Recent Developments in Employment Law for Wisconsin Employers
This program has been approved for 4.5 (general)
recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and
GPHR recertification through the Human Resource
Certification Institute,
www.hrci.org.
This program provides up-to-date information on
the latest topics and cases in employment law and
valuable insight and guidance about current issues
that affect employers and how to avoid unnecessary
claims. Topics include:
- Performance Evaluations: How
evaluations can reduce the risk of a lawsuit;
how to conduct an evaluation; what not to do;
using 360 degree feedback effectively
- Terminations: The Greatest
Risk to an Employer. Scenarios and interactive
exercises to evaluate how to handle discipline
issues; best practices in discipline and termination
decisions; what to avoid
- Retaliation: The Fastest
Growing Type of Discrimination Claim. What is
it? Why is it so difficult to defend? How can
you prevent it in your organization?
- Exit Interviews: How
potential problems can be identified; what questions
to ask; what employers should know
- Discrimination: Pending
cases and recent decisions; update on Dukes
v. Wal-Mart – the largest class
action lawsuit ever filed, now pending before
the U.S. Supreme Court
- Vulnerability Assessments and the New
NLRB: Rules proposed 12/21/10
(45 pages) regarding the National Labor Relations
Board’s plans to require an “Employee
Rights under the NLRA” posting – notifying
employees they have a right to organize
- Wage and Hour: Current
issues; what is compensable work time; obligation
of supervisors to ensure subordinates are properly
paid; current class action litigation under the
FLSA; new Seventh Circuit decision Spoerle
v. Kraft (Oscar Mayer) Foods and its
application to union and nonunion employers
- Federal and Wisconsin Legislative Update: Overview
of recently enacted, pending and proposed legislation
and impact on employers and employment decisions
Convenient Locations, Spring & Fall
Sessions
All sessions 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., lunch & refreshments
provided
$299 each attendee
$249 each attendee if company owns the 2011 edition
of the Employment Law Manual for Wisconsin
Employers
If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at 414-423-1330 or via e-mail at:
tpk@kclegal.com
Legislative Partner
