This teleconference covers the two most important federal aspects of workers’ compensation practice: Social Security disability offsets and the Medicare secondary payer statute. Anyone who represents claimants, employers or insurers in workers’ compensation claims must understand the interrelationship between Social Security disability, Medicare and workers’ compensation settlements. You will learn the necessary steps to take to minimize the Social Security offset that can occur when a workers’ compensation case is settled. The teleconference will also provide a comprehensive analysis of the application of the Medicare Secondary Payer Statute to workers’ compensation settlements.

Engaging and retaining valued employees is particularly critical amid periods of economic uncertainty if organizations are to maintain product and service quality, and lay a foundation for future growth. Yet while challenging economic environments make employee motivation more critical, they also make employee engagement more difficult to achieve. Belt tightening often results in organizational retrenching, reduced staffing levels and increased workloads, and constrained compensation budgets. Nonetheless, there is opportunity amid the economic uncertainty. Careful attention to positioning individuals and teams to succeed will not only allow organizations to weather the storm, but also to emerge from the downturn in a stronger competitive position. This teleconference will first review the challenges companies face in a difficult economic environment and then outline a “path to performance” for generating business results through enhanced levels of employee engagement and enablement.

Employers who offer an employee benefit plan must file an annual report regarding the plan’s financial condition, investments and operations, unless specifically exempt by law. Filing the Form 5500 will satisfy this. This teleconference will help you understand when you need to file a Form 5500 and what you need to file, and will focus on some recent changes that may impact your filings.

In this interactive teleconference, you will learn the EEO-1 reporting requirements as well as practical, easy to use approaches to completing and submitting the EEO-1 report by the filing deadline. This engaging teleconference will also explain the EEOC’s and OFCCP’s systemic discrimination enforcement initiatives. From understanding the EEOC’s and OFCCP’s new focus on these issues to learning effective strategies to limit your organization’s risk in these areas, you will be provided with the tools necessary to effectively manage your employment practices. Please join K. Joy Chin and Eric J. Felsberg from Jackson Lewis LLP for an engaging and practical teleconference on these very important issues.

Employers are often the victims of FMLA abuse. The regulations are employee friendly and many employees have figured out how to play the FMLA game to avoid working and being held accountable for their absences. These issues can wreak havoc on productivity in the workplace. This teleconference will help you understand what you can do to use the FMLA regulations to curb FMLA abuse. This teleconference will explain how to ensure that employees meet all of their obligations under the FMLA. While you cannot stop the use of FMLA leave, you can work to eliminate the types of abuse that interfere with work.

Health care reform could have a more significant impact on the United States economy and on our personal lives than any federal legislation in the past 100 years. Beyond the partisan politics and media hype are the practical concerns of employers, HR professionals, attorneys, third-party administrators, and other consultants and professionals who work with group health plans and related benefits on a daily basis. This teleconference will address the status of the various health care reform bills in Congress as of September 23, 2009, and address the likelihood of passage of key elements as of that date. More importantly, it will cover the practical implications of this legislation for professionals involved in the administration and design of health benefits for employees, and the potential impact of change to the health insurance industry.

Minimizing workers’ compensation abuse and controlling the costs of legitimate claims is a daunting task. In this difficult economy, it is essential that all employers take every step they can to reduce their workers’ compensation exposure and costs. This 90-minute teleconference is geared to provide you with the best handbook practices – policies, procedures and techniques – for staying in control of your workers’ compensation claims and explaining these issues to employees.

The existence of effectively enforced rules, the fair and thorough investigation of complaints and misconduct, and an understanding of the legal process relating to claims are critical to enabling a company to limit potential charges and lawsuits asserting discrimination. This teleconference will afford practical guidance in analyzing and responding to charges effectively and lawfully. This teleconference is essential for HR professionals who are implementing discharges and layoffs in the current economy or who are otherwise responsible for avoiding or responding to claims of discrimination andb unfair treatment.

Get the training you need to avoid compliance confusion and expensive litigation.

Prevent the financially crippling employee claims and lawsuits that plague employers in hard financial times. Register for this seminar and get the money-saving employment savvy your company has been looking for.

Let local experts teach you how to create compliant practices and bulletproof policies. With a slew of responsibilities already on your plate, how can you keep up with all the new developments? Easy – enroll today and discover the latest techniques to keep your company out of trouble.

Benefits for You
• Prevent claims from the beginning – learn the right way to hire
• Stop pay claims before they start – keep your wage and hour policies in line with the law
• Discover how you can use documentation to minimize your liability for wrongful termination
• Protect your company from unfair competition – and protect your valuable information – by effectively using noncompete agreements
• Keep yourself out of the courtroom … get bulletproof overtime calculation techniques

Get the training you need to avoid compliance confusion and expensive litigation.

Prevent the financially crippling employee claims and lawsuits that plague employers in hard financial times. Register for this seminar and get the money-saving employment savvy your company has been looking for.

Let local experts teach you how to create compliant practices and bulletproof policies. With a slew of responsibilities already on your plate, how can you keep up with all the new developments? Easy – enroll today and discover the latest techniques to keep your company out of trouble.

Benefits for You
• Learn how to navigate the differences in state and federal law
• Update your company’s FMLA policies in light of new regulations
• Get the facts you need to deal safely and efficiently with a compliant workplace investigation plan
• Stop pay claims before they start – keep your wage and hour policies in line with the law

Maintaining an employee benefit plan subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 requires that people managing the plan or investing plan assets become fiduciaries. You need to know when they might become an ERISA plan fiduciary. You must understand your legal obligations to plan participants and beneficiaries. This teleconference will provide you with an overview of the ERISA rules governing plan fiduciary conduct and the basic duties of a plan fiduciary.

All United States employers must comply with employment authorization and verification laws, regardless of the size or composition of their workforce. This teleconference will supply you with the information you need to ensure your company is in compliance with employment authorization rules and regulations. Detailed guidance on employment verification procedures, Social Security number issues and immigration-related discrimination claims will be provided. Special attention will be given to Form I-9 rules, with emphasis on the new Form I-9 regulations. An overview of basic immigration categories and considerations that arise when dealing with foreign national employees will also be presented.

Managing employees with claimed mental conditions creates unique challenges for employers attempting to comply with the ADA. What mental impairments does the ADA protect? How does the employer know of these often invisible disabilities and of the employee’s need to accommodate the condition? How does an employer accommodate conditions that cause employees to violate work rules or request treatment? May an employer require a medical examination of an employee exhibiting signs of mental illness? This teleconference will assist you in addressing these issues and more within the boundaries of the ADA. This teleconference will highlight employee and employer rights and responsibilities, provide practical strategies for managing employees with mental illness, and explore the new rules in the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.

Get the training you need to avoid compliance confusion and expensive litigation.

Prevent the financially crippling employee claims and lawsuits that plague employers in hard financial times. Register for this seminar and get the money-saving employment savvy your company has been looking for.

Let local experts teach you how to create compliant practices and bulletproof policies. With a slew of responsibilities already on your plate, how can you keep up with all the new developments? Easy – enroll today and discover the latest techniques to keep your company out of trouble.

Benefits for You
• Avoid disability lawsuits by knowing exactly who the amended ADA covers
• Find out why retaliation is such a hot issue – and how to prevent it
• Stop pay claims before they start – keep your wage and hour policies in line with the law
• Prevent claims from the beginning – learn the right way to hire