Events

Program Description

Weintraub attorney Charles L. Post will speak on the following topics:

• “Is Your Employee Handbook Up to Date? Essential Components and Sample Policies for Today’s Workplace”
• Wage and Benefit Issues

Stay up to date on the latest legislative changes and court decisions impacting your human resource practices! This essential course focuses on day-to-day issue spotting – covering current hot button issues and highlighting practical pointers to avoid and handle common problem areas. Experienced faculty will take you through the critical legal issues you need to know from hiring to firing – including wages and benefits, workplace privacy and safety, discrimination, and more. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn techniques from those with years in the field. Register today!

• Stay up to date on the latest changes and cases in human resource law.
• Understand the legal do’s and don’ts during the interview process, including background checks and drug testing, drafting employment contracts, and hiring independent contractors and immigrants.
• Ensure overtime and employee leave policies are compliant with the law.
• Learn appropriate methods for calculating and tracking FMLA time.
• Make sure employee handbooks contain the critical provisions necessary to keep them up to date with current issues.
• Discuss the latest interpretations of “disability” under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Prevent workplace safety violations by knowing safety regulations and record keeping requirements.
• Know how to appropriately handle thorny employee behavior issues while ensuring privacy rights are upheld.
• Set up proper discipline and firing procedures to avoid wrongful termination and retaliatory claims.

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level seminar examines the current issues in human resource law for:

• Attorneys
• HR Directors
• Risk Management Directors

Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Time: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location: Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95815

For registration information, visit www.nbi-sems.com

Download: Flyer – Health Care Reform.pdf

Presented by The Labor & Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin and Vincent Catalano of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Inc.

Summary of Program

The Supreme Court has spoken and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) is here to stay. It is now critical that employers of all sizes learn how the PPACA may impact their workplace. Join Weintraub Tobin, and special guest speaker, Vincent Catalano, MBA, Area Vice President/Employee Benefits Consultant from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Inc., for this very timely and informative panel discussion about how employers can navigate the complexities of, and comply with, the PPACA.

Program Highlights

• Determining who is a covered employer under the PPACA.
• “Pay or Play” mandates – the details of what employers must do.
• A discussion of available tax credits.
• Understanding the consequences of non-compliance: penalties, penalties, penalties.
• What the California Exchange “Covered California” is and what it means for employers.
• Benefits of PPACA including coverage of dependents to age 26, women’s health enhancements and preventative care and other patient protections.
• Strategies the proactive employer can take.

Location
Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage, entrances on 4th and 5th St.

Seminar Program
9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Seminar
Approved for 2 hours MCLE credit; HRCI
credits available upon request.
There is no charge for this seminar.

RSVP
Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Join Weintraub Tobin’s Labor and Employment Group as they discuss important legal developments from 2013 and review the complexities of a number of new laws facing employers in 2014. Seminar(s) held in both Sacramento and San Francisco. See dates below.

Employment Law Update:

2013 – A Year In Review

2014 – An Interesting Year Ahead

*Approved for 3 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request

*There is no charge for this seminar

*Parking validation provided in the Wells Fargo parking garage (Sacramento)

*This seminar is also available via Webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending this way

When:

January 16, 2014 (Sacramento)

January 23, 2014 (San Francisco)

Time:

8:30 a.m. – Registration and breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Seminar

Where:

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

475 Sansome Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94111

RSVP:

Ramona Carrillo

916.558.6046

rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Download: Retaliation and Whistleblowing.pdf

Summary of Program:

Exposure to retaliation claims in the workplace today is like exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace in the 1960s – it’s everywhere but few people understand the danger.

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very important training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers understand the ins-and-outs of retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful termination claims.

