Butzel Long's Labor, Employment, and Immigration Law Forum will provide attendees with information regarding a wide variety of labor, employment, employee benefits, and immigration issues facing employers today.
Butzel Long welcomes Dr. Lee E. Meadows, Ph.D., a Professor of Management at Walsh College and a consultant with over thirty years of experience working for, and consulting with, leading organizations on a variety of management issues. He is the author of the business leadership fable, Take the Lull by the Horns: Closing the Leadership Gap. Dr. Meadows takes his humorous real-life experiences and applies dynamic change management principles to present ways employers can create great places to work.
Registration fee is $175 per person and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, reception, and seminar materials. HRCI credit is pending. New York CLE credit is available for attorneys. For information on our New York CLE Financial Aid Policy, please contact Kurt Maaske at or 313.983.7462.
For inquiries, please contact Ms. Damaris Madrigal at madrigal@butzel.com or (313) 983-6924
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GENERAL SCHEDULE
7:15 – 8:15 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 am - Welcome and Introductions
8:30 – 9:00 am - Update on New Labor and Employment Developments and Trends
9:00 – 9:15 am - Break
9:15 - 10:15 am - Workshop Session I
10:15 - 10:30 am - Break
10:30 - 11:30 am - Workshop Session II
11:30 - 11:45 am - Break
11:45 am – 12:45 pm - Workshop Session III
12:45 - 1:45 pm - General Session: Lunch and Learn - Employee Engagement: The First Pillar for Retention - Dr. Lee E. Meadows, Ph.D.
1:45-2:00 pm - Break
2:00 – 3:15 pm - General Session – The Butzel Players Present “Men in Red Tape”
3:15 pm - Reception
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WORKSHOP SESSION I: 9:15 - 10:15 am
- We’ve Only Just Begun: Immigration Concerns for HR Professionals
- Nice People Do Finish Last: Protecting Company Trade Secrets
- The Accommodating Employer: The ADAAA and Accommodation Obligations
- Look Before You Leap: The Hiring Process
- Feeling Social? How to React to Employees’ Misuse of Social Media
WORKSHOP II: 10:30 - 11:30 am
- Who’s That Knocking On My Door? I-9 Investigations and Compliance
- How to Screw Up Your Employee Benefit Plan Without Really Trying: Avoiding Common Compliance Errors
- Firing the Boss: Executive Terminations
- Its Déjà Vu All Over Again: Common and Repeated Employment Law Mistakes
- Leave Me Alone: FMLA Concerns
WORKSHOP III: 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
- Going Global? Visa Overview
- How Can a Non-Union Employer React to The NLRB’s Efforts To Increase Unionization?
- The 10 Percenters: Handling the Problem Employee
- The Best Things in Life Are Free: Wage and Hour Laws Decoded
- Retaliation: A Plaintiff’s New Best Friend
To view the complete Registration Brochure, please click the link under Related Files
If paying by check, please send by November 4, 2011 to:
Ms. Damaris Madrigal - Butzel Long - 150 West Jefferson Avenue, Suite 100 - Detroit, MI 48226
For inquiries, please contact Ms. Damaris Madrigal at or (313) 983-6924