Employment Law 2015: Current and Cutting-Edge Issues (2015)

6.5 TOTAL CREDITS: 4.0 in Areas of Professional Practice and 2.5 in Skills.

This popular, basic-to-intermediate level program, updated and revamped from previous years, is structured to cover on a practical basis several of the current, high-profile issues and problems arising in today's workplace on which corporate counsel, or a private practitioner with a general practice, may be called to handle on behalf of the company or the employee. At the same time, the faculty will share tips and strategies designed to avoid costly litigation.

Program Topics

* Navigating Federal Wage and Hour Laws in 2015:  Classification Issues, Compensable Activities, and Other Hot Topics

* Workplace Privacy in a Digital World: Employee Surveillance, Information Security, Social Media, and BYOD Policies

* From Doctor’s Notes to Dealing with Challenging FMLA Issues

* Five Years Since Birth – The Affordable Care Act in Practice

* Obesity, Employees “Regarded As” Disabled, and the Applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act in the Workplace

Program Speakers (in alphabetical order)

William D. Frumkin, Esq.
Frumkin & Hunter LLP
White Plains

Gretchen Harders, Esq. 
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
New York City

Emilie A. Hendee, Esq.
Jones Day
New York City

Heather C. Hili, Esq.
Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP
New York City

David J. Kahne, Esq.
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
New York City

Paula Johnson Kelly, Esq.
Attorney at Law
New Rochelle

Robert D. Lipman, Esq.
Lipman & Plesur, LLP
Jericho

Randi Melnick, Esq.
Moskowitz & Book, LLP
New York City

Susan E. Salazar, Esq.
Raff & Becker, LLP
New York City

Tracey Salmon-Smith, Esq.
Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.
Florham Park, NJ

Howard Schragin, Esq.
Sapir Schragin LLP
White Plains

Kathryn E. White, Esq.
Employee Relations & Compliance
Office of Human Resources
St. John's University
Queens

Catherine A. Williams, Esq.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
New York City
 

Program Planning Committee (in alphabetical order)

Ronald G. Dunn, Esq.
Gleason Dunn Walsh & O’Shea
Albany

William D. Frumkin, Esq.
Frumkin & Hunter LLP
White Plains

Seth H. Greenberg, Esq.
Greenberg Burzichelli Greenberg P.C.
Lake Success

William A. Herbert, Esq.
Distinguished Lecturer
Hunter College, City University of New York
Executive Director
National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions
New York City

Alyson Mathews, Esq.
Lamb & Barnosky, LLP
Melville

Sharon P. Stiller, Esq.
Abrams, Fensterman, Fensterman, Eisman, Formato, Ferrara & Wolf, LLP
Rochester

Total Credits: 6.50 | Areas of Professional Practice: 4.00, Skills: 2.50