Conference Sessions By Track
Track: Employment Law & Regulations
Grow your expertise on workplace laws, legislation and HR policy to help protect your organization from liability.
806: Managing Your Managers to Manage Better This session will enable the attendees to bring back to their management-level constituents, immediately, the tools necessary to manage through the complicated issues associated with the employee lifecycle. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
807: Compliance Bootcamp - Fundamentals of HR, Leave and Benefits Attendees will gain sufficient understanding of the structure and purpose of the rules governing HR and Benefits to apply them in different circumstances. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
A practical approach to the drafting and updating of drug and alcohol policies and testing procedures. Sunday, June 23, 2024 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM CST | |
A Good Process = Good Results. Proper Retirement Plan Management This presentation will demonstrate, with real life examples, how a proper Retirement Plan Committee is ran and what processes your organization needs to provide a strong retirement plan and reduce fiduciary liability. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
AI in HR Update: The Brave New World of Laws, Regs and Guidance For Employers Attendees will get an overview of the new laws, regulations and guidance that currently exist relating to employee protections and the use of artificial intelligence in HR software and functions, as well as what to expect and HR's obligations.. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Collusion, Antitrust, and Whistleblowing: What HR Pros Need to Know This session will provide attendees with practical information to guide their organization within legally defined boundaries in day-to-day activities from hiring, to protect employees' concurrent rights, and avoiding even the appearance of any activities that violate these burgeoning rules and regulations. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Get Smart About Artificial Intelligence: Generating Guidelines to Harmonize Technology With Humanity Artificial intelligence tools can be a smart addition to your HR toolkit as long as you have a proper guidance system in place. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Attendees will gain insights and actionable strategies to help them improve accuracy and reduce risk in the evolving I-9 landscape, including the latest on E-Verify obligations, how virtual verifications are working for those who qualify, how to help avoid discrimination, and what audits are uncovering. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
10 Current Trends in Total Compensation Attendees will learn about upcoming regulatory changes, their impacts, and how to navigate these. Discussing trends in recruitment strategies will help the audience with their hiring strategies, through the promotion of their equity comp plans and wider total rewards package. We will also discuss additional anticipated trends and how they will affect the audience's HR team and company as a whole. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Communicative Repair: Why 'Huh' Is the Most Powerful Word in the Workplace! Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Detecting Lies and Deception: Practical Skills for HR Professionals Attendees will learn scientifically-validated methods for spotting deception that you can apply in your everyday work life. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Disability, Pregnancy, and Hair? Oh My! Managing the Accommodation Revolution in the Workplace This session will address the expanding realm of accommodations in anti-discrimination law with a focus on federal statutes (e.g., the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the PUMP Act, and the CROWN Act) and cases (e.g., the Supreme Court decision in Groff v. DeJoy (2023). Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
The Cutting Edge of Personnel Monitoring: Ethical Implications and Technological Innovations This session aims to foster a dialogue that guides the future of personnel monitoring in a way that respects both technological advancement and individual privacy rights. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
This session will provide the current legal landscape for organizational DEI&A programs and suggestions to achieve their intended purpose and mitigate legal risk. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Wage and Hour Compliance: A DOL Update and Ways to Avoid Common FLSA Overtime Liability Landmines This program will focus on how the USDOL is changing its enforcement initiatives and rules governing overtime pay, as well as ways employers can minimize and hopefully avoid liability for FLSA violations. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
This program will cover the considerations that must be undertaken when starting operations abroad with a few employees. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
AI-Fueled Employee Service Center Monday, June 24, 2024 | 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CST | |
Unlock Global Talent: Successfully Launching and Managing a Global Workforce Expansion International payroll and HR Monday, June 24, 2024 | 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM CST | |
California 2025 – New Developments and What You Need To Know! The session will focus on preparing California employers for 2025 reviewing key workplace developments and provide preventive strategies for critical workplace issues. This session will include reviewing wage and hour, leave of absence and other difficult areas. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
FLSA's New Minimum Salary Requirements: Strategic and Tactical Implementation Issues Attendees will learn about the new rule increasing the minimum salary to meet the white collar exemptions under the FLSA. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
