Join us for our annual employment seminar designed to keep you up to date and informed on the latest developments and trends in employment issues. Segments include:

• A look at real scenarios in the workplace to show how employment laws impact what should be done; highlighted topics include OSHA, FMLA, ADA, workers’ compensation, wage & hour, discrimination and harassment
• Violence in the workplace, led by Tim Dimoff, a former detective and expert in workplace violence issues, and Timothy Higgins from the Cleveland Police Department
• A look at self-audits
• HR hot topics and legal trends
• Open Q&A

AGENDA:

7:45 – 8:20 a.m.   Registration and Breakfast

8:20 – 8:30 a.m.  Welcome
Susan C. Rodgers
Employment and Labor Practice Group Chair, Partner
Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

8:30 – 9:45 a.m.   Reality Check! Are You Doing It Right?
Using real employment scenarios which employers face in the workplace to show how employment laws  impact what should and should not be done.  Learn ways attorneys suggest matters be analyzed and handled from an HR perspective. Highlighted topics include: OSHA, FMLA, ADA, Workers’ Compensation, Wage & Hour, Discrimination, Harassment, and the “Stranger than Fiction” situations which challenge employers.
Speakers: Buckingham Partners, Barry Y. Freeman, Denise A. Gary, Marietta M. Pavlidis, Employment and Labor Practice Group Chair Susan C. Rodgers, Brian White

9:45 – 10:00 a.m.: Break

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   Workplace Violence Panel

Taking a 360° look at how workplace violence impacts businesses. From the legal obligations under OSHA, to the procedures and policies to prevent, recognize and handle workplace violence, our attorneys and outside experts will help you identify and understand:

• Warning signs
• Proactive employee training
• Techniques to de-escalate the potential for violence
• Legal obligations and risks to employers

Sergeant Timothy Higgins, Cleveland Police Department
Peter T. Cahoon, Partner, Buckingham
Brian M. White, Associate, Buckingham

Moderator: Susan C. Rodgers

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.   Best Practices on Conducting Human Resource Self-Audits
Internal audits can be used as a way to avoid legal liability that may arise from the HR policies and practices of a business.   An audit can identify areas of legal risk and allow a business to be proactive and resolve the issue before a lawsuit or government audit.  Focusing on one of the greatest HR risks of potential collective/class actions, learn what the best practices are for conducting audits and finding solutions to identified risks.

Speaker: Barry Y. Freeman

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.   HR Hot Topic and Legal Trends – What to Look for Now and into 2018
Find out what is expected to develop that could impact your decision making in 2018 and what to remain apprised of as regulations develop.
Speaker: Susan C. Rodgers

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Open Q&A

This seminar is approved for 3 (General) HR recertification hours through HR Certification Institute.

For more information:
Sarah Lance
Marketing & Communications Specialist
[email protected]
330.258.6503