HK Founding Partner Glen Kraemer will be leading a discussion entitled Eliminating "Violence to the Spirit:" Working Toward an Organizational Culture of Empowerment and Peace. Acts of physical violence in the workplace are often the tragic end-result of an organizational culture that shies away from bullying, intimidation, and status-blind harassment as something to be tolerated,...
"Managing the College Bully" will be presented by Carmen Plaza de Jennings and Jayne Benz Chipman at The Community College Conference on Legal Issues, hosted by Valencia College. “Bullying” is an oft-used word these days to generally describe a wide spectrum of bad conduct by peers, co-workers, employees and students. This workshop will review the...
HK's Natasha Baker chaired the National Association of College and University Attorneys Sexual Misconduct Continuing Legal Education Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
HK Partner Kirstin Muller will take you through the important equal employment opportunity decisions from 2015 and discuss their impact on how your organization should operate into 2016 and beyond. We will cover the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decisions on religious accommodation (when and how an employer’s obligation is triggered) and pregnancy discrimination (to whom do...
HK's Felicia Reid will speak at the San Mateo EAC's annual seminar and provide practical and up-to-date information on the new laws and court decisions taking effect in 2016. Topics will include wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, reasonable accommodation, leaves of absence, sick leave, and independent contractors.
Today’s employers not only need to find employees able to do the job, but must exercise due diligence in hiring to avoid workplace violence and ensure a safe workplace. In this presentation, Sarah will review the state of the law with respect to use of background checks, complaint hiring practices, as well as review best...
We are writing to invite you to a free 90-minute webinar on Thursday, January 28, 2016 entitled, "A Year in Review: Key U.S. Labor and Employment Developments in 2015 and What to Expect in 2016." There were significant labor and employment developments in the U.S. during 2015 and we expect to see at least...
Title IX ASAP (March 3rd) Overview of the legal and regulatory guidance governing Title IX and applying this guidance to develop a compliant process. Title IX and related Office for Civil Rights guidance documents, recent 2015 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (Campus SaVE) and Clery Act; Summary of recent state legislation on sexual misconduct on campus;...
We are excited to share that Steve Hirschfeld will be presenting at HR West 2016, March 7-9! HR West is the largest gathering of HR professionals in Northern California - bringing together more than 650 of your colleagues for unparalleled networking and excellent education. We would like to invite you to join him at the...
