Conference Sessions By Track
Track: Employment Law & Regulations
Grow your expertise on workplace laws, legislation and HR policy to help protect your organization from liability.
Auditing Your FMLA And ADA Processes Workplace Application: This session will show you how to evaluate your FMLA and ADA processes to save costs, improve productivity, and avoid liability. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
Workplace Application: Learn the latest I-9 requirements, legislation & updates and understand how you can reduce risks, improve compliance and prepare in case of an audit. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
Stop Thief! How and When to Use Restrictive Covenant and Trade Secret Laws to Protect Your Company Workplace Application: This session will provide tools to draft restrictive covenants that will be enforceable and will protect trade secrets from misappropriation. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
California Wage-Hour Compliance: The Top 10 Employer Mi$take$ Workplace Application: Learn how to avoid the wage-hour traps California employers face. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
Dear Helga: You're Never Going to Believe What My Employee Did Workplace Application: This session will help you identify potentially hidden HR issues that exist in your organization as well as discuss policies that proactively implemented can mitigate risk. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
Workplace Application: This highly highly interactive, skill-building session will provide the key EEO tools you need to teach your supervisors, managers and executives to avoid liability. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
Military Leave Under USERRA and the FMLA: Johnnie's Coming Home...While Suzie's Family Marches Off Workplace Application: This session is designed to help you handle returning veterans under USERRA as well as military family members seeking leave under the FMLA. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
Oops, I Did It Again! Correcting Qualified Plan Administration Mistakes with EPCRS Workplace Application: You will learn the basics of the IRS's plan correction program so you can correct plan administration errors. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
The Marriage of Affirmative Action and Diversity Workplace Application: Learn how to align your affirmative action requirements with your organization's diversity initiatives to support business objectives. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
The New NLRB Playbook: Are You Playing by the Rules Workplace Application: This interactive session will discuss the developments surrounding the National Labor Relations Board and its members. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
Building a Better Mouse Trap - To B.Y.O.D. or Not? Workplace Application: Bring Your Own Device (B.Y.O.D.) to work may end up to be the most challenging mouse trap, so you should be prepared and know what you need to evaluate now. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT | |
Debunking the Urban Legends of Employment Law Workplace Application: This session will separate employment law myths from reality and will give you the confidence you need to address common workplace issues. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT | |
Employee Benefits for Domestic Partners and Same-Sex Couples: Best Practices and Cutting Edge Trends Workplace Application: This session will provide best practices for employers wishing to provide benefits to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT | |
FLSA News & Updates: What's Hot & What's Not Workplace Application: You will learn the latest legal, legislative and regulatory developments as well as strategies for enhancing compliance and shaping public policy. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT | |
Workplace Application: Learn about union organizing trends and tactics and how to prepare for and respond to an organizing drive. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM CDT | |
ADAAA Case Law: A Moving Target Workplace Application: This session will help you increase your practical expertise and knowledge of up-to-date trends under the ADAAA. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
MEGA SESSION: Seven Steps to Creating Bulletproof Documentation Workplace Application: You will learn the seven steps to create documentation that will withstand the scrutiny of a judge or jury. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
SHRM Advocacy Team: HR is a Necessary Ingredient in Shaping Workplace Public Policy Workplace Application: This session provides the basic steps on how to become involved in the public policy process, prepares you to build successful relationships with your elected officials, and effective ways of communicating your perspective on key workplace issues. Monday, June 17, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
Hot Topics in Immigration and Compliance for Employers Workplace Application: You will learn how to work with USCIS, implement ICE-friendly I-9 policies, and identify the pros and cons of new immigration legislation. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
Secrets of a Plaintiff's Attorney Workplace Application: Learn the inside secrets to prevent legal claims and repel plaintiff's lawyers before they bite. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
The Top 10 Employment Cases of 2013 Workplace Application: Hear about the most recent employment decisions over the last year and how they may impact your organization. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
Trends and Best Practices in Leave Management: DMEC 2012 Employer Leave Management Survey Workplace Application: You will leave with a better understanding of the complex challenges, methods and successes in the compliance and administration of leaves. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
Wage & Hour Compliance: Avoiding Lawsuits and Liability Workplace Application: This session will help you critically evaluate payroll practices and identify issues which, if not addressed, could result in substantial liability. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CDT | |
Workplace Application: You will learn the applicability of individual employment rights issues and practices including disciplinary procedures, workplace behavior and performance improvement. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
