Date:   9/23/08

Place:  Intercontinental West Miami

Time:   8:00 - 4:00 

The Greater Miami Society for Human Resource Management (GMSHRM) is proud to present its Fall 2008 Legal Update, a seminar focusing on significant legal issues facing Human Resources professionals in today’s workplace.  Our speakers are well-known labor and employment attorneys and a widely-respected non-lawyer consultant, all of whom understand the challenges facing HR professionals in our highly complex and constantly changing world of "HR Law".  Join us to hear:

Angel Castillo, Jr., Esq., Jackson Lewis

Robin Taylor Symons, Esq., Epstein Becker Green

Michael Benchetrit, Esq., Akerman Senterfitt

Robert Kofman, Esq., Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA

April Boyer, Esq., K&L Gates, and

Jorge Rivero, Consultant, J. Rivero & Associates, Inc. 

AGENDA

8.00 AM                       Continental Breakfast, Check-in, Networking

8.30 AM                       Welcome

8.45 AM – 9.45 AM         Reductions In Force:  Managing the Downturn in Florida's Economy

                                  Angel Castillo, Jackson Lewis

9.45 AM – 10.45 AM       Promoting and Managing Diversity in a Tropical Culture:     

                                  Employment Discrimination Issues for the South Florida HR Professional, Robin

                                  Symons, Epstein Becker Green

10.45 AM – 11.00 AM     Break

11.00 AM – Noon           Immigration Law for the HR Practitioner: Michael Benchetrit, Akerman Senterfitt

Noon –1.00 PM              Break and Lunch (Lunch will be served at Noon)           

1.00 PM – 1.45 PM         The Union Is Looming: Traditional Labor Issues All HR Personnel Should Know,

                                  Robert Kofman, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

 1.45 PM – 2.30 PM        Employment Law Update:What's New & What's News, April Boyer, K&L Gates

2.30 PM – 2.45 PM         Break

2.45 PM – 3.30 PM         Avoiding the FLSA Minefield: An Insider's View, Jorge Rivero, FLSA

3.30 PM – 4. 00 PM        Closing; Questions and Answers

Continental breakfast, lunch, beverages and speakers’ handouts will be provided.

HR Certification Credits:  Awaiting approval for 5.25 Credit Hours

$95 Members

$135 Guests

Late payments after September 19th, add $10

Intercontinental West Miami (Doral)

2505 NW 87th Avenue, 33172