TUESDAY APRIL 22, 2008
7:30 – 8:20am ~ Registration, Breakfast, B21 Bookstore Open
8:20 – 8:30am ~ Welcoming Remarks
8:30 – 9:30am ~ Employment Law Trends 2008: The Year Ahead
9:20 – 9:30am ~ Beverage break
9:30 – 10:50am ~ Best Practices for HR Around Recruiting, Interviewing, Hiring, and Promotions
10:50am – 11:00am ~ Beverage Break
11:00 – 12:20pm ~ Discrimination & Harassment: Case Law Update
12:30pm – 1:40pm ~ Lunch, B21 Bookstore Open
1:40pm – 3:00pm ~ Workplace Investigations
3:00pm – 3:10pm ~ Beverage break
3:10pm – 4:30pm ~ The Tangled Web of FMLA, ADA, and Performance Documentation
4:40pm – 5:50pm ~ Interactive Panel Discussion — The Strategic HR Executive's Compliance Roadmap
6:15pm – 7:30pm ~ Business 21 Cocktail Reception and Networking
WEDNESDAY APRIL 23, 2008
7:30 – 8:20am ~ Breakfast, B21 Bookstore Open, Networking
8:30 – 9:50am ~ Drafting Employment Related Agreements: What Will Stand Up in Court - and What Won't
9:50am – 10:00am ~ Beverage break
10:00 – 11:20am ~ E-Privacy: How You Can Legally Monitor E-mail, IM, Blogs and Internet Activity
11:30 – 12:30pm ~ Lunch, B21 Bookstore Open
12:40 – 2:00pm ~ FMLA Intermittent Leave: End the Abuse Without Violating Worker Rights
2:00 – 2:10pm ~ Beverage Break
2:10 – 3:30pm ~ When "At Will" Ain't: Termination and How to Avoid Retaliation Charges
3:30 – 4:00pm ~ Conference wrap up and closing remarks