Employer Resource Institute Webinar

Thursday, March 18, 2010
10:30 a.m. to Noon Pacific

Order Option       Price   1. Live Conference       $219       2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $299       3. CD Recording Only       $219

The news on healthcare reform is changing daily. Now more than ever, you need to know the bottom line on how federal healthcare reform could affect your organization. You also need practical guidance on how to comply with recently enacted legislation that increases your burdens under several federal statutes, including COBRA, HIPAA, and ERISA.

Join us on March 18 for an in-depth, 90-minute interactive webinar on the latest developments from Capitol Hill and California lawmakers on healthcare reform.

Our experts - a California-based attorney and former investigator for the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, and an experienced employee benefits attorney - will explain the practical impact recent developments are having on benefit plans while giving you valuable insight on how to comply with new compliance deadlines regarding employer-sponsored health and welfare benefit plans. You'll learn:

• The current status of federal healthcare reform measures
• How reform measures could affect your employee benefits plans
• New HIPAA requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
• Your obligations following the extension of the COBRA premium subsidy
• ERISA-based compliance obstacles and deadlines for 2010
• Best practices for complying with the recently enacted Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Michelle's Law, the Mental Health Parity law, wellness program requirements, and the Family and Medical Leave Act

About Your Speakers:

Tonie L. Bitseff, Esq., is an experienced employee benefits lawyer with Marin Legal, PC, a Mill Valley-based firm. Regarded as a leading authority on HIPAA, COBRA, and health plan compliance, Bitseff is a leader in San Francisco's professional pension and benefits community. She represents and counsels clients regarding health benefits, pension plans, and other forms of compensation and employee benefits, and she has written extensively on benefit-related issues.

Jennifer Lunski, Esq. is a Vice President and Compliance Officer for Woodruff-Sawyer & Co., a San Francisco-based independent insurance brokerage firm. She consults directly with the firm's employee benefits clients on all matters of compliance and lead all training and education initiatives. Prior to joining Woodruff-Sawyer, Lunski worked as a senior investigator at the United States Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration in San Francisco where she investigated a broad spectrum of company employee benefit plans to identify, research and resolve civil and criminal violations of ERISA, COBRA and HIPAA rules and regulations committed by employers, plan fiduciaries, plan administrators and service providers.

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.