The topics that will be discussed include, for example:

• Who is a “whistleblower” and under what law?
• What type of conduct can constitute “retaliation” and under what law?
• What constitutes “wrongful termination?”
• Did the employee quit or was [s]he “constructively terminated” (What does that mean?)
• Can an “at-will” employee be wrongfully terminated?
• Steps to avoid retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful termination claims: effective policies, training, and documentation

Location

Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Parking validation provided – please park in the Wells Fargo Center garage.

Seminar Program

9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Seminar

Approved for 2.0 hours MCLE credit;
HRCI credits available upon request.
There is no charge for this seminar.

RSVP

Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Download: Flyer – Complex Web of Federal State and Local Leave Laws (1600508).pdf

Summary of Program

Employers continue to grapple with this very difficult area of employment law. It is not enough to focus on just one law when an employee is unable to work or is absent from the workplace due to some medical condition or injury suffered by the employee or his or her family member. Instead, employers need to understand and comply with how the courts, and various federal and state regulatory agencies, are interpreting the interplay between a number of laws like the FMLA/CFRA, ADA/FEHA, PDL, USERRA, and workers’ compensation. This seminar is designed to help employers and HR professionals understand this complex interplay and to provide some practical guidance on administering leaves and absences.

Program Highlights

• New Regulations and Agency Directivess
• What Does Each Law Provide: A Summary of the Statutes and Regulations
• A Discussion of the Difference Between “Statutory Leaves” and “Wage Replacement Benefits”
• Under What Circumstances the Statutory Leaves and/or Wage Replacement Benefits May Overlap and How to Evaluate and Determine the Employee’s Entitlements and the Employer’s Obligations Under Each Law
• The Importance of Engaging in the “Interactive Process”
• What are the Courts saying? Recent case law
• Effective Documentation: Policies, Leave Administration Documents, and Medical Certifications

Seminar Program

8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. seminar

Approved for 3 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.

There is no charge for this seminar

RSVP

Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.604
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Download: AB 1825 Brochure.pdf

Summary of Program
The regulations regarding California’s Mandatory Sexual Harassment
Prevention Training for supervisors require that certain employers
provide training to their supervisors every two years.

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is offering a two hour in-person training session that will comply with all the requirements outlined in the regulations, including things like:

• an overview of sexual harassment laws;
• examples of conduct that constitute sexual harassment;
• lawful supervisory responses to complaints of harassment in the workplace;
• strategies to prevent harassment in the workplace; and
• practical and inter-active hypotheticals and examples to help
• illustrate what sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation can look like.

If you are an employer with 50 or more employees, and have supervisors who have not yet been trained, this training is a must. We look forward to hearing from you and helping you comply with your continuing sexual harassment training obligations.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
9:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.

Location
Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814

Training Program
9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Training

Charge: $75.00 per supervisor.

RSVP
Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking
garage, entrances on 4th and 5th St.

*Also available via webinar.

Download: Flyer – Independent Contractor v. Employee (1580548).pdf

Summary of Program

The risks involved in misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor rather than an employee have always been serious. A number of federal and state agencies regulate the proper classification of workers and have the authority to impose significant monetary and non-monetary sanctions against employers who get the classification wrong.

Program Highlights:

This informative webinar will cover the legal landscape of independent contractor status. Topics will include:

• A summary of the various tests applied by federal and state agencies to determine independent contractor status;
• A summary of the enforcement authority of various federal and state agencies and the sanctions they may impose on employers;
• The due diligence employers must engage in before classifying a worker as an independent contractor;
• The federal Department of Labor’s $25 million “Misclassification Initiative” designed to work closely with state agencies to investigate misclassifications and take enforcement action; and
• California’s law imposing monetary and non-monetary sanctions against employers (and certain individuals) who willfully misclassify workers as independent contractors.

If you or your company is currently using independent contractors, this is a webinar you cannot afford to miss. Register today!

Seminar Program

9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Seminar

Approved for 2 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.

There is no charge for this seminar.

RSVP

Ramona Carrillo

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.

Sacramento, CA 95814

916.558.6046

rcarrillo@weintraub.com