Future and past speeches, seminars, presentations and other events of interest.
April 1, 2010
FMLA – The Nuts and Bolts of Compliance With the Amended Family and Medical Leave Act
Schwartz Hannum PC
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Sara Goldsmith Schwartz will present this 2-hour seminar explaining the new FMLA regulations that took place recently in order to ensure that your organization is now in compliance.
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April 1, 2010
Bullying
National Business Officer's Association ("NBOA") Webinar
4:00 p.m.
Presented by Sara Goldsmith Schwartz
This Webinar will focus 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.
April 6, 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.
!["HRCI"]("/images/news/HRCI_Sealsm.jpg") 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.
April 13, 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.
April 22, 2010
Annual Labor and Employment Law Update: Overview of Important Legal Decisions and Legislative Changes
Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
Gloucester, MA
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Presented by Sara Goldsmith Schwartz, this interactive program provided an overview of recent significant court decisions and legislative/regulatory changes in federal, Massachusetts, and multi-state labor and employment law during the past year.
May 4, 2010
Employment Law: Illuminating The Interviewing, Hiring And Termination Process
Enterprise Center at Salem State College
Salem, Massachusetts
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Sara Goldsmith Schwartz will be the Speaker at this free workshop co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Center. This workshop will give you practical tips in the hiring and termination process such as the essential components of a job description, what you can and can't ask in an interview, how to use reference checks to your advantage, how to convey the offer, when to use discipline, the discharge process and significant COBRA changes. If you think common sense is good enough in the hiring and termination process, think again!
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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 will offer an opportunity to address employment law issues that often challenge the Business Office. First, we will focus 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 will focus 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 will offer an opportunity to address employment law issues that often challenge the Business Office. First, we will focus on tips, traps, checklists and best practices for employing faculty in today's environment, and will include 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 will highlight the top ten policies that limit a school's liability and legal exposure. Discussion will include 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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