Akron Labor and Employment Seminar

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Registration/Lunch: 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Program: 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Reception: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.


Sheraton Suites, Akron/Cuyahoga Falls
1989 Front Street
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221

Please join us after the program for a complimentary reception


Voluntary Abandonment and Temporary Total Disability
Meg Everett
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This session will provide an update on what’s new with Ohio Workers’ Compensation, There was an interesting case decided by the Ohio Supreme Court in the fall of 2018 discussing voluntary abandonment.                              


Employee Benefits Update
Christine Poth
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This session will provide an update on employee benefit matters from the last 12 months, including changes for retirement plan hardship distributions, wellness program compliance concerns, increasing incidents of state and local mandates, developments affecting the Affordable Care Act, and other current events.


The Problem Child Employee: Strategies For Dealing With Employees Who Consume Way Too Much Of Your Time
Ashley Manfull and Greg Scheiderer
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In this session we will take a look at a number of “problem child” scenarios that we commonly see, dealing with a variety of labor and employment issues.  We will work through how to address and manage those employment issues, both for the sake of your sanity and peace in the workplace.


Pot, Politics and People: Marijuana - Medical or Otherwise - and Employers
Nelson Cary
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The program will begin with a brief overview of the history of marijuana legalization and a definition of different forms of marijuana employers may encounter.  State laws regarding marijuana are reviewed, with a particular emphasis on Ohio law.  Upcoming issues with which employers will need to grapple (and in some states, are already grappling) will be the concluding topic in the presentation.


Tom's Top Ten for 2019
Tom Crookes
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This session will provide an overview of the top ten labor and employment law issues that have faced employers in 2019 and will impact employers in 2020.  Issues will be discussed with ideas presented for addressing concerns and limiting risk.

  

 This program is pending 3.00 (general) credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management. It is pending approval in Ohio for 3.00
total CLE hours instruction.

 

Email Mallory Rohr with questions.