Clark University Workshop: Employment Law

Human resources law is complicated. Mistakes and miscommunication can lead to costly and distracting legal troubles. This session will keep you informed and empowered.
A basic overview will be provided on a wide variety of the 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:
• Exempt and nonexempt employees and overtime
• Massachusetts new pay equity law
• Independent contractor vs. employee Issues
• Workers’ compensation
• Non-payment of wages
• Non-compete contracts
• Severance agreements
• Employee handbooks
The speakers for this session have many years of experience in these highly specialized areas. They have worked with large and small businesses. They will focus the comments on 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: 
PAM STEVENS, Esq., Seder & Chandler, LLP, Worcester, MA
HOWARD STEMPLER, Partner, Seder & Chandler, LLP, Worcester, MA
KURT BINDER, Partner, Seder & Chandler, LLP, Worcester, MA
TIME: 8:45 a.m. – 12:00 noon
PLACE: Clark University, Grace Conference Room,
Higgins University Center

For reservations or information, call (508) 793-7615

You can pre-register at http://www.clarku.edu/offices/sbdc/schedule.cfm or online through the State MSBDC website: https://umass.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1CgCY7jVGIjik1m ; OR directly by emailing to sbdc@clarku.edu .