Employer Resource Institute Audio Conference

Thursday, May 15, 2008
10:30 am to 12:00 noon (Pacific Time)

Order Option       Price   1. Live Conference       $219       2. Live Conference + CD Recording       $269       3. CD Recording Only       $219

As an additional benefit, you will receive a no-risk trial subscription to California Employment Law Answers when you register for this audio conference (or purchase a CD recording). You will receive 3 evaluation issues. If you want to continue to receive the newsletter, simply pay the invoice you will receive in the mail. If you decide the newsletter isn't for you, just write cancel on the invoice and return it. You will owe nothing, and all issues you receive are yours to keep. As with all ERI products, your satisfaction is guaranteed 100%. (Offer good for new subscribers only.)

Many supervisors enjoy the "managing" part of their jobs—hiring the best people, interacting with their workers, and motivating them to succeed at what they do. What causes the most headaches for supervisors (and for you, the HR professional) is the "complying" part of their jobs—understanding employment laws and regulations and ensuring that their organizations follow these rules.

That's especially tough in California—widely known as the state with the most confusing and burdensome employment laws in the country. Mastering (and staying up to date on) the California and federal requirements is definitely a full-time job in itself. If your supervisors make a mistake, even a well-intentioned one, your company could face expensive and embarrassing penalties and fines.

Don't take this chance. Bring your supervisors along for our 90-minute audio conference on May 15, when our speaker—an experienced California employment law attorney—will cover the basic legal dos and don'ts in the areas your supervisors deal with on a regular basis. From hiring and interviewing applicants, to complying with wage and hour rules, to handling leave requests, to preventing discrimination and harassment, and to disciplining or terminating workers, they'll learn what they can—and cannot—do in your California workplace. Plus, you'll all have the chance to submit your own questions via phone or email.

You and Your Supervisors Will Learn:

• The most common legal errors that California supervisors make—and how yours can avoid repeating them


• The best practices your supervisors should apply when interviewing and hiring workers


• How your supervisors can avoid running afoul of the wage and hour rules and setting up the perfect conditions for a costly class action


• What supervisors must know about the California and federal family and medical leave and pregnancy discrimination regulations


• How California's anti-discrimination and harassment prevention rules differ from those in other states—and how your supervisors can consistently apply them in your workplace


• The legal bases your supervisors need to cover when disciplining and terminating employees

About Your Speaker:

Benjamin Rutledge, Esq., is an employment attorney in Bakersfield who represents and counsels employers. He defends managers in federal and state courts on a wide range of labor and employment law issues. Additionally, he advises his clients on the most effective strategies for preventing employment law disputes, and he conducts management training seminars for new supervisors. He earned his law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Approved for Recertification Credit

This program has been approved for 1.5 recertification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage at www.hrci.org.

The Employer Resource Institute is an approved MCLE Multiple Activity Provider, and this program has been approved for 1.5 hours of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. For more information, please contact our customer service department at (800) 695-7178.

How Do Audio Conferences Work?

An audio conference is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your office using a regular telephone. You have no travel costs and no out-of-office time.

Plus, for one low price you can get as many people in your office to participate as you can fit around a speakerphone.

Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions' either on the phone or via e-mail.

With your registration, you also receive conference materials with additional practical information from California Employer Advisor sent to you via e-mail shortly before the conference.

Why You Can Sign Up To Attend This Event with Confidence

As with all California Employer Advisor products, you're completely protected. If for any reason you are unsatisfied with this audio conference, simply let us know and we will return your entire registration fee.