Seminar Invitation: 2015 Employment Law Update

San Diego, CA:  January 28, 2015

San Francisco, CA:  January 22, 2015

Santa Clara, CA:  January 20, 2015

This year’s new California employment laws stand out by the extent to which they require virtually all employers to take proactive steps to comply.  Attend this seminar to learn how to:

• Update sick leave and/or PTO policies to comply with California’s new sick leave law, including new insights that can be gleaned from the California Labor Commissioner’s recently published answers to FAQs.

• Amend leave policies and practices to address anticipated new CFRA regulations.

• Comply with a new California court ruling that requires reimbursement for employees’ business use of personal cell phones.

• Adjust pay rates to comply with new minimums for exempt computer software professionals and non-exempt workers.

• Modify anti-harassment training to include prevention of “abusive conduct,” as required by a new California law.

• Adopt or amend arbitration agreements to preclude California employment law class actions.

• Conduct background checks in compliance with “ban the box” laws being passed across the country.

• Have compliant technology use policies, in light of the December 2014 NLRB ruling that employees are allowed to use company e-mail to engage in protected speech.

The program will also review several new developments in the area of wage and hour law, noteworthy recent lawsuits, settlements, and verdicts, and a variety of other hot topics.

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 2.5 hours of MCLE for California attorneys.

Locations & Dates:

San Diego, CA:  January 28, 2015; The Hilton Garden Inn San Diego Del Mar, 3939 Ocean Bluff Ave., San Diego, CA 92130.

San Francisco, CA:  January 22, 2015; San Francisco AIDS Foundation; 1035 Market Street, Suite 400, San Francisco, CA  94103.

Santa Clara, CA:  January 20, 2015; The Biltmore Hotel, 2151 Laurelwood Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95054

Time (All Locations):  Check-In & Lunch:  11:30 a.m.-noon; Presentation:  noon-2:30 p.m.

Registration fee:  Clients of Hixson Nagatani LLP or Melita 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.  Please note that you must also separately register for the program through one of the links below.

We anticipate that this event may sell out in some locations, so register quickly to reserve your space!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE SAN DIEGO LOCATION

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO LOCATION

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE SANTA CLARA LOCATION

If you have any questions, please contact:  Yahaira Ortiz, Office Manager,[email protected]; 408-486-9955.