Reductions in Force Claims-Encore Audio REPLAY With Live Q & A Via Email
Why Attend?
With the American economy imploding, reductions in force and layoffs are rapidly escalating—along with a corresponding increase in the risk of individual and class action employment claims. Whether you are an experienced employment law practitioner or you have a different area of specialization, learning about RIF/layoff developments is relevant to your clients.
This audio program was originally recorded on October 22, 2008. It comes to you as a REPLAY on Thursday, April 2, 2009, 12 noon to 2 pm EST. Registrants will have the opportunity to submit email questions to the original planning chairs, who will answer them via email in the last twenty minutes of the seminar, or shortly afterwards.
What You Will Learn
As U.S. financial markets roil and corresponding bankruptcies and downsizings occur throughout the economy, reductions in force and mass layoffs are increasing in almost all business sectors. This is generating a related increase in the number of employment claims brought by individual and groups. The program's faculty of plaintiff and defense lawyers covered these and other topics when this program originally aired last October:
Planning for the RIF and policing the RIF
Selection criteria
Compliance with the OWBPA
The "perfect" severance agreement
The severance pay plan
Disparate impact claims, both age and race
Potential impact of Ricci v. Destefano reverse discrimination claims
Compliance with the WARN Act
ERISA compliance with respect to benefit plans
Invest 120 minutes at your home or office to hear about recent RIF legislation and case law from a group of experts. This audio REPLAY comes to you on Thursday, April 2, 2009, via your phone or your computer. Materials corresponding to the course may be downloaded or viewed online.
Registrants will have the opportunity to submit live questions via email to original members of the faculty, who will answer them via email in the last twenty minutes of this encore presentation, or shortly afterwards.
Planning Chairs
Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Esquire, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, PLLC, Washington, D.C.
Frank C. Morris, Jr., Esquire, Epstein Becker & Green, PC, Washington, D.C.
Faculty
Mary C. Dollarhide, Esquire, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, San Diego, CA
Raymond Peeler, Esquire, EEOC Office of Legal Counsel, Washington, D.C.
Jay E. Sushelsky, Esquire, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, D.C.
For group tuition discounts, click on the Registration link at top and register online at the discounted rates, or go to the Group Webcast Page or email groupregistration@ali-aba.org for assistance.
Program Schedule
(All Times Eastern Daylight)
12:00 pm Introductions; Reductions in Force Claims—Panel Discussion
1:40 pm Questions and Answers: During this encore presentation, questions
may be submitted live via email to the planning chair and
another original panelist.
2:00 pm Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.0; Total 50-minute hours of instruction: 2.4
Suggested Prerequisite: Experience in employment and labor law and litigation.
Educational Objective: To learn about reductions in force legislation and case law developments in light of today's volatile economy and the accompanying mass layoffs.
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Here's what registrants have said about this course:
Quote from original (October 22, 2008) registrant: "This was an outstanding program."
Times
Eastern: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Central: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Mountain: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Pacific & Arizona: 9:00 - 11:00 am
Alaska: 8:00 - 10:00 am
Hawaii: 6:00 - 8:00 am
