Are You Prepared?

What an employer needs to do to be in compliance and respond to audits by government agencies.  

Breakfast Seminar 

Thursday, September 30, 2010 — 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Compliance with wage and hour law protects the rights of your employees and defends your organization from costly fines and penalties, civil lawsuits, and negative publicity. California wage and hour laws and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) require employers to adhere to a set of strict regulations governing wages and hours in employment. Employee classification, meal and rest periods, independent contractor versus employee status and overtime calculations are all areas under scrutiny by state and federal agencies. Join us in an information-packed breakfast seminar where these rules will be covered and where you will also learn how to respond to investigations by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) and the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor; and you will also be provided  with a legal update on the very the latest employment law court decisions by our legal experts.   

Seminar Agenda

7:30 a.m.        Registration/Networking/Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.       Opening Remarks

                              Sharon Agnew, Amgen Corporation, ERTSC Board Member

                              DFEH Update

                              Monica Rea, Deputy Director, Administration
                              California Department of Fair Employment and Housing

8:30 a.m.        Legal Update

                              Andrew H. Friedman, Esq., Helmer & Friedman LLP

                              Anthony J. Oncidi, Esq., Proskauer Rose LLP

  9:15 a.m.       Wage and Hour Compliance and Responding to Audits

                              Gaye Hertan, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP                                         

10:00 a.m.     Break

10:30 a.m.     Wage and Hour Compliance (Cont.)

11:30 a.m.      Adjournment

Seminar Site:
Southern California Gas Company
555 W. 5^th Street
Los Angeles, CA. 90013
Conference Room 2C
Los Angeles, California 90067

Parking is across the street at Pershing Square for $9.35 or Public Transportation Available via DASH or METRO

(Contact Cathy Bell at 310.206.3476)

$ 40.00 per person
Fee includes continental breakfast and resource materials

Pre-registration is required!
Walk-ons cannot be accommodated!

Register by September 22, 2010
Send your check to:
ERTSC, Inc.
Ms. Cathy Bell
2241 Murphy Hall, UCLA
Box 951405
Los Angeles, CA  90095-1405

Thursday, November 4, 2010
Bonaventure Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles
404 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA  90071

$125:        Registration Fee
$95:           Early Bird Registration before October 15, 2010
Registration closes on Friday, October 29^th

• Awards Luncheon and Keynote Address
• Lifetime Achievement Award and Leadership Award
• Sponsored by the Employment Round Table of Southern California

Networking/Breakfast; General Sessions – Welcome Introduction Employment Round Table Mission;
Key Note Speakers; Update from Phyllis Cheng, Director, Dept. of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH);
Proposed Disability Regulations, Wellness Programs within EEO context, Public Employers, Health Benefits; Nuts and Bolts of Interactive/Accommodation Process; Social Media/Free Speech; HIPAA, Medical and FEHA issues; Pre-Employment and Post-Employment Hiring Guidelines; How To Avoid A Discrimination Complaints/Claims; Legal Update

Register now!

Send your check, payable to Employment Round Table of Southern California
Ms. Cathy Bell, 2241 Murphy Hall, UCLA, Box 951405, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1405 by October 15, 2010 to receive the Early Bird Registration Discount.

We are honored to collaborate with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to present this annual conference.

ERTSC will be hosting its Breakfast Seminar on September 30th at Gas Company Tower (555 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013).

Seminar Topic: Wage & Hour

More details to follow!

Thursday, June 10, 2010 — 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Seminar Location: Northrop Grumman, 1840 Century Park East, Board Room, Los Angeles, CA 90067.  Photo ID and Citizenship Required.  Non US Citizens must make advance arrangements.  Please contact Cathy Bell @ cbell@conet.ucla.edu. 

Seminar Description: The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) requires employers to engage in a timely, good faith, interactive process to determine effective reasonable accommodations in response to a request f by an employee or applicant with a known physical or mental disability or known medical condition.

In this seminar, a panel of legal, disability, mediation and HR professionals will provide their expert insights on the interactive accommodation process. Included in the presentation are overview of legal requirements under the FEHA, definition of disability, duty to make a reasonable accommodation, types of possible accommodations, duty to engage in the interactive accommodation process, resources in finding equipment and alternative accommodations, and a demonstration by HR professionals of how to properly conduct the interactive process with commentary from defense and plaintiff’s counsel.

