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Upcoming Seminar: The Ins and Outs of Preparing the Right Employee Handbook for Your Business

Summary of Program
Employee policy handbooks are essential for employers in today’s litigious environment. While preparing the handbook and consistently enforcing the policies contained therein may take time and money, it is time and money well spent. Why? Because the enforcement of effective policies and procedures contained in a carefully prepared and customized handbook can be one of the best defenses an employer has when it is sued by an employee. This hands-on, in-depth, and informative seminar and training session will outline the ins and outs of drafting an effective employee handbook. You will receive recommended language regarding certain policies and best practices to meet your business needs and will leave with the information and knowledge necessary to complete your handbook.

Program Highlights

  • Why is an employee handbook necessary for your business?
  • What are they key disclaimers and qualifiers every employee handbook should contain?
  • A discussion of phrases and terms that you should never use in an employee handbook.
  • A discussion of mandatory policies based on the size and location of a business including certain leave policies EEO policies.
  • A discussion of discretionary policies, such as vacation, sick leave, holidays, and more.
  • A written sample template to utilize in drafting your handbook.

Post Seminar Consultation

  • One hour of free one-on-one consultation regarding your handbook can be scheduled upon request and will be subject to a standard conflict check and execution of an engagement letter for representation.

Seminar Program
9:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Seminar (lunch provided)

Cost: $750

Approved for 3 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.

RSVP
Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage, entrances on 4th and 5th Street.

Upcoming Webinar: Managing Products in CA; Prop 65, Green Chemistry & Rigid Plastic Packaging Act

Summary of Program

This webinar will provide an in-depth understanding of California specific laws, affecting food and other product manufacturers and marketers, such as the Prop 65, the Green Chemistry Initiative, and the Rigid Plastic Packaging Act. We will discuss these laws, how to comply with them and avoid litigation.

About the Instructor

Instructor, Lee N. Smith is experienced in federal and state water quality, air quality and hazardous materials compliance issues, Prop 65 and Food Safety issues. He has handled cases before the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution Control District, and local environmental agencies. He has also been involved in state court litigation concerning pesticide contamination, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and Prop. 65 litigation, as well as federal litigation involving the Clean Air Act and the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Time: 10:00 pm EST

Areas Covered:

  • History of the Law
  • Explanation of the Statute and Regulation
  • Case Studies
  • Litigation
  • Compliance
    • Products
    • Food Products
  • What to do if you get a sixty-day notice

For more information about the webinar, click here.

Upcoming Seminar: Untrained Managers and Supervisors – What They Need to Know

Download: Flyer – Your Greatest Liability. Untrained Managers and Supervisors – (1722646).PDF

Summary of Program
Most employers know that it is crucial to have well trained supervisors to help ensure that rank and file employees perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. However, many employers don’t realize how important it is that supervisors be trained to understand the many employment laws that govern the workplace. Untrained supervisors can take actions (or fail to take actions) that result in significant legal consequences for an employer. Come join the employment lawyers at Weintraub Tobin for a discussion of best practices for training supervisors and reducing the potential for liability.

Program Highlights

  • An overview of employment laws that impact the workplace and common mistakes supervisors make when they don’t understand those laws.
  • Tips for effective communication between supervisors and employees, including how to give constructive performance feedback.
  • Common supervisor mistakes when hiring and firing.
  • The importance of consistent, objective, and timely discipline.
  • Preventing and responding to harassment and other Equal Employment Opportunity complaints.
  • Documentations: The good, the bad and the ugly.

Seminar Program
8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Seminar

Approved for 3 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.
There is no charge for this seminar.

RSVP
Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

This seminar is also available via webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending via webinar. If attending via webinar, MCLE and HRCI credits will be provided upon
verification of attendance for the entirety of the webcast.

Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage, entrances on 4th and 5th Street.

We Invite You To Attend: Employment Law Update

Join Weintraub Tobin’s Labor and Employment Group as they discuss important legal developments from 2013 and review the complexities of a number of new laws facing employers in 2014. Seminar(s) held in both Sacramento and San Francisco. See dates below.

Employment Law Update:

2013 – A Year In Review

2014 – An Interesting Year Ahead

*Approved for 3 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request

*There is no charge for this seminar

*Parking validation provided in the Wells Fargo parking garage (Sacramento)

*This seminar is also available via Webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending this way

When:

January 16, 2014 (Sacramento)

January 23, 2014 (San Francisco)

Time:

8:30 a.m. – Registration and breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Seminar

Where:

400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

475 Sansome Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94111

RSVP:

Ramona Carrillo

916.558.6046

rcarrillo@weintraub.com

2014 Labor & Employment Seminars & Training Schedule

Download: 2014 L E Seminars-Training Schedule (1712996) Page 1 Updated.pdf

Click on the PDF link above for the 2014 Labor & Employment Seminars & Training Schedule.

