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1. New Hires – Getting it Right From the Start
2. If You're Prepared to be Sued, You're Less Likely to be Sued
3. Employment Laws You Need to be Familiar With
4. Sensitive Issues: Substance Abuse and Leaves of Absence
5. Internal Investigations and Employee Terminations
6. Evolving Social Media and Electronic Issues in Employment

1. NEW HIRES – GETTING IT RIGHT FROM THE START
   8:30 - 9:30, Ryan Sawyer
1. Job Applications: Getting the Data You Need
2. The Interview Process: How to Portray Your Message Throughout
3. Screen References Through a Filter of Reality
4. Job Offers, Terms and Conditions of Contracts
5. Orientation and Training: Keeping the “Keepers”
2. IF YOU'RE PREPARED TO BE SUED, YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE SUED
   9:30 - 10:45, Ryan Sawyer
1. Take Inventory of Your Current Handbook and Explore New Ideas
2. Use "Employment At-Will" to Your Advantage
3. Don't be Recklessly Indifferent With Employee Training
4. Tracking of Handbook and Policy Updates Given to Employees
5. Strategies for Management Buy-In
3. EMPLOYMENT LAWS YOU NEED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH
   11:00 - 12:00, Thomas D. Wolle
   1. The Latest Employment Law Developments and How They Affect You
   2. Age Discrimination and Employment Act (ADEA)
   3. Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
   4. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Sexual Harassment
   5. Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
   6. Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
   7. Uniformed Services Employment Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
   8. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
   9. Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
   10. Social Security Mismatch Letters and I-9
   11. Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
4. SENSITIVE ISSUES: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE
   1:00 - 2:15, Thomas D. Wolle
1. Drug and Alcohol Testing
1. Establish Control By Way of Written Policies
2. Suspicion vs. Random Testing
3. Advise, Establish and Train an Internal Medical Review Officer
4. Local Lab Options
5. Dealing With Test Results
2. Walk Softly When Dealing With "Leaves of Absence"
1. Establish Family/Medical, Victims, Disability, and Worker's Compensation Leave Policies
2. Build a Safety Net for Situations That May Arise
5. INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS AND EMPLOYEE TERMINATIONS
   2:15 - 3:15, Natalie Ditmars and Vernon P. Squires
1. The New Trend of Outsourcing Investigation - Money Well Spent
2. Equal Employment Opportunity Guidelines
3. Always be Aware of What Will be Discoverable
4. Reviews, Warnings, and Discipline
5. There is Time for Termination
6. Monetary Transactions to Discuss
7. Severance Packages and Separation Pay
8. The Exit Interview
9. Documentation
6. EVOLVING SOCIAL MEDIA AND ELECTRONIC ISSUES IN EMPLOYMENT
   3:30 - 4:40, Natalie Ditmars and Vernon P. Squires
1. The Intersection of Social Media and Electronic Issues in Employment
2. Are Your Employment Documents up to Date?
3. Privacy Issues

NATALIE DITMARS is an associate at the law firm of Bradley & Riley, P.C. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Ms. Ditmars currently is a member of the Iowa State Bar Association (Litigation Section, Labor and Employment Section). She also is a member of the American Bar Association (Labor and Employment Section, Litigation Section, Young Lawyers Division). Ms. Ditmars has completed the National Trial Advocacy Skills program presented by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy. She has previously presented on the topic of social media's impact on employment law to a variety of employers. She earned her undergraduate degree from Iowa State University and her J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Iowa.

RYAN SAWYER is an attorney with Lynch Dallas, P.C., where his main areas of practice are business and commercial litigation, labor and employment law, school law, and insurance defense. Mr. Sawyer was a contributing author to Employment Laws Made Simple: Internal Investigations in 2007. He earned his B.A. degree from Wartburg College and his J.D. degree from the University of Iowa.

VERNON P. SQUIRES is a shareholder in the law firm of Bradley & Riley, P.C. Mr. Squires practices in the areas of employment, employment litigation, commercial litigation and intellectual property. He has lectured to various professional groups on "Family and Medical Leave Act in Iowa," "Trade Secrets and Intellectual Property Protection," "Employee Leave Issues," "Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition" and "Hiring Issues in Iowa." Mr. Squires currently is a member of the Labor and Employment Section Council of the Iowa State Bar Association. He also is a member of the American Bar Association (member, Labor and Employment Section, Litigation Section, Intellectual Property Section). Mr. Squires has completed the National Trial Advocacy Skills program presented by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and is listed in Super Lawyers for Employment and Labor Law. He earned his B.A. degree from Williams College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis.

THOMAS D. WOLLE is a member of the Cedar Rapids law firm of Simmons Perrine Moyer Bergman PLC, where he focuses his practice in the areas of labor and employment law and workers' compensation. Mr. Wolle received his B.A. degree from Luther College and his J.D. degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. He is a member of the Linn County, Iowa State and American bar associations (Litigation and Employment Law Section), Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Attorneys and Iowa Defense Council. Mr. Wolle was selected in the December 2008 Super Lawyers publication for Labor and Employment Law.

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