Legal Strategies for Promoting a Gender-Balanced Workforce and a Workplace Free From Violence
Please join Husch Blackwell attorneys for our complimentary annual spring labor and employment law seminar. Network with other professionals and earn continuing education credit as you learn about the following topics:
- Legal Update. U.S.and Colorado Supreme Court decisions on wage claims, conflicting state laws addressing employee cannabis use, pay equity initiatives nationwide, taxation of sexual harassment settlements, and the evolving understanding of an employer’s obligations under federal medical leave and disability laws.
- Investigations, Hotlines, Company Culture and Policies. Suggestions for best practices, with an emphasis on employment policies in the era of #MeToo.
- Preventing Workplace Violence: Legal Requirements and Suggested Practices for Employers. Employers’ statutory and regulatory obligations, recent industry trends to protect employees, and suggestions for avoiding “over-the-top” training events that can do more harm than good.
- Dealing With Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace. Dispelling myths, recognizing rights and managing accommodations.
- Equal Pay Act: New Spotlight on an Old Law. Luncheon panel discussion on the perils and pitfalls of pay equity issues in the workplace. Panelists include Valerie McNaughton, former prosecutor and judge and named plaintiff in the recent pay equity case McNaughton v. City and County of Denver, and Joe Pulichene, principal of M3 Consulting.
Date and Agenda
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
7:30 - 8:00 a.m. – Registration and Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – Noon – Program
Noon - 1:00 p.m. – Panel Discussion and Lunch
Location
Art Hotel
1201 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Who Should Attend
Business owners, CEOs, CFOs, vice presidents, directors, human resource professionals, general counsel and other in-house counsel.
Continuing Education Credit
This program is pending approval for Colorado CLE credit. HR Certification Institute (HRCI) and Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) recertification credits are also pending.
Questions?
Contact Morgan Buciumean at 303.749.7281.