On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, Jeffrey Risch, Chair of SmithAmundsen's Labor & Employment Practice Group and Lew Bricker, Chair of SmithAmundsen's Transportation Practice Group and E-Discovery Group presented "Your Company: Limit Unnecessary and Financial and Liability Exposures in 2010," at Reel Club Restaurant in Oak Brook, IL.
The free two-part seminar was targeted toward construction, manufacturing, and transportation companies and covered the following topics:
Part 1: Significant Labor & Employment Developments Impacting Your Industry
- E-verify and related ICE enforcement strategies
- Prevailing wage expansion and new enforcement strategies
- Employee Free Choice: brief recap and related impact on construction
- OFCCP compliance (affirmative action requirements)
- Drug testing updates, developments, and tidbits (DOT and non-DOT issues)
- Project labor agreements (expansion into private and public projects)
- Independent contractor or owner/operator updates: engaging and preserving non-employee status
Part 2: Protecting and Preserving Your Company in a Crisis
- Strategies for managing catastrophic events during the first 24 hours, first 7 days, and beyond
- Minimizing liability in emergency response situations
- Developing a system to protect your business
- Best practices for protecting your businesses electronically created and stored information
For additional information on this seminar's topics, please contact Jeffrey or Lew.