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September 16, 2010
Labor Relations Boot Camp
Schwartz Hannum PC
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Schwartz Hannum PC has developed a one-day program for human resource professionals, labor relations professionals, in-house counsel, and managers at both unionized and non-unionized employers, who want to better understand and manage the big-picture and day-to-day operations of their business' labor-management relationships.
Presented in an interactive seminar format, lively and knowledgeable attorney instructors will discuss the following topics:
- Strategies For Avoiding Unionization (And Deterring Additional Unionization)
- Effectively Preparing For Collective Bargaining
- Hot Topics In Negotiations
- Good Faith Negotiations And Impasse
- Job Actions, Strikes And Lockouts
- Drafting Collective Bargaining Agreements, Side Letters, And Last Chance Agreements
- How To Successfully Handle Grievances And Arbitrations
- Decertification: What Is It And When Is It Possible?
Who Should Attend?
Experienced labor relations professionals preparing for upcoming negotiations — or an active docket of arbitrations — will learn practical tips, strategies and skills to enable them to more effectively manage labor relations.
Human resource professionals who anticipate potential unionization efforts, in light of either the potential enactment of the Employee Free Choice Act ('EFCA') or other union organizing efforts, will gain greater insight into the many ways in which labor unions could dramatically change employer-employee relations.
For further information, please see the brochure and registration form.
 This program has been approved for 6.75 (General) recertification credit hours towards PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
September 21, 2010
Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and Other Social Media: Friend or Foe in the Workplace?
Schwartz Hannum PC
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Is your organization 'up to speed' with the frantic pace of social media invading the workplace? Learn how you can use social media to your advantage and how to minimize the associated risks.
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September 28-29, 2010
Employment Law Boot Camp
Schwartz Hannum PC
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presented in an interactive seminar format, Employment Law Boot Camp reinforces participants' existing knowledge of fundamental employment laws and personnel practices by exploring major risk areas and problem-solving strategies. Expert attorney instructors will provide extensive written resources, engaging real-life role-plays, and valuable networking opportunities for participants. Participants will receive a comprehensive Tool Kit containing essential compliance forms, checklists and guidance.
Topics included:
- Hiring Traps And Strategies
- Background Checks And Substance Abuse Testing For The Uninitiated
- Effectively Managing And Documenting Employee Performance: Discipline And Discharge
- Limiting Exposure To A Wage And Hour Complaint
- Mastering An Effective Investigation Of Alleged Workplace Misconduct
- Risk Factors That Cause Discrimination Claims
- Harassment -- It's Not Just About Sex Anymore
- Critical Employment Policies -- Limit Liability And Exposure While Serving Your Business Needs
- Employee Rights And Responsibilities Related To Family, Medical And Other Leaves of Absence
- Employment, Severance, Non-Competition And Non-Disclosure Agreement Basics
Who Should Attend?
Executives, managers, attorneys, and human resources professionals.
For more information, please see the brochure and registration form.
This program has been approved for 14.00 (General) recertification credit hours towards PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
October 7, 2010
Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) Boot Camp
Schwartz Hannum PC
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Schwartz Hannum PC has developed a comprehensive human resources and management program, presented in an interactive seminar format. EFCA Boot Camp instructs participants about expected dramatic changes in the law, and explains why employers must act now to prepare for those changes. The program reinforces how participants' existing knowledge of basic management skills, employment laws and personnel practices can be utilized to reduce the heightened risks of union organizing efforts under the EFCA, by identifying major risk areas and problem-solving strategies.
Expert attorney instructors provide written resources, engaging real-life role-plays, and valuable networking opportunities for participants. Participants receive a comprehensive Tool Kit containing essential forms, checklists and guidance.
Topics Include:
- The Nuts And Bolts Of The EFCA: The National Labor Relations Act - And What Is About To Change
- How To Reduce The Risk Of Union-Organizing, Post-EFCA: Identifying Your Achilles Heel(s) And Making A Plan
- What Managers, Senior Executives And Human Resources Must Do Now: Critical Policies And Communications Strategies
Who Should Attend?
Whether from a union or non-union environment, all human resources managers, in-house counsel and all levels of managers, from senior-level managers to front-line supervisors, who are concerned about the risk of unions organizing their employees just by obtaining signed union authorization cards, without having to win employees' votes in a secret ballot election.
For more information, please see the brochure and registration form.
This program has been approved for 4.00 (General) recertification credit hours towards PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
October 14, 2010
Advanced Employment Law Boot Camp
Schwartz Hannum PC
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Firm has developed a one-day, advanced human resources program designed for experienced human resources specialists and/or graduates of Schwartz Hannum's Employment Law Boot Camp.
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October 25-26, 2010
Employment Law Boot Camp
Schwartz Hannum PC
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presented in an interactive seminar format, Employment Law Boot Camp reinforces participants' existing knowledge of fundamental employment laws and personnel practices by exploring major risk areas and problem-solving strategies. Expert attorney instructors will provide extensive written resources, engaging real-life role-plays, and valuable networking opportunities for participants. Participants will receive a comprehensive Tool Kit containing essential compliance forms, checklists and guidance.
Topics included:
- Hiring Traps And Strategies
- Background Checks And Substance Abuse Testing For The Uninitiated
- Effectively Managing And Documenting Employee Performance: Discipline And Discharge
- Limiting Exposure To A Wage And Hour Complaint
- Mastering An Effective Investigation Of Alleged Workplace Misconduct
- Risk Factors That Cause Discrimination Claims
- Harassment -- It's Not Just About Sex Anymore
- Critical Employment Policies -- Limit Liability And Exposure While Serving Your Business Needs
- Employee Rights And Responsibilities Related To Family, Medical And Other Leaves of Absence
- Employment, Severance, Non-Competition And Non-Disclosure Agreement Basics
Who Should Attend?