Specifics and invitations for each seminar/training will be posted on our website approximately one month prior to the event.

Please Contact Ramona Carrillo with questions or concerns.

Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Mandatory AB 1825 Sexual Harassment Prevention Training

Summary of Program:

The regulations regarding California’s Mandatory Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for supervisors require that certain employers provide training to their supervisors every two years.

The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin is offering a two hour in-person training session that will comply with all the requirements outlined in the regulations, including things like:

• an overview of sexual harassment laws;
• examples of conduct that constitute sexual harassment;
• lawful supervisory responses to complaints of harassment in the
workplace;
• strategies to prevent harassment in the workplace; and
• practical and inter-active hypotheticals and examples to help
illustrate what sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation
can look like.

If you are an employer with 50 or more employees, and have supervisors who have not yet been trained, this training is a must. We look forward to hearing from you and helping you comply with your continuing sexual harassment training obligations.

Training Program:

9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Training

$75/per supervisor

RSVP

Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

Meritas Capability Webinar: Doing Business in California, Proposition 65

  • When: Nov 7, 2013

Summary of Webinar:
California laws and regulations are replete with California specific provisions that can trip up the out of state manufacturer, supplier or retailer of goods in the state. Manufacturing for, and selling products into the California market, directly or through the internet is complicated by several California specific laws that regulate the chemicals that are contained in that product. In this webinar we identify and discuss three of those laws: Proposition 65, the Green Chemical Law and regulations and the Rigid Plastic Container rules.

Time:
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. U.S. CST

Upcoming Seminar: Avoiding Retaliation, Whistleblowing and Wrongful Termination Claims

Download: 1686745 (2).pdf

Summary of Program:
Exposure to retaliation claims in the workplace today is like
exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace in the 1960s –
it’s everywhere but few people understand the danger.
The Labor and Employment Group at Weintraub Tobin is pleased
to offer this very important training session that will help business
owners, human resource professionals, and managers understand
the ins-and-outs of retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful
termination claims.
Program Highlights:

  • Who is a “whistleblower” and under what law(s)?
  • What type of conduct can constitute “retaliation” and underwhat law(s)?
  • What constitutes “wrongful termination?”
  • Did the employee quit or was [s]he “constructively terminated” (What does that mean?)
  • Can an “at-will” employee be wrongfully terminated?
  • Steps to avoid retaliation, whistleblowing, and wrongful termination claims: effective policies, training, anddocumentation.

Seminar Program
9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Seminar
Approved for 2 hours MCLE credit; HRCI credits available upon request.
There is no charge for this seminar.

RSVP

Ramona Carrillo
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Fl.
Sacramento, CA 95814
916.558.6046
rcarrillo@weintraub.com

This seminar is also available via webinar. Please indicate in your RSVP if you will be attending via webinar. If attending via webinar, MCLE and HRCI credits will be provided upon
verification of attendance for the entirety of the webcast.

Weintraub Tobin
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814

Parking validation provided. Please park in the Wells Fargo parking garage, entrances on 4th and 5th Street.

Upcoming Speaking Engagement: Digital DIY: The New Wild West

Intellectual Property/Entertainment attorney Scott Hervey will serve as the moderator for “Digital DIY: The New Wild West” at Westdoc 2013 on Tuesday, September 17.

Panel Description

Not everyone is using iTunes to sell their content online. Hear about alternative distribution avenues that will blow your mind. How are DIY sites such as Distrify, MoPix, FilmBinder, and Dynamo succeeding in this corner of the marketplace? Learn how to create your own site and understand the costs of making your content readily available for consumers in the long tail approach to indie distribution.

The panel discussion includes the following speakers:

  • Barry Blumberg, Executive Vice President, Alloy Digital
  • Gayle Gilman, Executive Vice President, Digital Content, Fremantle North America
  • Andy Green, Chief Operating Officer/Co-Founder, Distrify Unlimited
  • Drew McAuliffe, CTO and co-founder, MoPix

For more information or to register for the Westdoc Conference and attend this seminar, visit the Westdoc website.

Speaking Engagement: Philanthropic Advisor’s Forum Fall Forum

Trusts and Estates Attorney Kay Brooks was a panelist at the Philanthropic Advisors’ of Greater Sacramento’s Fall Forum on Monday, September 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. The forum: “Exploring Creative Solutions with Charitable Case Studies” will be a lively, interactive experience and is intended for professional advisors. Drinks and appetizers will be provided.

The event was held at B Street Theater, 2711 B Street in Sacramento.