Webinar: Only In California! – Our Key Employment Law Differences

Thursday, May 22, 2014 (Noon-1:30 p.m. PST)

This webinar is an an encore, condensed presentation of the same live seminar we presented in San Diego, CA on April 10, 2014, Los Angeles, CA on April 15, 2014, Santa Clara, CA on April 16, 2014, and San Francisco, CA on April 17, 2014.

We love California! But, California employers do face special employment law compliance challenges. Attend this webinar for a detailed review of California employment law requirements that differ from federal law and many other states’ laws requirements, including with respect to:

• Leave Laws: CFRA vs. FMLA, “ADA” Leave, Pregnancy Disability Leave.

• Hiring: Limitations on background checks, non-competition agreements.

• Terminations: Separation agreements, payments due upon termination.

• “Exempt” Status: Differences in exempt duties and compensation requirements.

• Non-Exempt Rights: Differences in overtime, minimum wage, meal/rest break, wage notice requirements, and other rights.

• Vacation, PTO, & Sick Time: Ban on “use it or lose it” vacation/PTO/floating holidays, accrual caps, kin care.

• Sexual Harassment: Expanded training requirements.

Time will also be reserved for attendee questions during the program. All attendees will receive detailed PowerPoint slides and additional written materials concerning the subjects addressed.

Your presenters will be attorneys Ray Hixson, Brian Nagatani, and Mary Wang, who are partners of the law firm Hixson Nagatani LLP. Hixson Nagatani LLP advises and represents businesses in a wide range of employment law matters. The firm provides advice and counsel on proactive steps that employers should take to ensure compliance and minimize legal risks, including with respect to creating and updating personnel policies and practices, personnel-related forms, risk assessment of contemplated personnel actions, and managers’ legal training. The firm also defends employers against actual and threatened employee claims, including claims made in state and federal courts, arbitration, and government agencies.

Continuing education credits: This program has been submitted to the HR Certification Institute for review. This program qualifies for 1.5 hours of MCLE for California attorneys.

Date: Thursday, May 22, 2014

Time: noon-1:30 p.m. PST

Registration fee: Clients of Hixson Nagatani LLP may attend for no charge. For non-clients, there is a $75 registration fee to be paid at the time of registration. To pay the registration fee using PayPal, click here: PayPal link. Or, you may mail a check payable to Hixson Nagatani LLP to: Yahaira Ortiz, Office Manager, Hixson Nagatani LLP, 4655 Old Ironsides Drive, Suite 420, Santa Clara, CA 95054.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (SEPARATE FROM THE PAYMENT PROCESS): REGISTRATION LINK

Please note that registrations will be confirmed following verification of client status or receipt of payment for non-clients.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Yahaira Ortiz, Office Manager, [email protected]; 408-486-9955.

Please note that neither this invitation nor the webinar constitutes legal advice. Rather, they are meant only to assist in a general understanding of the law. Companies and individuals seeking legal advice should retain legal counsel.