Technology Pitfalls, Healthcare Reform, Wellness Plans, other benefit related issues and Legislative/Judicial Opinion Update

At this 1/2 day Legal Seminar, tune in for information that focuses on new laws and judicial opinions affecting employers while discovering and discussing the EEOC enforcement of non-Title VII related retaliation cases.  Learn how to identify potential technology problems areas, including wage and hour, general liability and privacy issues and what to avoid.  Also, hear how as Congress continues to focus on health care reform and employee health care costs continue to rise, employers are increasingly faced with finding creative and effective ways to control and reduce these expenses.  Then, get the latest information on Wellness Plans, Employer Health Incentives and Rebates, GINA, and other emerging benefits issues. 

Speakers:

Jonathan C. Hancock

Whitney Harmon

Angie C. Davis

Kelly Gooch

Agenda:

7:30 - 7:50 - Registration and Breakfast
 
7:50 - 8:00 - Welcome
 
8:00 - 8:55 - Legislative/Judicial Update (Jonathan Hancock & Whitney Harmon: Glankler Brown, PLLC).
 
* This session will focus on new laws and judicial opinions affecting employers.

* This will also include an EEOC enforcement update and discussion of non-Title VII related retaliation cases.
 
8:55 - 9:00 - Coffee Break, Networking
 
9:00 - 9:50 - Avoiding the Employment Pitfalls of Technology - PDA's, Blackberries & IPhones (Kelly Gooch: Jackson Lewis).
 
* Learn how to identify potential problems areas, including wage and hour issues, general liability issues and privacy issues.

* Hear from the speakers how the problems associated with this commonly used technology can be avoided, and what policies, practices and work rules are effective.
 
9:50 - 10:00 - Coffee Break, Networking
 
10:00 - 11:00 - Wellness Plans, Employer Health Incentives and Rebates, GINA, and other emerging benefits issues. (Angie Davis: Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC).
 
* As Congress continues to focus on health care reform and as employee health care costs continue to rise, employers are increasingly faced with finding creative and effective ways to control and reduce these expenses.  Employee wellness plans are often the solution, but GINA, ERISA and other federal laws make these programs sometimes complicated solutions.

* Learn what rules govern employee wellness plans and similar programs, why they are effective, and how the risk associated with legal compliance issues can be minimized.
 
11:00 - Closing Remarks

Approved for 3.0 hours

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