Community Event: Avoiding Wage and Hour Liability & Class Actions

The most common source of liability affecting employers today is wage and hour disputes. A growing number of plaintiff-friendly laws, increasing amount of information available to employees via Internet, and rising enforcement by the government have resulted in a higher frequency of class actions.

Michael Ward will explain why multi-plaintiff cases are so expensive for employers causing disruptions in time, employee relations, and finances. His presentation will identify the most common wage and hour issues and how to minimize your risk of violations.

• Meal and rest period violations
• Exempt and non-exempt classifications
• Compensating and managing exempt employees
• Overtime and pay rate calculations
• Record-keeping

Michael S. Ward is an authority in wage and hour law. He advises management clients on every aspect of employer-employee relations including hiring, discipline and termination, policies and employee handbooks, wage and hour issues and severance plan administration. He assists employers with employee benefit programs and executive compensation agreements. He has extensive experience in trade secret and unfair competition matters. He regularly presents customized, on-site training programs for clients on harassment prevention and a variety of other labor and employment topics.