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Health Care Reform – Coverage of Adult Children, Small Employer Tax Credits, and Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act along with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (Health Care Reform) has a significant impact on all employers, both private and public sectors. This session will provide you with a working knowledge of Health Care Reform and its impact on private sector employers.
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Non-Compete Issues
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Learn the ins and outs of non-compete agreements. Learn how a “good” non-compete agreement can help your business, how to protect yourself from a “bad” non-compete agreement, and how to avoid litigation.
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Social Networking
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Social networking is here and likely here to stay. Learn how forums and listservs like Facebook(R), Twitter(R), and LinkedIn(R) can be a liability risk for businesses. Our attorneys will examine the risks and provide guidance on how to understand and utilize this new phenomenon while protecting the business interest and avoiding liability.
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How to Effectively Discipline Employees to Protect Yourself from Litigation
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How should employers document employee disciplinary issues? What policies need to be in place before disciplinary decisions can be made? When shouldn’t you place an employee on a performance improvement plan? These questions and more will be answered during this breakout session.
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The Misclassification Nightmare
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The FLSA white collar overtime pay exemptions are not new but many employers are still struggling to understand them. Indeed, misclassification litigation is on the rise and even companies that believed that they were in compliance are finding themselves in court. As if that is not enough, the DOL has declared that it will further increase its enforcement efforts. Also, Wisconsin’s wage and hour agency was recently vested with broad authority to investigate employee misclassifications. In light of all of this, employers must be doubly careful when declaring any employee an exempt employee. This presentation will address these issues and: how you can avoid the most common classification mistakes; the white collar exemption criteria; best practices for identifying employees correctly; the salary docking rules; and the penalties for violations.
