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Topic will be – A Creator’s Guide to Fair Use and Rights Management

In the ever-changing landscape of digital content, knowing how to navigate the legalities of using video or music you don’t own is tough. Experts Scott Hervey (Weintraub|Tobin) and Rian Bosak (SuperBam!) will walk you through fair use, parody, and what it looks like for rights managers in the field so you’re prepared to make great content within the bounds of the law. Attend this session to better understand fair use from the creator’s perspective!

For more info, please visit the Vidcon US 2018 here: http://https://sites.grenadine.co/sites/vidcon/en/vidcon-us-2018/schedule/10327/A+Creator%E2%80%99s+Guide+to+Fair+Use+and+Rights+Management

Most employers know that employees may need to be accommodated from time to time for various reasons. Often this is because of an employee’s disability or medical condition. It is important for employers to understand and comply with how the courts and various federal and state regulatory agencies define accommodations, as well as learn what their rights and obligations are regarding: (1) engaging in the interactive process; and (2) providing reasonable accommodations. This seminar will provide an overview of the many accommodations employers and HR professionals may be forced to consider, who should be accommodated, and how to engage in an interactive process to determine an appropriate accommodation.

Topics will include:

• How to Determine Who is Entitled to an Accommodation

• How to Engage in the Interactive Process and How to Know When to Initiate the Initial discussion

• The Various Protected Classes and/or Activities Entitling an Employee to Accommodations (including things like disability, religion, and illiteracy, to name a few)

• Service Animals in the Workplace

• How to Effectively Document the Accommodation

• Recent Developments in Accommodation Law

For more info, please visit the Sacramento Human Resource Assocation here: http://www.sahra.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1040051

Make-A-Wish grants thousands of unique wishes each year. A lot, yes. But that’s only 50% of eligible kids. Weintraub Tobin is fundraising so more deserving kids and their families can know the happiness, hope, and relief a wish can bring. Weintraub Tobin will be matching donations received during this fundraising campaign. Follow this link to our fundraising page.

Weintraub is pleased to welcome Justin M. Borrowdale to the Firm’s Corporate practice group, where he focuses on counseling both public and private clients through finance transactions, merger and acquisition deals, and related commercial transactions.

Weintraub Tobin Shareholder, Beth West, shared her expertise and testified before the California Legislature’s Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response on February 15, 2018. The hearing focused on the legal issues surrounding sexual harassment and Ms. West’s testimony identified challenges employers face in having effective anti-harassment programs in place, as well as some legal challenges employers face when complaints are filed.

Ms. West has over 18 years of experience representing employers in all aspects of their employment relationship with their employees. She is also an experienced trainer in the prevention of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in the workplace, and is a contributing editor to the Harassment Chapter in The Rutter Group’s California Employment Litigation treatise which is utilized by employment attorneys throughout the state. Weintraub Tobin is proud of Ms. West’s work to assist the California Legislature in its efforts to address the issue of sexual harassment at the State Capitol. To view/hear part of Ms. West’s testimony, please click here.
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Summary of Program

Administering leaves of absence and disability accommodations in California can be very challenging.   California has a paid sick leave law and numerous other leave laws and wage replacement benefits that interact with one another.  To properly administer leaves and accommodate employees, employers need to understand the various types of leave/accommodations available, who is eligible under what circumstances, how to interact with an employee on a leave, and what obligations an employer has when leave is exhausted.  This seminar will discuss important topics to help employers manage these laws, including:

Program Highlights

• A summary of employee rights and employer obligations under the various laws;
• The difference between “statutory leaves,” like FMLA/CFRA, and “wage replacement benefits,” like Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance;
• When and how the laws overlap;
• The importance of engaging in the interactive process;
• New Parent Leave Act
• Recent case law; and
• How to prepare effective documentation.

Date & Time:
March 14, 2018
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Seminar Program
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Registration & Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Seminar

Location
Weintraub Tobin Office
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor | Sacramento, CA 95814

Parking Validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage, entrances on 4th and 5th Street. Please bring your ticket with you to the 11th floor for validation.

There is no charge for this seminar.

Webinar: This seminar is also available via webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending via webinar.

Approved for three (3) hours MCLE. This program will be submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review. Certificates will be provided upon verification of attendance for the entirety of the webcast.

To RSVP, please send an email to rcarrillo@weintraub.com.

The Labor & Employment attorneys at Weintraub Tobin specialize in conducting independent investigations into complaints of misconduct in the workplace. At Weintraub Tobin, we take pride in the top-notch investigations conducted by our experienced group of attorney-investigators.  Our attorneys have conducted hundreds of investigations for private companies, for-profit companies, non-profit companies, cities, counties, and state agencies, school districts, community college districts, and other special districts. For more information, please visit our Workplace Investigations page here.