Originally presented on May 21, 2009
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)

Order Option       Price   CD Recording Only       $219

Millions of workers enjoy the benefit of working from home. Employers also reap many rewards from engaging employees who work remotely. After all, telecommuting arrangements may help you cut down on operational costs and ensure a worker's longevity and continued loyalty. But, with the benefits come significant legal risks:

• If you or your telecommuters aren't properly keeping track of their hours, you could be on the hook for costly state and federal wage and hour violations.
• If you treat telecommuters less favorably than in-house workers—even if you don't mean to—you could be sued for disparate treatment
• If a telecommuter gets hurt in his or her home office, workers' comp could kick in, even though the worker was never under your direct supervision

Join us on May 21 for an in-depth 90-minute audio conference all about these and the other risks and responsibilities that come with managing telecommuters. Our expert—an experienced California employment law attorney—will cover proven strategies for executing an effective telecommuting policy, as well as how to avoid common wage/hour pitfalls and other thorny legal areas.

Specifically, you'll learn:

• How to draft a legally sound telecommuting policy, establish solid procedures for policy adherence, and identify weak areas of your existing policy
• The best way to properly document and update telecommuting arrangements so you can insulate yourself from liability as much as possible
• How to monitor telecommuters' work-related activities so you can protect your organization's confidential and proprietary data
• The essentials of tracking telecommuters' hours so you're not liable for overtime violations or unpaid travel time
• Whether the U.S. Department of Labor's "homeworker's exception" might apply to your workforce
• How to use objective criteria when evaluating telecommuters' performance and avoid disparate treatment claims
• Why it's important to analyze whether a telecommuter is an independent contractor under state and federal law
• How to recognize whether the remote workplace poses workers' compensation risks
• How to handle telecommuters' requests for accommodation under the ADA and FEHA

About Your Speaker:

Mark Jacobs, Esq., is a partner in the Irvine office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP. His practice is focused on defending employment related lawsuits and administrative complaints on a variety of issues, including harassment, retaliation, and discrimination. Jacobs represents employers in both state and federal courts as well as before state and federal agencies, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement. He has expertise in handling complex, multi-plaintiff harassment and discrimination matters, wage and hour, and other administrative matters.

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). This program is also a California-specific continuing education activity for PHR-CA and SPHR-CA recertification. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by HRCI of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met HRCI's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

The Employer Resource Institute is an approved MCLE Multiple Activity Provider, and this program has been approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. For more information, please contact our customer service department at (800) 695-7178.

Bonus Offer

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