Learn the fundamentals of labor and employment law, as well as how to perform legal duties related to this area of law.
Many employers receive charges of discrimination from the EEOC or claims for overtime from former employees. The employer needs to prepare a position paper for the EEOC or deal with the overtime issue. The employer insists it didn’t discriminate or it paid every dollar of straight time, but this employee was exempt. However, most employers do not know what information is critical to the EEOC or what information is needed to defend overtime claims and how the employers own documents or lack of them can give the claimant the victories. This presentation will help the persons responsible to understand what are the legal and factual issues, what documents are critical and why and what information is needed to defend (or to make claims). The information learned can be used to help employers audit and correct issues so the situation does not reoccur, and allow people to assist proactive companies in other areas of employment law to prevent future problems from occurring.
Agenda
Three Critical Employment Documents That Are Critical for All Employment Cases
- Job Description
- Performance Evaluations
- Employee Handbook
Key Legal Issues in Several Employment Laws Investigated by the EEOC
- Title VII
- ADA
- Retaliation
The Role of the Paralegal in EEOC Investigative Process
- Position Papers
- Documents You Want to See
- Witness Statement
Key Legal and Fact Issue in FLSA Claims
- Misclassifications of Exempt and Non-Exempt
- Misclassification of Employee vs Independent Contractor
Role of the Paralegal in FLSA Claims
- Defenses and Documents You Want to See
- Witness Statements
Speakers
Stuart Silverman,
Principal ,
Law Offices of Stuart M. Silverman, P.A.Stuart Silverman has been practicing law for almost 30 tears and is the principal of the Law Offices of Stuart M. Silverman, P.A., located in Boca Raton, Florida. The emphasis of his practice is in the area of labor and employment law, and business and commercial litigation. Mr. Silverman has represented both private and public employers, as well as individual employees in a whole host of complex business disputes and employment settings at administrative levels, and state and federal trial and appellate courts. His extensive employment litigation experience includes claims under age, race, sex discrimination, wage and hour claims, whistleblower and retaliation claims, ADA and FMLA claims, public employee's claims, as well as disputes under employment contracts, non-compete agreements, trade secrets disputes, and partnership breakups. Mr. Silverman is a frequent speaker on his areas of practice.
Mr. Silverman is also a member of The Workplace Violence Prevention Institute (WPVI), a group formed to investigate solutions and strategies from a proactive and systemic perspective to minimize the risk of workplace violence, specifically violence caused by employees or former employees. He earned his B.A. degree, with high honors, and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University. Mr. Silverman is admitted to The Florida Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for paralegals, legal assistants, associates and other legal professionals.
