HR in CA: Communication, Privacy and Leave Compliance October 25, 2011

5 CPE/MCLE/California Credits

Keeping ahead of the ever-increasing number of HR compliance laws requires diligence in order to protect your organization. Learn California laws relating to employee communication, privacy and leaves. Audit these core HR functions to ensure effective compliance with state and federal laws.

You'll leave the seminar able to:
* Ensure employee privacy while avoiding legal claims in CA
* Identify the pitfalls of social media, and the legal and practical risks of use
* Comply with complicated CA leave laws including the intersection with federal FMLA
* Control leave abuses without running afoul of employees' rights.

About the Presenter
Dana Peterson is a partner in the San Francisco office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. As a member of the Labor and Employment Department and Northern California group-leader of the California Workplace Solutions practice group, her practice focuses on workplace counseling, training, and litigation prevention. She has extensive experience conducting workplace investigations, and is regularly retained to perform customized audits including first a comprehensive review of workplace policies and practices to identify and quantify areas of potential risk, followed by collaboratively working with employers to minimize identified risks by ensuring that policies and practices are legally compliant, and creating and implementing effective training.

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