Summer Seminar Series for Restaurants

Published: June 26, 2013

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Leavitt Group and Weintraub Tobin will host a “Summer Seminar Series for Restaurants” where we will examine the issues facing employers in the restaurant industry, health care reform and group captive alternatives.

Whether it’s employer mandates, wage and hour class litigation or administrative actions, restaurant management has been hungry to learn more about issues that affect their business and their bottom line. This series will explore all of this and more.

Sessions

1st Session: Affordable Care Act – A Real World Look at Health Care Reform in the Restaurant Industry

Matthew Sears, CEBS, CMS
Executive Vice President, Leavitt Group

  • Brief discussion of the origins of the reform effort
  • Quick look at what’s already gone into effect
  • Upcoming provisions
  • Slower discussion of Employer Mandate (“Employer Shared Responsibility”)
  • Steps you should be taking now
  • Possible responses to the employer mandate (for groups that don’t currently offer coverage, or offer management carve out only)
  • Questions & Answers

2nd Session: Top 10 Issues Facing Employers in the Restaurant Industry

Alden Parker
Weintraub Tobin Law Corporation

  • Wage and hour and class action litigation
  • Discrimination/Harassment/Retaliation/Whistleblower litigation
  • Administrative actions (DLSE, DFEH, EEOC, EDD)
  • Trade secret and employee raiding litigation and counseling
  • Employment counseling, wage and hour advice counseling, and audits and litigation prevention•
  • ADA access cases, employee handbooks, leaves of absence, and union avoidance

3rd Session: Group Captive Alternatives

Joe Colaluca
Senior Vice President, Captive Resources, Inc.

  • Why join a group captive?
  • Greater control of underwriting, rates and forms (Workers’ Comp, GL, Auto)
  • Improved cash flow-profit share
  • Lower insurance costs
  • Superior Risk Management
  • Questions & Answers

Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Claremont Resort, Berkeley, CA
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Sutter Club, Sacramento, CA

Program
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration/Breakfast
8:00 am – 9:00 am 1st Session
9:15 am – 10:00 am 2nd Session
10:15 am – 11:30 am 3rd Session
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Light Lunch

Reserve your spot today!

Contact Lisa Patterson,
925.822.9156
[email protected]