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Recordings of the following webinars and audio conferences are available on CD.

Each audio conference is 90 minutes long, and comes with a printed version of the webinar handout. Handouts contain speaker bios, an outline of the presentation, and supplemental editorial materials, often including sample policies, past ERI articles, checklists and more.

Each webinar is 90 minutes long, and comes with a CD that includes both audio and a slide show, as well as the PowerPoint file of the slide show for easy reference and printing.

Recordings of these audio conferences and webinars are a great way to share these critical updates with your staff and senior management. You can listen to the audio conferences during your commute, at the office, at home, or at the gym. Both our webinars and our audio conferences are a great value.

Employee Expense Reimbursements: Why the Economy Is Forcing You To Get Up To Speed on the Rules--Now

Audio Conference
Originally presented on September 11, 2008
Despite the ailing economy, employees continue to travel, which means you continue to be on the hook for expense reimbursements. . . . more

Employee Handbooks in California: Don't Get Burned; How To Craft A Tool That Protects You Rather Than Harms You

Audio Conference
Originally presented on September 10, 2008
Your employee handbook is an important facet of your business operations. After all, it explains your policies and procedures, as well as provides information about your benefit plans. But it's not just some run-of-the-mill collection of policies. Properly assembled . . . more

Internal Investigations in California: How To Get To The Bottom of Things And Protect Yourself from Legal Missteps

Webinar
Originally presented on September 9, 2008
When an employee claims that he or she has been harassed, discriminated against, or subjected to some other illegal practice, your first instinct might be to launch an internal investigation. And this is the right call . . . more

Meal and Rest Breaks in California: Why the Brinker Ruling Is Good News for Employers, and Where Caution Is Still Required

Audio Conference
Originally presented on September 8, 2008
A California appeals court has just issued a ruling (Brinker v. Hohnbaum) stating that an employer does not have to "ensure" that meal and rest breaks are taken. This is excellent news for employers . . . more

California Supreme Court Update: How Two New Cases Affect Your Workplace; What You Need to Know Now

Webinar
Originally presented on September 4, 2008
Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court decided that supervisors can't be held personally liable for retaliation under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the state's antibias law (Jones v. The Lodge at Torrey Pines Partnership). But even though your supervisors are now . . . more

ID Theft and Fraud in the Workplace: How to Identify it, Prevent it, and Protect Your Company

Webinar
Originally presented on August 28, 2008
"Catch Me If You Can" may have been an entertaining movie, but ID theft and fraud in the workplace are no laughing matter. As an HR professional, you are tasked with looking out for risks in a number of . . . more

HR Issues in California Healthcare: The Latest Legal Dos and Don'ts for Employers in Hospitals, Medical Offices, and Other Healthcare Workplaces

Webinar
Originally presented on August 26, 2008
In today's high-stakes, skills-intensive healthcare workplaces, your employees are your # 1 asset. So, nothing causes more headaches for HR professionals in this field than problems with your workers. . . . more

Retaliation: Reducing Your Lawsuit Risks in the Wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Recent Rulings

Webinar
Originally presented on August 21, 2008
The decision to transfer, demote, or fire a worker is almost always a tough one. Add to the mix the threat of being sued if you take an adverse employment action against an employee who's engaged in a protected activity, and you've got the perfect brew for a litigation . . . more

Intermittent Leaves in California: How to Make Sense of the Ridiculously Complex Rules and Prevent Abuses by Employees

Webinar
Originally presented on August 14, 2008
Managing employee leaves in California is probably not your favorite part of your job. And intermittent leaves? Those can really make you tear your hair out. . . . more

Solving PTO Problems in California: Reduce Unscheduled Absences Without Alienating Employees or Violating the Law

Audio Conference
Originally presented on August 13, 2008
Why do so many California employers struggle with unscheduled, unexpected absences by their workers? Here's a clue: Two out of three employees who fail to show up for work aren't staying home because they're . . . more

Electronic Recordkeeping in California: What To Keep, What To Toss, What To Scan, and Where To Store It
Webinar
Originally presented on August 1, 2008
In today's workplaces, emailing, texting, blogging, and the Internet are a way of life. So are electronic records. You may have had your old HR recordkeeping system down flat, but it's a whole new world when you . . . more

Wage & Hour: How to Conduct an Effective Wage/Hour Self-Audit and Ensure You're In Compliance with Overtime and Other Wage-Related Rules
Audio Conference
Originally presented on July 29, 2008
Regardless of how careful you are, it's difficult to know whether certain workers are truly exempt from overtime, and whether your job descriptions accurately reflect your workers' real duties. It's also . . . more

Scantily-Clad Employees: How To Maintain a Professional-Looking Workforce Even When the Mercury Rises
Audio Conference
Originally presented on July 23, 2008
From flip-flops to tube tops, "Daisy Duke" shorts to arm-length tattoos, maintaining a professional-looking workforce is an uphill battle for employers--particularly in the summertime, when employee flesh is on display as far as the eye can see. Recent studies have found that about . . . more

HR Metrics: How to Measure--and Maximize--the Strategic Value of Your Workforce
Webinar
Originally presented on July 22, 2008
Many HR professionals spend their days focused on internal challenges: finding new ways to motivate and retain workers, enforcing policies that comply with federal and state employment laws, and trying to dig out from under a . . . more

Workplace Bullying: Practical Steps for Recognizing, Managing, and Eliminating Bullies
Audio Conference
Originally presented on July 21, 2008
Workplace bullying is a growing worry for many HR directors and employers in California--and an increasing liability risk, too.

Studies show that 1 in 10 employees around the United States will be the target of what the experts define as "persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior" from their co-workers. That means everything from rude manners and . . . more

Benefits Plan Debit Cards: The Secrets to Cutting HR Costs and Paperwork While Increasing Employee Buy-In

Audio Conference
Originally presented on July 9, 2008
Many savvy California employers have turned to cutting-edge benefits plans--including flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), and health savings accounts (HSAs)--to increase the value of their benefits for employees. . . . more

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