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    2014 Legal and Legislative Conference (hosted by Central Iowa SHRM)

    Date: February 27, 2014, 8:00am – 4:30pm
    Organizer:
    Central Iowa SHRM
    Location:
    Prairie Meadows Convention Center, Altoona, IA
    Event Type:
    Conference
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    Conference Agenda

    7:30-8 a.m.: Registration and Continental Breakfast

    8-8:15 a.m.: Welcome
    Mark Hudson, Iowa State SHRM Legislative Director and Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, PLC

    8:15-9:45 a.m.: Keynote: 2014
    Mark Toth – National Speaker and Chief Legal Officer of Manpower North America. 
    It’s a new year and plenty of interesting things are happening on the federal level in the world of employment law. In this engaging and interactive session, Mark will update you on all the latest developments and then give you a glimpse of what may be coming next. Along the way, he’ll provide plenty of tips and tools to help you stay out of legal hot water.

    9:45-10 a.m.: Break

    10-11:15 a.m.:  Concurrent Sessions

    • Employment Law Made Unscary
      Mark Toth, National Speaker and Chief Legal Officer of Manpower North America
      Employment laws can be confusing and downright scary. They don’t have to be. As part of this session I’ll be tackling each major law one by one to give you what you REALLY need to know.
    • Iowa Legislative Update
      Mark Hudson, Iowa State SHRM Legislative Director and Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, PLC
      Mark will provide you with the most up to date and relevant court cases & regulatory changes for employers in the state of Iowa.

    11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.: Lunch & Announcements

    12:15-1:30 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions   

    • Sexual Harassment & Hostile Work Environment--Top 10 Employer Best Practices & Mistakes
      Maria Flores, Program Manager, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    • Moving towards Compliance
      Barb McClannahan & EDRN
      This session is intended to assist federal contractors in understanding and complying with the new rules which will require federal contractors to establish a 7 percent utilization goal for workers with disabilities and a variable hiring benchmark for protected veterans as well as new data collection and record keeping requirements.

    1:30-2:45 p.m.: Concurrent Sessions

    • EEOC Grab Bag
      Maria Flores, Program Manager, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    • A Practical Look--Regulatory changes and the Top 10 Employer Unemployment Best Pratices & Mistakes
      James Timberland, Administrative Law Judge
      David Eklund, Regional Operations Manager for UI Benefits for the state of Iowa.
    • 2014 Department of Labor top 10 Trends
      Mike Stabell, District Director of the U.S. Dept. of Labor
       

    2:45-3 p.m.: Break

    3-4:15 p.m.: General Session
    EEOC Look Ahead for 2014
    Mike Stabell, District Director of the U.S. Dept. of Labor

    4:15-4:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks & Prize Drawings

     

    For more information, visit the Central Iowa SHRM website: http://ci.shrm.org/events/2014/02/2014-legal-legislative-conference