2009 Annual Employment Law Update

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Friday, June 5, 2009
Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Portland, Oregon
5.5 General and 1 Access to Justice MCLE Credits

ABOUT THIS PROGRAM

Make sure you know about the new developments in employment law!

This year’s annual employment law update again offers the latest case law and statutory developments, valuable practice tips, and legal analysis of issues affecting employment law practice in Oregon by some of the most knowledgeable and experienced practitioners in this area.

If you are a business attorney, general practitioner, employment lawyer, or HR professional, don’t miss this opportunity to hear about the latest legal trends and practice strategies in employment law.

SCHEDULE

8:25 - Welcome and Introduction

8:30 - 9:30 - Sometimes You’re the Windshield, Sometimes You’re the Bug: The Year’s Update in Labor and Employment Law
This popular session offers a review of the most important labor and employment law decisions of the past year with an emphasis on Oregon and Ninth Circuit law. Most importantly, it will provide you with practical methods of dealing with the new case law.
– Richard F. Liebman, Barran Liebman LLP

9:30 - 10:15 - Dealing with a Bad Economy: Reductions in Force
• Innovative approaches used by employers for cost-cutting and other means of avoiding layoffs
• How to implement these approaches in compliance with applicable law, particularly wage and hour protections
• Ways to minimize risk and keep your layoff from becoming a lawsuit
– Karen L. O’Connor, Barran Liebman LLP

10:15 - 10:30 - Break

10:30 - 12:00 - Hot Topics in Labor and Employment Law
• Employee Free Choice Act
◦ Establishing a union through card-check recognition
◦ NLRB elections vs. card-check recognition
◦ The essentials for free and fair elections
◦ The campaign against card-check recognition
• Ledbetter implications
• FMLA/OFLA; military-related leave
• The electronic workforce: privacy issues
• Developments in Oregon’s 2009 legislative session
• New ADA amendments
– Sarah K. Drescher, Law Office of Michael J. Tedesco
– Dan Grinfas, Buchanan Angeli Altschul Sullivan LLP
– Dana L. Sullivan, Buchanan Angeli Altschul Sullivan LLP
– Michael J. Tedesco, Law Office of Michael J. Tedesco

12:00 - 1:15 - Lunch (on your own)

1:15 - 2:00 - Identifying Immigration Issues
• The alphabet soup of work visas update
• E-Verify and the new I-9
• The era of worksite enforcement and audits
• Developing an immigration corporate compliance program – Gretel M. Ness, Parker Bush & Lane PC

2:00 - 3:00 - Arbitration Agreements Arising Out of Employment
• Arbitration fundamentals
• Advantages and disadvantages of arbitration agreements
• Elements of an enforceable arbitration agreement
• Arbitration agreements in collective bargaining agreement
- Kristin L. Bremer, Tonkon Torp LLP

3:00 - 3:15 - Break

3:15 - 4:15 - Lawyers in a Diverse World: Building Bridges in the 21st Century
• What embracing diversity means as it relates to other lawyers, clients, and employees
• Changes that drive the requirement for understanding diversity in the workforce – ethical and legal considerations
• Rules of professional conduct and related cases on discriminatory conduct
- Edward J. Reeves, Stoel Rives LLP
– Bradley F. Tellam, Stoel Rives LLP

4:15 - Adjourn

Tuition

(Tuition includes refreshments and course materials, and applies to both live and video replay.)

Video Replay Dates & Locations

Bend – 6/19/09
Bryant Lovlien & Jarvis
591 Mill View Way

Eugene – 6/12/09
Harrang Long Gary & Rudnick, P.C.
360 East 10th Avenue, Ste. 300

Medford – 6/12/09
Kellington Krack Richmond Blackhurst & Glatte LLP
23 Newtown Street

Portland – 6/24/09
Oregon Law Institute
Gus J. Solomon Courthouse
620 S.W. Main St., Suite 706