Employer Resource Institute Webinar

Tuesday, February 23, 2010
10:30 a.m. to Noon Pacific

Order Option       Price   1. Live Conference       $219       2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $269       3. CD Recording Only       $219

Employers, take notice: the federal Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division is increasing its inspection staff by more than a third to identify and cite employers who are in noncompliance with wage-and-hour labor requirements - and California's Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) is continuing its usual strong enforcement efforts.

Wage-and-hour class actions brought under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) outnumber all other types of employment-related private class actions - and the penalties are steep. Just the top 10 wage-and-hour labor class-action settlements in 2008 totaled $252.7 million.

Even experienced HR veterans are getting ensnared in the traps. Don't let it happen to you and your organization.

Join us on February 23 for an in-depth webinar, specifically for experienced California HR professionals, when our employment law expert will review common overtime compliance trouble spots - and how to avoid them. You'll have the chance to ask the overtime-related questions that have been causing you grief at your workplace. You'll also learn:

• How to handle formerly exempt employees who may now be performing more nonexempt duties due to layoffs or downsizing
• The best way to audit your existing classifications without raising suspicions or increasing your odds of a lawsuit
• Timekeeping traps that can result with alternative work schedules, holiday schedules, meal and rest breaks, and overtime premiums
• What to do if you discover that an employee has been misclassified
• How to train your supervisors and frontline managers so that they help, rather than hinder, your overtime compliance efforts
• What to do about nonexempt employees who insist on working off the clock or consistently ignore proper clock-in/clock-out procedures
• The records you need to keep to protect yourself in the event of future litigation
• How to handle an audit brought by state or federal authorities
• Heightened risks for California employers - and how to avoid them

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 webinar (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 Webinars Work?

A webinar is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your office, using a regular telephone and a computer with an Internet connection. 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 and a computer screen.

Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions - either on the phone or via the webinar interface.

You will receive access instructions via e-mail several days before the event. You don't need any additional materials before the webinar starts. Your conference materials will be available for you to view, print, and download when you log in to participate in the event.

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 webinar, simply let us know and we will return your entire registration fee.