Make sure you are up-to-date on recent law updates in Hawaii. Many employers are unaware of the legal responsibilities they have to their employees in regards to harassment and discrimination. They also often do not understand how to react to a situation where an employee is being harassed. This topic helps employers and their agents who are responsible for employee civil rights and protection to understand how to protect against, prevent and...

Changing employment laws, recent court decisions, and shifting agency priorities are directly impacting Washington's workforce. Local laws often vary, creating challenges for employers who do business in multiple locations. Human Resource professionals need to be aware of the latest updates in order to make the best decisions for their companies and employees. This topic will discuss current developments on cutting-edge topics affecting Washin...

Understand the application and design components of Horizontal Directional Drilling as it applies to your project. Horizontal Directional Drilling has been associated with numerous utility strikes, cross bores, damage to adjacent infrastructure, overlying settlements, and loss of drill fluid to the surrounding environment. These issues have led to costly catastrophic failures and regulatory noncompliance project shutdowns. However, pipeline, t...

Subsurface construction is often fraught with danger and uncertainty, minimize the impact on your construction project. As consultants and engineers, we work to minimize that uncertainty and engineer solutions to make construction safer. However, in many cases, it is the unknown presence of abandoned utilities that can pose both a danger to workers and adversely affect the project schedule and costs. This topic helps the persons responsible fo...

Understand the Tennessee open meetings and public records laws and how they apply to you. The Tennessee public records law grants citizens access to governmental documents and helps ensure transparency in governmental affairs. Many practitioners, however, find the actual mechanics of the records requests to be a maze of complicated, confusing, and seemingly contradictory statutes and terminology. You will get an inside track on the current sta...

Understand how to manage conflicts of interest in the public sector. All board members, business leaders, public officials, and professionals have some type of conflict issue in their employment, even if it appears as a mere remote issue. This topic is intended to provide you with a better understanding and awareness of what is or may constitute a conflict of interest and how to avoid them. Topics will include: What constitutes a conflict of i...

Make sure you are up-to-date with recent changes to Minnesota employment laws. Maintaining best employment practices is critical to the success of every organization. Each year brings new and amended rules and regulations that govern the employer-employee relationship. These constant changes can challenge employers in keeping up with the law and ensuring their practices are compliant. Learn about recent changes to Minnesota and federal law; en...

Learn about key issues including keeping trespassers off utility or other easements. This topic will include legal and practical advice on identifying the priorities in land rights and responsibilities regarding easements and rights of way as the dominant estate and as to competing interests with respect thereto. Whether the servient estate holders, other easement holders or other third parties, determining what can, may and can't be done on t...

Make sure you understand the requirements with the new I-9 Form to ensure accuracy with employment eligibility verification. With immigration reform on hold and the President's Executive Orders being challenged in the courts, employers may find themselves becoming lax. Immigration compliance and monitoring may not seem like a priority. Considering that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to audit Form I-9s and fine noncompliant...

Continuity of government planning can be complex - walk away better equipped to improve your plan with actionable recommendations. Is your government entity or agency fully prepared for the next disaster? How does your Continuity of Government Plan measure up to current best practices? This topic will answer both of these questions by taking you through a scorecard assessment of your current plan, followed by a detailed review of current best...