Event
Restructuring, Resizing and Riding Out Tough Economic Times - San Jose
April 29, 2009
NEW DATE:
Wednesday, April 29 2009 [April 23 seminar has reached seating capacity]
LOCATION:
Berliner Cohen
Ten Almaden Blvd., 11th Floor
San Jose, CA
(Validated parking available at Berliner Cohen’s office)
TIME:
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast and Registration
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. – Program
There is no charge for attendance or materials; breakfast will be served. If you are unable to attend, please forward this invitation to other prospective attendees in your company.
PROGRAM:
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. Experienced employment law attorneys discuss strategies, including:
- Lay-offs (impact of WARN requirements, COBRA subsidies
- Reductions in rates of pay, salary or scheduled hours
- Mandatory vacation usage
- Workshare arrangements and partial unemployment
- Severance agreements
- Holiday Shutdowns
PRESENTERS: Roberta S. Hayashi, and Kate Wilson, Berliner Cohen
Roberta S. Hayashi has over twenty-five years experience representing 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.
Kate Wilson represents companies on employment matters at administrative hearings, fact-finding conferences, and settlement conferences and assists clients in drafting personnel policies, employee handbooks, settlement agreements, and separation and release agreements.
TO REGISTER: Provided as a free educational service for clients and friends by Berliner Cohen.
Click here to register for the April 29, 2009 seminar.
Registration deadline: Because of space limitations, registrations will be accepted until 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 27, for the April 29 seminar.
Berliner Cohen is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider. Berliner Cohen certifies that this activity has been approved for 1.5 hours (General) MCLE credit by the State Bar of California.
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 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. Berliner Cohen also meets the growing demands of the San Joaquin Valley with its expanding office in Merced.