FMLA: Know the Basics - Manage it Better! Attendees will receive a review of the Federal regulation surrounding FMLA along with the guidelines on how to effectively apply the regulations in the workplace. Those that attend will leave with a better understanding of how to best apply the guidelines, support their employees, and help management better understand the ins and outs of managing this type of leave. Best practices will be shared! Monday, June 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
A 'Hostile Working Environment' -- What It Is, and What It Is Not This presentation will teach HR professionals how to distinguish between complaints of 'hostile working environment' that require an investigation and those that do not. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Understanding how mental health issues impact employee performance How to discuss mental disabilities with applicants and employees Reviewing steps in the reasonable accommodation process and how that is handled with mental health challenges How to document and properly protect mental health records. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Navigate the ever-changing landscape of US employment laws, including the influence of AI, and harmonize legal compliance with employee welfare for a thriving workplace. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Medicare, COBRA and More - Welcome to Vipers' Nest In this entertaining session (yes, really!), attendees will discover simple tricks and tools to easily navigate the complexities of Medicare, including easy-to-use talking points to drive a basic understanding of Medicare and help employees steer clear of costly Medicare mistakes. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
This session simplifies and merges the practical application of employment law principles with better business decision-making. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Seven Steps (plus tips) for Perfecting Your Documentation Attendees will learn the seven steps to create documentation that is fair and will withstand the scrutiny of a judge or jury. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Attendees will learn how to keep the NLRB from meddling in Title VII matters, the key points of overlap and tension between the NLRA, Title VII, and other Employment Laws, and best practices for handling workplace issues that implicate the NLRA and Title VII. Attendees will also walk away with key tips and a plan for responding to an unfair labor practice charge before the NLRB. Monday, June 24, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Creating a Culture of Compliance: Lessons Learned for Combining Security & Compliance Training Monday, June 24, 2024 | 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM CST | |
By focusing on cases where employers successfully defended their actions or decisions, HR professionals will garner specific practical advice that will increase their ability to decrease their organization's risk profile. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Navigating HR Compliance in a GenAI World Attendees will learn best practices for the effective, compliant use of generative AI and machine learning tools in the HR function. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Attendees will learn about updates to the CCPA addressing automated decision-making technology, what these new regulations mean for employers, and the role that human resources will play to facilitate compliance. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Background Screening: How to Avoid Litigation Throughout the Entire Pre-Employment Process Attendees will learn how to protect their organization from litigation by learning each of the potential traps in the entire background screening process, ranging from job postings and applications all the way through to the Adverse Action process. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Detecting Lies and Deception: Practical Skills for HR Professionals Attendees will learn scientifically-validated methods for spotting deception that you can apply in your everyday work life. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
This program is designed to provide participants with an actionable overview of federal employee benefits related regulatory requirements for assessment in the transactional environment, assuring adequate pre- and post-transactional success in the mergers and acquisitions environment. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
FMLA: Know the Basics - Manage it Better! Attendees will receive a review of the Federal regulation surrounding FMLA along with the guidelines on how to effectively apply the regulations in the workplace. Those that attend will leave with a better understanding of how to best apply the guidelines, support their employees, and help management better understand the ins and outs of managing this type of leave. Best practices will be shared! Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Pay Equity Update: EEOC, OFCCP, and What to Expect in a Presidential Election Year Attendees will leave the session with a broader awareness of practices that can expose organizational risk, strategies that will strengthen their pay programs, and comply with EEOC, OFCCP, and state law standards. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Religion at Work: How New Laws Have Led to Increased Accommodation Requests Attendees will learn the breadth of legal protection for employees requesting a religious accommodation regarding workplace policies and training and what to be aware of when considering whether to grant or reject an accommodation request. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Attendees will gain insights and actionable strategies to help them improve accuracy and reduce risk in the evolving I-9 landscape, including the latest on E-Verify obligations, how virtual verifications are working for those who qualify, how to help avoid discrimination, and what audits are uncovering. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Wake Up: Time to Take the Emotion Out of Retaliation This session is designed to assist in rethinking how retaliation is considered, addressed and dealt with in the workplace so that organizations can reduce the issues that arise from claims of retaliation after an initial discrimination claim is raised. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM CST | |