Executives, managers, attorneys, and human resources professionals.
For more information, please see the brochure and registration form.
This program has been approved for 14.00 (General) recertification credit hours towards PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.
Risky Business For Physicians:
Practical Tips for Limiting Liability
Presented by Sara Goldsmith Schwartz, this interactive presentation transcends typical diversity and sensitivity
programs to address the unique issues that physicians encounter
when managing employees and working with patients and family members.
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Employment Law Boot Camp for Managers
Schwartz Hannum PC has developed “Employment Law Boot Camp for Managers” to educate managers on the essential labor and employment law topics needed to effectively perform their jobs without creating undue risks of litigation and liability. Topics include:
- Hiring and Firing Traps And Strategies
- Effectively Managing And Documenting Employee Performance
- Background Checks and Substance Abuse Testing Options
- Critical Employment Policies That Help Limit Liability
- Limited Exposure To A Wage and Hour Complaint
- Employee Rights And Responsibilities Related to Family, Medical And Other Leaves of Absence
- Employee Safety In Manufacturing And Non-Manufacturing Environments
- Harassment – It’s Not Just About Sex Anymore
- How to Conduct In Investigation of Employee Misconduct
- Employment, Severance, Non-Competition and Non-Disclosure Agreement Basics
- Union Avoidance For All Employers
This seminar has just been pre-approved for credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
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Employment Law Boot Camp for Executives
Schwartz Hannum PC has also developed “Employment Law Boot Camp for Executives” – a similar program, covering the same topics in a more condensed fashion, expressly tailored for busy C-level executives (e.g., CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, CMO and CHRO). This abbreviated but intensive six-hour program provides a targeted overview of the topics listed above and addresses the unique human resources challenges facing C-level executives.
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Employee Free Choice Act Boot Camp
Schwartz Hannum PC has developed a comprehensive human resources and management program in anticipation of the imminent passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (“EFCA”). Presented in an interactive seminar format, EFCA Boot Camp instructs participants about expected dramatic changes in the law, and explains why employers must act now to prepare for those changes.
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The Nuts and Bolts of Compliance with the Amended Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA")
Schwartz Hannum has developed a comprehensive program on the FMLA regulations
that became effective January 16, 2009. Topics include:
- The FMLA Demystified: Who Is A Covered Employer? Who Is A Covered Employee?
- Types of Leave
- Complying With The FMLA: Employers' Obligations and Employees' Obligations
- Overlaps And Intersections With State Laws
- Compliance Strategies
- Practical Implementation Steps
- Action Items
June 22, 2010
Representing The Corporate Executive In Employment Matters
MCLE Boston
1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
William E. Hannum III is Chairman of this MCLE Program, and Sara Goldsmith Schwartz is one of four distinguished speakers who provided an overview of the unique employment law challenges faced by executives and their employers under federal, Massachusetts and other state laws. The panelists explored negotiating and drafting employment-related agreements for executives, and provided practical tips and strategies.
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June 17, 2010
Employment Law For The Business Office: Tips, Traps and Best Practices
National Business Officers Association ("NBOA") Summer Institute
The Williston Northampton School
Beginner: 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
Sara Goldsmith Schwartz
This interactive presentation offered an opportunity to address employment law issues that often challenge the Business Office. First, we focused on bullying—defining it, considering how to prevent bullying in schools, best practices for responding to complaints of bullying, and developing and enforcing policies with respect to bullying and hazing. The second half focused on tips and traps in interviewing, hiring, discipline, and discharge of employees, including identification of the essential components of a job description, drafting a legally compliant employment application, interviewing and selecting candidates (what you can and cannot ask), using reference checks to your advantage, carefully conveying the offer and a rejection, and best practices for the discharge process.
Advanced: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Sara Goldsmith Schwartz
This interactive presentation offered an opportunity to address employment law issues that often challenge the Business Office. First, we focused on tips, traps, checklists and best practices for employing faculty in today's environment, and included discussion of topics such as: critical components of a faculty employment offer and a renewal, how to incorporate contingencies into employment offers, incorporating School policies and protocols, pay structures during the academic year v. the calendar year, and weighing the pros and cons of having a contract for employment. The second half highlighted the top ten policies that limit a school's liability and legal exposure. Discussion included the ten 'must have' policies, as well as practical tips for drafting and implementation, compliance with the Family and Medical Leave Act, and whistleblower, bullying, hazing, and harassment policies.
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June 9, 2010
WISP Seminar
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce
The Hayloft at Bartlett's Farm
Nantucket, MA
Sara Goldsmith Schwartz and William E. Hannum III presented this interactive program that provided an overview of the Massachusetts Data Security Regulations that went into effect on March 1, 2010. The program explained compliance measures employers should take and gave a roadmap for compliance steps, including a Written Information Security Program (WISP).
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June 2, 2010
Health Law Reform Overview
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
MCLE Webcast and On-Site Program
At this MCLE Webcast and on-site program, the panelists including William E. Hannum III provided an overview of the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, amended by the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 (the 'Health Care Reform Act'). Will's presentation explored how the Health Care Reform Act will impact Massachusetts employers and their group health plans and address, among other topics, the employer contribution mandate, automatic enrollment, subsidies for small employers and the requirement to provide rest breaks and space for nursing mothers.
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May 19, 2010
Human Resources Update: Overview of Important Legal Decisions and Legislative Changes Including the WISP
HR Credit Union
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Sara Goldsmith Schwartz provided an overview of the most critical legislative/regulatory issues currently affecting credit unions.
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