How long has it been since your company did a thorough review of your employment policies and practices? Where are your weak spots and potential litigation risks? Sometimes it takes getting completely IMMERSED to uncover the legal limitations and opportunities that lie deep beneath the surface. We want to help you discover the uncharted waters where you could be vulnerable and find the right solution.

In 2016, Spilman SuperVision™ will take a deep dive into the most pressing issues affecting today's workplaces. Join us at Marriott Town Center in Charleston, West Virginia to discuss how to audit your employment policies and practices to ensure they are in line with current regulations and best practices. This year’s event also will provide an opportunity for you to have Q&A time with a lawyer to discuss specific issues of concern to you. 

SuperVision™ is offered at no charge to our friends and clients in the private sector who would benefit from education on labor and employment issues, including company CEOs, presidents, human resource directors, general operations managers and in-house counsel of private and publicly held companies. Legal and HR continuing education credits are pending approval.

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Agenda

8:00     Registration

8:30     Welcome & Introduction

8:45     The Bermuda Triangle: Successfully Navigating the Waters of Leave Under Workers' Compensation, ADA and FMLA
Jeffrey D. Patton, Mitchell J. Rhein

With so many different regulations affecting when and how an employee can take leave, getting it right can be tricky. This session is designed to help you understand the nuances of different leave scenarios and how they can and should be applied.

9:45     Involuntarily Disembarking: Best Practices for Planning and Implementing Workforce Restructurings and Reductions
Eric E. Kinder, John B. Hardison

Workforce restructurings and reductions can be one of the most fraught times for the C-suite and HR departments. How do you manage employee expectations and offboarding to minimize anxiety and ensure the smoothest possible transition? This session will address best- and worst-case scenarios and provide a set of best practices.

10:45    Break

11:00    Riding the Social Media Wave: A 360 Review of Applicable Laws and Best Practices for Balancing Work and Off-Duty Conduct of Your Employees
Carrie M. Harris, Eric W. Iskra

Employee conduct outside work, whether online or in their communities, can have real repercussions on your business. To what extent can you monitor or even direct what they do and say outside the workplace? This session provides a primer on current regulations and recent litigation surrounding the lines between work and personal time.

12:00    Lunch & Learn

Each table, led by a Spilman lawyer, will discuss one of the several topics relating to contemporary employment issues.

1:15     Taming the Electric Eel: Best Practices for Managing Devices, BYOD Situations and Electronic Document Management
Erin Jones Adams, Kevin L. Carr

Keeping track of your company's data becomes ever more complex as the use of moblie devices, mobile and remote workforces, and cloud storage continues to grow and evolve. How do you keep data safe? How do you react quickly to gather important data in the event of potential litigation or employee separation? This session will highlight important data management considerations and provide a set of best practices for managing all the places your data lives.

2:15     Avoiding the DOL Tsunami: Time to Deep-Dive Into Your Wage and Hour, Employee Classification and eVerify/I-9 Compliance
Mary A. Caldwell- CAMC, Carrie M. Harris, Eric E. Kinder

The Department of Labor has been busy recently with changes to employee classification, overtime rules and more. How can you tell if someone is truly an independent contractor or should be classified as an employee? Are you prepared for the new salary requirements to treat employees as exempt from overtime that will go into effect at the end of this year? This session will help you navigate various scenarios and create an action plan for efficiently managing what could be a lot of changes for employers.

3:15     Break

3:30     A Storm is Brewing: Emerging Issues in Employment Law, Including Gender Identity Discrimination and Accommodation, Religious-Based Decision-Making and Other Timely Issues
Erin Jones Adams, Kevin L. Carr

Recent controversies on the political and legal spectrum, and inconsistent law changes across the country, have brought new civil rights and accommodations issues to the forefront for employers. Learn how West Virginia and federal laws, as well as pending litigation, could affect your decision-making regarding these issues. This session also includes ample Q&A time for discussion of other issues important to you and your business.

4:30     Adjourn

   

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