Event
Managing Risks In a Down Economy
November 12, 2009
Click here to register for the November 12, 2009 seminar.
DATE & LOCATION:
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Capital Club
The Knight Ridder Building
50 West San Fernando
San Jose, CA
TIME:
8:00 a.m. – Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Program
THE PROGRAM:
Join Berliner Cohen Attorneys at Law, Heffernan Professional Practice Insurance Brokers and Lexington Insurance Company for an informative two-hour seminar on managing employers’ risks in a down economy, including restructuring your workforce. This seminar is suitable for Principals, Officers and Human Resources professionals and business leaders across all industries.
California employers need to reduce expenses while preserving the essential parts of their workforce that will enable them to ride out today’s economic storms and prosper in the future. As evidenced by the increase in employment litigation, employers face significant risks as a result of implementing lay-offs, pay reductions, and other right sizing measures. Experienced employment law attorneys and risk management specialists will discuss ways to manage and reduce your risks while restructuring your workforce. Topics include:
- Lay-offs
- Reductions in rates of pay, salary or scheduled hours (furloughs)
- Mandatory vacation usage
- Work sharing arrangements and partial unemployment
- Severance agreements
- Holiday shutdowns
PRESENTERS:
Berliner Cohen’s experienced employment law attorneys advise and represent employers and managers on a full range of legal issues affecting the workplace, including harassment and discrimination, unfair competition and trade secrets, wrongful discharge, wage and hour issues, and labor disputes. Berliner Cohen is one of the largest law firms in San Jose and Merced serving the business and regulatory needs of private business and public agencies. For almost 40 years, the Firm has developed the special expertise required by a diverse client base consisting of some of Silicon Valley’s largest corporations, new ventures, leading real estate developers, cutting-edge software manufacturers, healthcare providers, mortgage banking companies, municipalities and public agencies.
Roberta S. Hayashi, Berliner Cohen attorney, has over twenty-five years experience representing and advising Silicon Valley employers in employment and business litigation. She has trial experience in wrongful termination, discrimination, and misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information actions in both state and federal court. She is a frequent speaker on employment law and legal ethics.
Kate Wilson, Berliner Cohen attorney, specializes in providing advice and counsel to companies on a variety of employment matters and represents clients in business and employment litigation. She assists clients in drafting personnel policies, employee handbooks, and agreements governing employment issues from hiring to termination; represents companies at administrative hearings, fact-finding conferences, and settlement conferences; and provides training in workforce sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation.
Heffernan Professional Practice Insurance Brokers (HPPIB), a division of Heffernan insurance Brokers, Inc., has been specializing in counseling Architects, Engineers, Law Firms and Accountants in business and insurance matter for over 25 years. HPPIB and Heffernan offers business insurance, personal insurance, financial services and employee benefits and was recently named the Top Insurance Broker to Work for in the United States by Business Insurance Magazine.
Lou Moreno has provided business and insurance counsel and advice for over 15 years, and for over 10 years as General Counsel and Senior Vice president of PPIB. He is a licensed attorney and insurance broker specializing in professional and executive liability risk management services for large Architectural/Engineering Firms and Law Firms.
Lexington Insurance Company (a Chartis Group Company) is a provider of Employment Practices Liability, D&O, Crime and Fiduciary and other executive liability insurance.
Nick Cruz was a Branch Manager in the Executive Liability D&O/EPLI insurance Unit for Public and Private Companies from September 2000 to April 2008. He currently holds the position of Production Specialist in Lexington Insurance for Architects and Engineers.
COST: Complimentary (includes continental breakfast)
Registration: RSVP requested by noon, Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Click here to register for the November 12, 2009 seminar.
Certification: Two hours of general CLE credit available.