Originally presented on July 23, 2009
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Pacific)

Order Option       Price   CD Recording Only       $219

Establishing and maintaining policies in an employee handbook or personnel policy manual consistent with current legislation and case law is an employer's best defense when negotiating employment issues. Recent changes in legislation and case law have affected a wide range of employment policies and practices. As a result, employers must significantly revise the way they manage employment relationships.

Listen to this important conference as our California employment law expert offers a practical "how-to" approach for analyzing your organization's policy needs. At the end of the audio conference, you'll be armed with the tools you need to develop a new employee handbook or check an existing handbook against new laws and legislation.

You'll learn:

• Why you absolutely need an employee handbok
• State-specific considerations you need to watch out for
• The significance of the "at will" relationship, and how this affects your handbook
• Common design and updating pitfalls
• How to develop effective (and essential) personnel policies
• The proper way to write benefit descriptions and disclaimers
• Take-away pointers for developing or reviewing your organization's handbook

About Your Speaker:

Laura Innes, Esq.a director of Simpson, Garrity, Innes & Jacuzzi, PC, in South San Francisco, has been engaged exclusively in the practice of labor and employment law for over 20 years. Her practice combines preventive counseling for management with civil and administrative trial defense.

Recognized by Martindale Hubbell as an "AV" rated practitioner, Innes regularly publishes articles on a wide range of employment law topics and is a frequent speaker for client and community groups. She has been named a Northern California "Super Lawyer"—one of the top 5% of lawyers in Northern California—by San Francisco Magazine every year since 2004 and was featured in an interview entitled "America's Most Influential Women" for the Forbes SkyRadio program airing on American Airlines and United Airlines flights in January and March 2005, respectively.

Innes is a mediator in labor and employment matters and serves as an expert witness regarding all labor and employment matters with special emphasis on employment practices, discrimination and sexual harassment claims and wage and hour disputes.

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

As an additional benefit, you will receive a no-risk trial subscription to Employment Law Compliance for California Supervisors when you register for this Audio Conference (or purchase a CD recording). Each month, you'll receive copies of the current issue to share with your front-line supervisors. If you want to continue to receive the newsletter, simply pay the invoice you will receive in the mail. If you decide the newsletter isn't for you, just write cancel on the invoice and return it. You will owe nothing, and all issues you receive are yours to keep. As with all ERI products, your satisfaction is guaranteed 100%. (Offer good for new subscribers only.)

How Do Audio Conferences Work?

An Audio Conference is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your office using a regular telephone. You have no travel costs and no out-of-office time.

Plus, for one low price you can get as many people in your office to participate as you can fit around a speakerphone.

Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions' either on the phone or via e-mail.

With your registration, you also receive conference materials with additional practical information from Employer Resource Institute sent to you via e-mail shortly before the conference.

Why You Can Sign Up To Attend This Event with Confidence

As with all Employer Resource Institute products, you're completely protected. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with this Audio Conference, simply let us know and we will return your entire registration fee.