This audioconference will empower senior executives and HR directors to minimize the risk of litigation while making the tough labor and employment decisions necessary for their organization's survival. Learn best practices for adhering to the law and ensuring legal compliance.


Listen in to maximize your ability to reduce risk, boost retention, and turn best practices into recession-busting tools: 

• Build board, member and supporter buy-in for the salary and benefits changes needed to see your nonprofit through the recession
• Implement changes without sparking employee dissatisfaction over newly-transparent employment and compensation data
• Apply best practices in designing and implementing a RIF, including how to conduct cohort analyses you can use to document fairness
• Control litigation costs in a recessionary environment where employees are more likely to file claims
• Address pitfalls your organization faces under the Fair Labor Standards Act, especially with regard to conferences and trade show, and the use of contract labor 
• Align employment practices with the significant change in how the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act now defines what constitutes a "disability"
• Prepare for the likely impact of sweeping new state regulations affecting nonprofits – particularly those in California, as well as the metropolitan areas of Chicago, New York and Washington, DC (e.g., the DC Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act)
• Use cost-effective tools to maintain morale and employment engagement

 

David Warner of Venable LLC concentrates his practice in the areas of labor and employment law, representing and counseling private and public sector clients with particular emphasis on employment discrimination, enforcing management rights in regard to restrictive covenants, trade secrets and business conspiracy laws and government contractor compliance. Mr. Warner’s litigation experience includes complex, class action litigation, brought by both private claimants and government agencies, involving extensive electronic discovery and statistical analyses. In addition to regularly advising clients regarding specific employment decisions, Mr. Warner’s counseling practice focuses on strategies for employer compliance with EEO laws and government contracting regulations and for the avoidance and minimization of litigation.

Jeffrey Tenenbaum chairs Venable's Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group, as well as its Credit Counseling and Debt Services Industry Practice Group. He is one of the nation's leading nonprofit attorneys. He counsels his clients on the broad array of legal issues affecting trade and professional associations, charities, foundations, advocacy groups, and other nonprofit organizations, and regularly represents clients before Congress, federal and state regulatory agencies, and in connection with governmental investigations, enforcement actions, litigation, and arbitration. He currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the American Society of Association Executives' Association Law & Policy legal journal and the ASAE Public Policy Committee.

Luisa Lopez is an associate in Venable’s Labor and Employment Group, where she represents public and private sector clients in employment litigation and counsels employers on diverse employment matters. Ms. Lopez concentrates her practice on employment litigation, employment counseling and traditional labor law, and provides bilingual training for management on labor and employment topics.

Who Will Benefit?
This session offers essential guidance for non-profits, trade and professional organizations, including: