Breakfast with Your Labor Lawyer, 2008 Update
Date
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Time
8:00 am - Registration
8:15 am - Breakfast
8:45 am - Seminar
Location
Santa Maria Country Club
505 W. Waller Lane
Santa Maria, CA
Cost:
$25 YPP Club Members, PEO, or HRO Clients
$25 Gray & Troy Insurance Clients
$25 BTB Clients or SMVCA Members
$45 Non-clients
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This seminar will provide an important update on many new issues in labor and employment law. We will discuss recent developments that apply to all employers and provide practical strategies that companies can use to reduce the risk of litigation. The topics include:
- Updates regarding meal and rest period class actions and new "best practiceï" compliance steps
- Policy changes required by the California Supreme Courtï's decision permitting same-sex marriages
- Strategies for navigating difficult wage and hour issues such as regular rate calculations, tip pooling, the administrative exemption, wage statements and timekeeping policies
- Medical leave rules
- Guidance for avoiding disparate impact discrimination claims
- Developments regarding retaliation claims
- Recommendations for computer and email policies
- New guidelines for employee arbitration agreements
- Immigration enforcement and the "no-match letter safe harbor" program
- Layoffs and reductions in force
- And much more
This will be a lively and entertaining seminar that should not be missed.
Program is pending approval for 2.5 hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI).
This activity complies with standards for Minimum Continuing Legal Education prescribed by the California State Bar and is approved for 2.5 hours of MCLE credit. Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider
PEO Client Registration
Please include all attendee names in the name box separated by a comma. You only need to provide the company name or attendee name if it is different than the paid by information for your credit card.
Gray & Troy Insurance Clients
BTB Clients or SMVCA Members Registration
Non-YPP Client Registration
Meet the Presenter
Mr. Dinkin is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP at the firm's Santa Barbara office. He represents management in all aspects of Labor and Employment law.
Mr. Dinkinï's experience spans both private and public sector labor relations, including more than twenty years of negotiating collective bargaining agreements. He has represented employers from start-up companies developing personnel policies and employee handbooks, to established companies expanding into California. Mr. Dinkin has handled contractual and disciplinary matters in administrative proceedings before arbitrators and governmental agencies, and has litigated labor, employment, and discrimination cases in state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels.
Mr. Dinkin advocates a proactive approach, counseling employers to evaluate their employment practices to minimize liability exposure. His client-focused counsel is tailored to serve the long term goals of each client.

