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Labor and Employment Law Update

  • 10 Mar 2020
  • 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • FVTC D.J. Bordini Center, 5 N Systems Dr, Appleton, WI 54914

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CANCELLATION POLICY:
Registration for this program will not be reimbursed due to cancellation or no-show, nor can payment for this session be transferred to a future program.
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Bob and his team at vonBriesen will walk us through the most important legal updates that have happened in the past year and provide practical, real-world scenarios to help guide us in our own decision-making.  

SPEAKER INFORMATION

Bob Simandl is a Shareholder with over 30 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of employee benefit, labor and employment law issues. This experience enables Bob to advise clients on human resources (HR) law issues taking into consideration all areas of opportunity and vulnerability, including the litigation of HR law-based claims. He has extensive experience in advising employers in employee benefit plan design, issues associated with ill and injured workers, labor negotiations, and multi-employer health and welfare plan and pension plan vulnerability and compliance.

Bob counsels employers on all aspects of workplace compliance including hiring, disciplining and terminating employees, accommodation obligations, wage and hour issues, affirmative action, discrimination complaints, non-competition agreements and employee handbook design and development. He has represented employers before the federal district courts, National Labor Relations Board, 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and a number of administrative agencies and tribunals, including the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, Wisconsin Equal Rights Division and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

He works with employers to develop standard procedures and forms for FMLA compliance, factoring in the obligations of the employers under the Americans with Disabilities Act and workers’ compensation laws. He also counsels employers on disability discrimination and accommodation concerns. Bob served as an adviser to several legislators in drafting the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and served on the Wisconsin Family and Medical Leave Task Force as an appointee by the Wisconsin Governor.

Bob assists employers in addressing benefits issues for employees and retirees including multi-employer pension plan withdrawal liability analysis, evaluation, contract planning and contesting of assessments. He counsels employers during organizing campaigns and strikes and represents employers in grievance arbitrations and proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board. He has served as chief spokesperson for numerous labor contract negotiations.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
        7:30 am - 8:00 am Registration/Networking
        8:00 am - 8:30 am Business Meeting
        8:30 am - 11:30 am Program

FOOD & BEVERAGE
Hot breakfast will be served.

RECERTIFICATION CREDITS
The program has been submitted for 2 hours for SHRM continuing education credits. 
   
REGISTRATION & CANCELLATION POLICY

To register at the member price to attend, you need to log into the FVSHRM website using your member username and password. Please note that registration for this program will not be reimbursed due to cancellation or no-show, nor can payment for this session be transferred to a future program. 

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