Seminar Agenda

7:30 a.m. 

8:00 a.m. 
Opening Remarks
Jonathan Boxer, Esq., Northrop Grumman Corporation, ERTSC Board Member

DFEH Update
Monica Rea, Deputy Director, Administration, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing

8:30 a.m.
Legal Update
Gaye Hertan, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw

9:15 a.m.
The Interactive Accommodation Process: How to do it—a practical approach
Joan Smiles, Esq., Sidley Austin, LLP
Jeffrey Winikow, Esq., Attorney at Law
Marianne Brazer, Director of Administration, Disability Rights Legal Center
Lynn Bassis, Esq., Bassis Mediation Group
Lisa Winter, Office of Diversity Programs, Los Angeles Community College District

10:00 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m.
The Interactive Accommodation Process: How to do it—a practical approach (Cont.)

11:30 a.m.
Adjournment

ERTSC May 2009 Breakfast Seminar

Seating is limited! REGISTER NOW!

Flyer: http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/DFEH/Announcements/SCERT/ERTSC%20SEMINAR%20FOR%20JUNE%202010.pdf

Directions: http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/DFEH/Announcements/SCERT/map%20to%20Northrop%20GrummanCorp%20Office%2005June10.pdf

The Employment Round Table of  Southern California presents:

UCLA-RAND Study on the FEHA

Professor Gary Blasi from UCLA Law / RAND Center for Law & Public Policy will be presenting the findings on the most comprehensive study of the FEHA and related laws.  This breakfast seminar will cover the following points:

• Learn what causes a complainant to hire a lawyer.
• Compare DFEH and EEOC outcomes.
• See patterns in jury verdicts versus FEHC decisions.
• Discover policy recommendations for the future.

WHEN: Friday, March 26, 2010
7:30 am-11:30 am

WHERE: Disability Rights Legal Center /  Loyola Law School
Hall of the 70s
919 Albany Street
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90015-1211
Directions and $6 Parking:

http://www.lls.edu/about/campus/directions.html

Pre-registration required. No walk-ins.
$40 continental breakfast & materials.

Send $40 check payable to “ERTSC” and completed registration form by
March 19 to:
ERTSC, Inc., c/o Cathy Bell, UCLA, 2241 Murphy
Hall, Box 951405, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405.

Questions: Anabel Prudencio, 213.736.8195 or
anabel.prudencio@lls.edu.

This year we are honored to collaborate with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to celebrate California’s 50 years of Civil Rights Leadership.

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles

At this year’s conference, we are offering the following informative training sessions:

• New Frontiers in Compliance
• Disability Discrimination – a California Case Law Update
• Managing the Virtual Workplace – The Conundrums of Telework
• Facts & Figures of a Workplace Investigation – What HR Professionals Need to Know
• Systemic Discrimination – How to Stay Ahead of the “Class”

Send your check, payable to Employment Round Table of Southern California with this registration form, to Ms. Cathy Bell, 2241 Murphy Hall, UCLA, Box 951405, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1405 by October 16, 2009 to receive the Early Bird Registration Discount.

Questions? Contact Cathy Bell, (310)206-3476 (phone) (310) 206-3622 (fax).

Sponsorship Opportunities Available.

There will be panel presentations on new employment law developments.  ERTSC will also present the Carol Schiller Award to a deserving civil rights advocate.

More details to follow!

On May 13, 2009, the ERTSC will host a Breakfast Seminar on “The Very Latest on FMLA & CFRA.“  The seminar will focus on:

• The New FMLA Regulations Effective 1/2009
• FMLA/CFRA Integration Issues
• Practical Tips on Updating Policies/Procedures for Compliance

The event will be hosted at:
Northrop Grumman
1840 Century Park East
Board Room
Los Angeles, CA 90067
7:30-11:30AM

Seminar Costs: $40/person (Fee includes Continental Breakfast and Resource Materials)

Due to limited seats, please register by May 7, 2009 with Ms. Cathy Bell.
Make checks payable to ERTSC, Inc and send to:

Cathy Bell
2241 Murphy Hall, UCLA
Box 951405
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1405

You can find registration forms & directions here and here!

Photo Credit: Sarej