAKERS: Lonnie Giamela and Bette HallDATE: November 10, 2011
           Last day to register: Friday, November 4, 2011TIME: 7:15 a.m. Registration, Check-in and Networking Breakfast (Breakfast served util 8:15 a.m.)
           8:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
           8:15 a.m. Employment Development Department/WorkSource Center Update
           8:30 a.m. Lonnie Giamela of Fisher & Phillips "The Top Ten Wage-Hour and Leave Management Legal Landmines For HR Professionals"
           10:00 a.m. Break
           10:15 a.m. Bette Hall - "PERSONNEL FILES 101 WHAT TO INCLUDE AND WHERE TO KEEP THEM"
           11:30 a.m. Questions & Answers
           11:45 a.m. Seminar ConcludesPLACE: Airtel Plaza Hotel, 7277 Valjean Avenue Van Nuys, CA 91406            $75 for Members (one attendee)
            $85 for Non-Members Am I a Member?
            Register on site: $95
            Cost includes breakfast buffet, parking and seminar materials

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Lonnie Giamela, partner of Fisher & Phillips LLP., represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including wage and hour compliance, employment policies and practices, fair employment and FMLA/CFRA compliance, litigation, supervisor training, mass layoff and independent contractor classification matters. His practice also involves collective bargaining, defense of unfair labor practice charges, arbitrations, and representation of employers in union organizing campaigns.

Bette Hall, a seasoned professional in the world of Human Resources, began BetteR HR Solutions, Inc. with the idea of providing professional human resources (HR) expertise, services and solutions to companies that either do not have an HR professional on staff or whose staff has limited time to handle all those overdue projects, such as handbooks and revisions, job descriptions, training programs and time consuming compliance requirements, including audits of employee personnel and I-9 files.