The Five Most Dangerous I-9 and E-Verify Mistakes (and What You Can Do Now to Avoid Them) Workplace Application: This session will provide you with the latest I-9 and E-Verify guidance and answers to the most frequently asked questions. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
The NLRB's Expanding View of Employee Rights: Strategic HR to the Rescue Workplace Application: This workshop will provide you with a practical agenda to serve as a business partner for the organization in assessing risks and opportunities. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
The Washington Outlook: A New Congress, New Administration and New HR Public Policy Issues Workplace Application: This session will give you the latest on pending and anticipated legislative, regulatory, and judicial activity that may affect the workplace. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM CDT | |
Best Practices for Avoiding the ERISA Penalty Box Workplace Application: Learn about best practices being employed to keep organizations in compliance and out of court. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
California: The Golden State for Big HR Mistakes Workplace Application: This session will help you understand some of the risky areas of California employment law and gain proactive tools to avoid liability. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
Employee Handbooks: Every Word Counts Workplace Application: This presentation will enable you to revise your handbooks to eliminate express or implied contractual obligations. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
MEGA SESSION: The 2013 Ultimate HR Booster Shot: Cases. Trends. Impact. Workplace Application: This engaging and interactive session will enhance your EEO decision-making skills by increasing your awareness of EEOC trends and cases. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
RETALIATION--We can Finally Relax, Right? WRONG! Workplace Application: This session will review retaliation case law so you can learn how to best protect your business from, and minimize the costly risk associated with, a retaliation claim. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
Social Media and the NLRB: Why You Must Update Your Employee Handbook Workplace Application: Learn how to revise your employee handbook to comply with the National Labor Relations Board's recent reports on social media. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
The Bermuda Triangle - A Journey Through the Treacherous Waters of FMLA, ADAAA, and Workers' Comp. Workplace Application: This session will help you become be better equipped to manage complex leaves that involve disability accommodation and/or workplace injuries and accidents. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
“Taming the OFCCP Tiger”: Understanding the New Affirmative Action Enforcement Initiatives Workplace Application: Attend this session to learn about the impact of the new rules and regulations as well as how these regulations will affect your affirmative action plan. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM CDT | |
Challenging the Status Quo: Reimagining Workplace Harassment Prevention Training Workplace Application: This session will help you prepare a harassment prevention curriculum that meets/exceed mandatory training requirements while ensuring an empowered and enlightened workforce. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
Workplace Application: This highly interactive session will provide a practical overview of sexual and other forms of unlawful harassment. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
The Patchwork Quilt - Employment Law Basics for LGBT Employees Workplace Application: You will learn the latest news and case law regarding LGBT workplace rights as well as proactive practices for your organization. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
The Performance Review -- Make It Work For The Employer, Not The Lawyer Workplace Application: You will learn steps you can take to ensure performance reviews give you a positive ROI instead of making you vulnerable to claims. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
The Social Media Revolution -- Employee Privacy vs. Employer Rights Workplace Application: This session will outline the risks presented by your employees' use of social media and help you design a strategy to limit liability. Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM CDT | |
A Portrait of a Modern Labor Dispute Workplace Application: Using security and news videos, you will witness first-hand a violent labor dispute and learn the frailties of our legal system's ability to handle such conduct. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT | |
Workplace Application: You will learn the applicability of individual employment rights issues and practices including disciplinary procedures, workplace behavior and performance improvement. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT | |
Workplace Application: You will learn how to apply the statutory and regulatory language of the FMLA to real-world situations. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT | |
The Top Ten Trends for Background Checks in 2013 - What Every Employer Needs to Know Workplace Application: This session will help you avoid bad hires by keeping current on trends, best practices and legal compliance affecting background checks and due diligence in hiring. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT | |
Using Electronic Methods to Satisfy ERISA Disclosure Requirements Workplace Application: You will learn about ERISA's disclosure requirements and how using electronic methods of communication can satisfy those requirements. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT | |
Workplace Application: This session will explore the legal and business risks associated with poor management practices. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CDT | |
Top 10 NLRB Issues for Employers--the NLRB's Increasing Involvement in the Workplace Workplace Application: This session will review recent initiatives of the NLRB as well as the Board's recent initiatives to implement expedited election procedures along with the 10 most significant decisions issued by the NLRB over the last year. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CDT | |
Website Accessibility: Disability Law Compliance in the Digital Age Workplace Application: This session will highlight how the 10 most common accessibility mistakes apply to on-line employment applications. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM CDT |