Stoney Creek Inn, Rothschild, WI
| Seminar Topic | Case Law Legislative Update |
| Seminar Description | Update on recent and pending state and federal court cases and legislation affecting employers.
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| Seminar Topic | Identifying and Minimizing Liabilities of Employee Social Networking |
| Topic Description | 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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| Seminar Topic | “How can we help you?” Reasonable accommodation under the WEFA and ADA |
| Topic Description | How must an employee request a reasonable accommodation? Do we have to provide the accommodation the employee wants? Do we have to hold an employee’s job open as a reasonable accommodation? How do we get the information we need from the employee’s doctor? What is the “interactive process” and why is it so important? Attorney Toner will answer these questions and provide you with practical tips for handling requests for reasonable accommodation so you can minimize liability in disability discrimination cases.
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| Seminar Topic | Alphabet Soup: FMLA/ADA/WC |
| Topic Description | The federal and state FMLA, disability, and workers compensation laws continue to create compliance problems for employers. This presentation will touch on recent developments under these laws. Bring your thinking caps because case situations involving application of the laws will be presented for review and analysis by the audience. Attendees will be encouraged to participate and analyze the case situations and provide insight.
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| Seminar Topic | Employee Benefits Update |
| Topic Description | The struggling economy and new administration once again makes employee benefits a hot topic. As HR professionals you re constantly looking for ways to save your company money while still rewarding good employees. Staying informed of what s out there is an overwhelming task. Attorney Schill will discuss health care reform legislation as well as new laws affecting employee benefit plans next year. |