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM CST | |
Attendees will walk away from the session having identified 10 various day-to-day employment actions, the legal risk associated with each, and preventative steps to apply in their own workplace which can help avoid being sued over each and every one of them. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
California 2025 – New Developments and What You Need To Know! The session will focus on preparing California employers for 2025 reviewing key workplace developments and provide preventive strategies for critical workplace issues. This session will include reviewing wage and hour, leave of absence and other difficult areas. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Hero or Scapegoat? HR's Role in Helping an Organization Win (or Lose) an Employment Lawsuit Attendees will understand HR's important role in helping an organization defeat employee lawsuits. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST | |
Attract, Engage, Succeed: How to optimize your recruiting with Indeed solutions and insights Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Disability, Pregnancy, and Hair? Oh My! Managing the Accommodation Revolution in the Workplace This session will address the expanding realm of accommodations in anti-discrimination law with a focus on federal statutes (e.g., the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the PUMP Act, and the CROWN Act) and cases (e.g., the Supreme Court decision in Groff v. DeJoy (2023). Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Employment Agreements Under Fire This program will provide practical tips for developing a business case for determining what type of agreement you may want to use, with which workers, when, and why, including an overview of the FTC’s new and final rule on noncompetes. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Global Pay Equity: A Tour Around the World This presentation helps HR professionals navigate the challenging demands of pay equity laws around the world. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Labor Board Seizes Control - New Critical Challenges for ALL Private Sector Employers : Labor relations begins with employee relations and an understanding of the important and somewhat contradictory provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. This session will discuss the new laws and how they impact on workplace dynamics and the need for wholistic approach to labor relations. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
New Federal Overtime Regulations Are Coming! Are you Ready? Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM CST | |
Update! Stay on Top of Labor Law Poster Compliance in 2024 Learn which labor law posters to display, where to display them, how to comply with remote worker requirements, and which updates you need. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Wage and Hour Compliance: A DOL Update and Ways to Avoid Common FLSA Overtime Liability Landmines This program will focus on how the USDOL is changing its enforcement initiatives and rules governing overtime pay, as well as ways employers can minimize and hopefully avoid liability for FLSA violations. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM CST | |
Navigate the ever-changing landscape of US employment laws, including the influence of AI, and harmonize legal compliance with employee welfare for a thriving workplace. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Making the Cut: Impact of Cost Cutting Measures on Immigration Programs This session provides actionable insights to help senior HR develop winning strategies in the face of economic challenges. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Medicare, COBRA and More - Welcome to Vipers' Nest In this entertaining session (yes, really!), attendees will discover simple tricks and tools to easily navigate the complexities of Medicare, including easy-to-use talking points to drive a basic understanding of Medicare and help employees steer clear of costly Medicare mistakes. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
This session simplifies and merges the practical application of employment law principles with better business decision-making. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
What Can I (and Can’t I) Say in an Interview? Attendees will learn practical tips to reduce/avoid liability that can emerge from the interview process as well as how to train their staff on best interviewing practices. Tuesday, June 25, 2024 | 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM CST | |
Top 10 Employment Cases of 2024 This session on the top 10 employment cases will engage you from the start and provide specific thoughts for you to consider the moment you return to your office. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM CST | |
Is that Legal in California? Best Practices for Every Company with Employees in the Golden State Participants will gain a solid understanding on how to navigate many of California's unique employment law requirements, as well as practical advice on how to maintain a California-compliant workplace. Wednesday, June 26, 2024 | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM CST |