COURSE DESCRIPTION: Are you prepared for the momentous employment law changes that experts are predicting under the new Obama administration?
To find out what’s coming down the pike, and what you need to do, join employment law attorney Melissa Fleischer in this 60-minute Webinar. She’ll share her research into which legislative changes we can most likely expect and what they’ll mean for your company. She’ll also provide guidance for updating policies, forms and handbooks to ensure you’re in compliance.
Here is a partial list of key topics covered:
- Title VII -- Expected to be amended by the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to add sexual orientation as a protected class
- Title VII -- Expected to be impacted by The Paycheck Fairness Act and the Equal Remedies Act which would reverse the U.S. Supreme Court’s Ledbetter ruling affecting the Statute of Limitations in Title VII cases
- FMLA -- May be amended to cover a more wide range of employers
- Civil Rights Act of 2008 -- Expected to be amended to remove the cap on damages in certain cases
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008- Title I Effective November 2008/Title II GINA-Effective May 21, 2009 will require revisions to many of your employment law policies to ensure compliance.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Melissa Fleischer is a management-side employment attorney with over 20 years experience and is nationally recognized as an expert in her field. She has successfully represented numerous clients in employment discrimination litigation as well as providing preventive counseling and training on workplace issues. Ms. Fleischer is a frequent lecturer on a wide range of employment law topics including seminars and workshops on Anti-Harassment Training, FMLA/ADA Training and Workplace Violence Prevention Training. Ms. Fleischer earned a juris doctor degree from the National Law Center at the George Washington University in 1983. She was admitted to the Bar of the State of New York in 1984.
 HRCI CERTIFICATION: This program has been approved for 1.0 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.
 MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund your full fee if you’re not satisfied. It's risk-free.
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