The National Labor Relations Board and other federal agencies are leading a regulatory assault on employers.  Is your organization prepared to respond? 

• New NLRB posting regulations!
• Expedited union election procedures!
• Social media policies!
• Obamacare!

MORNING SESSION

NLRB’s Regulatory Changes Effective April 30, 2012  

• New posting requirements
• Expedited union election procedures and how best to respond
• Social media policies

Employment Law  

• An update on "Obamacare" and its implementation
• Recent court decisions you need to be aware of
  

AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Employment Law Discussions

As the landscape of employment law continues to expand and evolve, employers need to stay abreast of new and developing issues and enforcement initiatives affecting all employers.  The afternoon employment law session will focus on a number of these “hot” topic areas in the employment law and worker’s compensation fields and will include practical advice and best practices for employers to stay current on the law and to minimize exposure and liability.      

• Employment policies and practices:  Traps for the Unwary
• Current enforcement initiatives in OSHA, FLSA and immigration compliance
• Top 10 things an employer can do to “mess up” a worker compensation claim
• Coordinating the management of ill, injured and disabled employees

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 Collective Bargaining and Contract Administration 

The global economic environment has created a unique opportunity through collective bargaining to rid the CBA of debilitating provisions to create a new, more productive culture.  Is your company prepared to take advantage of this moment? 

Lindner & Marsack brings to the bargaining process experienced attorneys and professionals who have specialized in the field of collective bargaining.  We have prepared, strategized and chaired survival negotiations in this adverse economic environment.  The results we achieve consistently exceed our client’s goals.

Join us for an in-depth discussion of these important issues.  The subjects to be discussed include:  

• Preparation for negotiations is the key to success. Preparatory steps that can be taken to help assure a successful result.
• How to identify and negotiate the end of debilitating contract provisions such as extreme seniority and work assignment provisions that interfere with efficiency and productivity in your workplace.
• Top ten mistakes that employers make in collective bargaining.
• Annual wage and benefit adjustments – there are reasonable alternatives, which will not punish the company in difficult times, that are becoming acceptable to organized labor.
• Defined benefit pension plans constitute a financial albatross.  There are ways to eliminate these plans without incurring a strike. 
• Employer communications, impasses and implementation - know your rights.