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“Slaying the PAGA Dragon” – Wage and Hour Compliance for Non-Exempt Employees

  • When: Mar 16, 2017

Time:  8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Summary of Program

Unfortunately, both single-plaintiff and class-action wage and hour lawsuits continue to plague California employers. Often employers are sued because of technical violations that occur simply because the employer is unaware of its legal obligations.  The various federal and state wage and hour laws that govern the workplace can be difficult to understand. This seminar will discuss the nuts and bolts of wage and hour compliance for non-exempt employees in California.

Program Highlights:

  • “Actual hours worked” and problems with “off the clock” work.
  • What is and is not included in the “regular rate” of pay?
  • Are you “providing” a meal period to your employees?
    • If your answer is “No” because you have an “on duty” meal period agreement with your employees – Is it valid?
    • If your answer is “No” because the Brinker case says you don’t have to – You’re in for some surprises.
  • “Flex-time,” “make-up time,” and “alternative work” schedules.
  • PAGA Claims
  • What are the courts saying – highlights of recent decisions regarding non-exempt wage and hour issues in California.

Seminar

8:30 am – 9:00 am  – Registration & Breakfast
9:00 am – 12:00 pm  – Seminar

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

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 parking ticket with you to the 11th floor.

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.

There is no cost for this seminar. 
*This seminar will be limited to 75 in-person attendees.

“From Hiring to Firing” – The Life Span of the Employment Relationship

  • When: Feb 23, 2017
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin Office

Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Summary of Program

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this informative seminar that will discuss applicable laws and best practices to help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers avoid liability when they hire, discipline, and terminate employees.

Program Highlights:

  • Lawful and effective job postings and interview questions
  • Effective policies, training, and documentation to reduce liability
  • Best practices for an effective and meaningful discipline process
  • The pros-and-cons/ins-and-outs of “Progressive Discipline”
  • The very real risk of retaliation liability
  • Voluntary quits versus “constructive” terminations
  • Wrongful termination claims in at-will employment

Seminar

9:00 am – 9:30 am  – Registration & Breakfast
9:30 am – 11:30am  – Seminar

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

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 parking ticket with you to the 11th floor.

Approved for two (2) 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.

There is no cost for this seminar. 
*This seminar will be limited to 75 in-person attendees.

Jeanne L. Vance Has Been Invited To Speak At The American Health Lawyers Association’s Annual Physicians And Hospitals Law Institute

  • When: Feb 1-3, 2017
  • Where: Orlando, Florida

Jeanne L. Vance has been invited to speak at the American Health Lawyers Association’s annual Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute. She will co-present on the topic of “The Current & Future State of Provider/Supplier Enrollment and Certification” with Emily Towey of Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagel, P.C., of Glen Allen, Virginia. The conference is February 1-3 in Orlando, Florida.

The Ever-Developing Employment Law Landscape: 2016-2017 Legal Update- San Francisco

  • When: Jan 25, 2017
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin Office

Seminar Program

9:00 am – 9:30 am – Registration & Breakfast
9:30 am – 12:30 pm – Seminar

Location

Weintraub Tobin Office
475 Sansome Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA 94111

San Francisco – Parking Validation provided. Please park in the garage located at 475 Sansome Street. Access to the garage via Clay Street. Please bring your parking ticket with you to the seminar to receive validation from the receptionist.

Cost

There is no charge for this seminar

Approved for three (3) hours MCLE.  This program will be submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review. 

Mandatory AB 1825 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

  • When: Dec 15, 2016
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin

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 Chediak Coleman Grodin 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
  • Training on the prevention of “abusive conduct” in the workplace (AB 2054)
  • Practical and inter-active hypotheticals and examples to help illustrate what bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation can look like.
  • A discussion of the DFEH’s new updated regulations, including what must be contained in an employer’s policy against harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

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.

Seminar Program

9:00 am – 9:30 am – Registration & Breakfast
9:30 am – 11:30 am – Seminar

Approved for two (2) hours MCLE.

Location

Weintraub Tobin
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.

Cost

$75 per person

Does Your Service Animal Need a Stand Up Desk? Discrimination and Accommodation of Employees, Customers and Third-Parties

  • When: Nov 17, 2016
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin

Summary of Program

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very informative training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers to both comply with legal record keeping requirements and also prepare and maintain effective defensive documentation.

