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Human Resources (What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You)
Human resources law is complicated. Are you an expert in the changes to sick time pay and the Affordable Care Act? Mistakes and miscommunication can lead to legal troubles and will deflate your business. This session will keep you informed and empowered.
A basic overview will be provided on a wide variety of topics during the main portion of the presentation. At the end of the program time will be allocated so that business owners can ask more specific questions to the various speakers.
Some of the topics that will be covered in this session include:
• Hourly & Minimum Wage Issues as well as Overtime
• Independent Contractor vs. Employee Issues
• Hiring/Termination proceedures
• Sick Time Regulation
• A Brief Overview of the Affordable Care Act
• Workers’ Compensation
• Non Payment of Wages
• Non Compete Contracts
• Severance Agreements
The speakers for this session have many years of experience in these highly specialized areas. They have worked with larger corporations, but also many small businesses. They will focus their comments on what are the key issues that small business owners must keep in mind to avoid having significant HR problems. So, whether you are hiring your first employee or already have many employees, this will be a very informative session.
Speakers:
Cheryl Miles & Rocco Mammone, Resource Management, Inc. (RMI), Fitchburg, MA
Kurt Binder, ESQ., Partner & Howard Stempler, ESQ., Partner, Seder & Chandler LLP, Worcester, MA
Sponsored by:
RMI (Resource Management, Inc.), Seder & Chandler LLP, United Bank & Webster Five Cents Savings Bank