Employment Law Conference-2011

This book is essential for: experienced employment lawyers and in-house counsel.

Current to: May 2011 

Comprehensive and compelling
Employment Law is constantly developing—new cases, new issues, and new strategies. In this extensive set of materials from two full course days, you will receive a comprehensive understanding of the key and emerging issues. Topics include: settlement and the effective use of releases, respect in the workplace, common pitfalls in written employee contracts, social media and the impact on employment relations, pension, employment benefit, and executive compensation strategies on termination of employment, and much more.

CONTENTS

• settlement and the effective use of releases: has a settlement agreement been reached?, what terms are implied?, what protection is afforded?
• respect in the workplace: definitions and the legislative's framework; bullying, harassment and defamation; costs and liabilities of a disrespectful workplace; general strategies to create and maintain a respectful workplace
• fundamentally changing employment terms: constructive dismissal, responding to repudiation of the employment agreement, condoning changed terms, non-legal strategies to have an employee accept changed terms; mitigation and constructive dismissal, practical tips
• common pitfalls in written employee contracts—termination clauses in employment agreements: clauses that have been enforced, common challenges, cases where a termination clause was not enforced; limitations on rights to stock options and bonuses on dismissal, incorporation of policies and employee handbooks
• enforcement by the Director of Employment Standards: who may enforce the ESA?, what ESA enforcement may be done through the courts?, what ESA enforcement is done extra-judicially?, what are the other ESA statutory enforcement aids?, what issues arise most frequently regarding the director's ESA enforcement?
• social media and the impact on employment relations: case law update, privacy, enforcement, social media policy
• punitive and other damages: an update on punitive and other damages for egregious employer conduct
• post employment obligations and non-competes: fiduciary obligations, express restrictive covenants
• pension, employment benefit, and executive compensation strategies on termination of employment: overview of plans commonly provided to senior employees, other deferred compensation considerations, employment benefits
• case law update: purposive interpretation of "employment", mitigation of damages, damages post Honda v. Keys, charter employment law cases