Most business owners know that customers and employees may need to be accommodated from time to time for various reasons. Often this is because of an employee’s disability, medical condition or a condition present on property owned by the business and open to the public. It is important for business owners and 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; (2) providing reasonable accommodations; and (3) removing barriers to access.

Program Highlights

This informative seminar will provide an overview of the many accommodations business owners, employers and Human Resources 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 Accommodation (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
  • A primer on Title III “Public Accommodation” Liability
  • Disabled Access Cases
    • ADA Mills Are Still Active
    • How Alterations to Your Property May Affect Your Obligations Under the ADA
    • It’s Not Just the ADA

Date:  November 17, 2016
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Seminar

8:30 am – 9:00 am  – Registration & Breakfast

9:00 am – 12:00 am  – Seminar

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

Location

Weintraub Tobin

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 parking ticket with you to the 11th floor.
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.

There is no cost for this seminar. 
*This seminar will be limited to 75 in-person attendees.  

A Paperless World? All The Documentation You Still Need

  • When: Oct 13, 2016
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin
Books fly into your laptop

Summary of Program

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this very informative training session that will help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers to both comply with legal record keeping requirements and also prepare and maintain effective defensive documentation.

Program Highlights:

  • Document retention under various federal and state laws.
  • Effective employment policies and other documents relating to the employment relationship (e.g. arbitration, confidentiality and proprietary information, and severance & release agreements).
  • The documents an employee’s attorney will likely rely on in an employment lawsuit and the importance of creating good contemporaneous documentation so as to avoid producing damaging evidence later:
    • Wage and hour documentation
    • Investigation documentation
    • Attendance and leave of absence documentation
    • Training documentation
    • Performance documentation
    • Discipline and termination documentation

Date:  October 13, 2016
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Seminar

9:00 am – 9:30 am  – Registration & Breakfast

9:30 am – 11:30 am  – Seminar

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

Location

Weintraub Tobin

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 parking ticket with you to the 11th floor.
Approved for two (2) 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.

There is no cost for this seminar. 
*This seminar will be limited to 75 in-person attendees.  

The Life Span of the Employment Relationship: Hiring, Disciplining and Firing

  • When: Sep 15, 2016
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin Office
Empty desk after termination of employment – landscape interior.

Summary of Program
The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased to offer this informative seminar that will discuss recent cases to help business owners, human resource professionals, and managers avoid liability and effectively hire employees as well as carry out disciplines and terminations. This seminar will cover:

• Lawful and effective job postings and interview questions.
• Tips for an effective and meaningful discipline process.
• Effective policies, training and documentation to reduce liability.
• “Progressive Discipline” – Beware!
• Conduct that may constitute “retaliation” and the laws that apply.
• Properly responding to “whistleblowers”.
• Voluntary quits versus “constructive” termination.
• What constitutes “wrongful termination” and what that means for at-will employment.

Date:  September 15, 2016
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Seminar
9:00 am – 9:30 am – Registration & Breakfast
9:30 am – 11:30am – Seminar

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

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 parking ticket with you to the 11th floor.

Approved for two (2) 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.

There is cost for this seminar.

*This seminar will be limited to 75 in-person attendees.

Oh Sh–! The Government is Knocking at Your Door

  • When: Aug 18, 2016
  • Where: Weintraub Tobin Office

Summary of Program

There is no universal way to prepare for a governmental audit, investigation or inspection.  The employment laws governing your workplace have different compliance requirements and governmental agencies have different agendas and degrees of power. This seminar will include tips on whether, and how to, conduct a self audit; understanding the do’s and don’ts of  compliance; and best practices.

Program Highlights

  • Labor Commissioner Claims and Audits — Conduct Regular Self Audits to Avoid and/or Be Prepared for Claims and Agency Audits
  • EEOC/DFEH Investigations—Responding to Claims
  • EDD Audits — Misclassification Issues
  • USCIS/ICE Investigations—Complying with I-9 Requirements
  • CalOSHA—Steps to Take to Be Prepared for an Audit
  • Tips re: Government Audits and Physical Site Inspections
  • Policy Compliance Audit
  • HR Legal Compliance Audit

Date:  August 18, 2016
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Seminar

9:00 am – 9:30 am  – Registration & Breakfast

9:30 am – 11:30am  – Seminar

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

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 for validation.

Approved for two (2) 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.

There will be no cost for this seminar. 
*This seminar will be limited to 75 in-person attendees.