A 2-Part Audio Conference on Wage & Hour Issues:

Part I: "The Newest Wage Hour Claims & the Common Mistakes that Lead to Class Actions"
You may purchase a CD recording from this July 9, 2009 program

Part II: "FLSA Compliance Strategies: Managing Wage Hour Issues the Right Way"
You may purchase a CD recording of this July 16, 2009 program

Featured Presenter: Angelo Spinola, Esq. of Littler Mendelson
Employment Law Attorney



Who Will Benefit:
These intermediate level programs are designed for employment law and human resource professionals, attorneys, managers, and wage and hour practitioners responsible for complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage hour laws.

About These IAML AudioPro ConferencesSM:
Part I: July 9
Wage and hour class actions continue to sweep through the country and are now the leading type of class action filed nationwide by a margin of 3-1 against all other types of class actions. These cases are attractive to plaintiffs' lawyers and devastating to employers because they often result in massive awards or settlements in the tens of millions of dollars. As employers are learning to comply with the basics of the law, employee claims are targeting new practices that many employers have not considered. This program focuses on identifying these hot button issues and the steps employers should be taking to resolve them now.

You will learn about:

  • The industries that are currently being targeted by the Plaintiffs' bar and the DOL.
  • New legislation that will lead to a rise in wage hour litigation in certain states.
  • Issues associated with the remote workforce and the use of blackberrys, laptops, and PDAs.
  • The pitfalls associated with rounding.
  • The key mistakes related to meal deductions.
  • The most common challenges to exemption status.
  • How your company's technology can be used to establish or limit liability.
  • Frequent mistakes when determining the regular rate to calculate overtime.
  • How to properly edit time records and the time shaving claims that will result if you do not.
  • Whether or not an employee's travel time is compensable.
  • How to deal with computer boot up time, donning and doffing, and other pre/post shift activities.

Attending this program will help you identify and address the practices that make your company a class action target.

Part II: July 16
You have now identified the wage hour issues at your company, but what is next? As Ben Franklin once said, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Employers embroiled in wage hour litigation often face the Catch-22 situation of deciding whether to fix the practice at issue in the case and risk admitting liability or leave it alone and continue to accrue liability. This program provides methods for cleaning up issues before they turn into litigation and while the price tag is still low. You will also learn how to develop and maintain a comprehensive wage hour compliance program that insures what you fix stays fixed.

You will learn:

  • What wage hour policies every company should have.
  • The effective use of training for managers and non-exempt employees.
  • How to implement a confidential complaint mechanism to resolve wage hour issues.
  • How to correctly audit exemption and 1099 classifications.
  • Methods for preventing the most common types of off the clock work.
  • How to confirm the accuracy of your regular rate and overtime calculations.
  • The payroll programming adjustments that will take the target off your back.
  • How to properly adjust employee's time records.
  • How to spot and eliminate the red flag practices that result in bad class action evidence.

Attending this program will provide you with the tools to design a wage hour compliance program that will protect your company and reduce the risk of class actions.

Featured Presenter:
Angelo Spinola is a Shareholder with the law firm of Littler Mendelson in Atlanta where he regularly assists employers in promoting an issue-free work environment through counseling, training and other preventive strategies. In addition, Mr. Spinola has extensive employment litigation experience and has litigated all types of discrimination cases brought under both federal and state discrimination laws. Mr. Spinola also represents employers in complex class and collective actions involving overtime and other wage related claims. He also specializes in assisting employers in developing forward thinking compliance measures designed to reduce the risk of litigation. Mr. Spinola represents management in grievance arbitrations, drafts restrictive covenant agreements and litigates issues related to unfair competition and the misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of executive employment contract claims, workers’ compensation retaliation claims, wage and hour misclassification and off the clock work claims under the FLSA as well as a myriad of common law claims asserted under state laws. He regularly appears on behalf of employers in federal courts, state courts and administrative tribunals throughout the Southeast and other parts of the United States. Mr. Spinola is a contributing author of the book “Discrimination, Harassment and the Law” published by Entrepreneur Press. He also co-authored “Wage and Hour Answer Book, 2007 Edition” published by Aspen Publishers, Inc. He received his J.D. degree from George Washington University.

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