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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
6. Separation of Employment

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1. NEW HIRES – GETTING IT RIGHT FROM THE START
   8:30 - 9:20, Eric E. Nord
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
   9:20 - 10:15, Eric E. Nord
1. Take Inventory of Your Current Handbook and Explore New Ideas
2. Don't be Recklessly Indifferent With Employee Training
3. Tracking of Handbook and Policy Updates Given to Employees
4. Strategies for Management Buy-In
3. EMPLOYMENT LAWS YOU NEED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH
   10:30 - 12:00, Mary E. Duncan
   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)
   12. Wage and Hour Issues
4. SENSITIVE ISSUES: SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE
   1:00 - 2:00, Mary E. Duncan
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
   2:00 - 3:00, Edward J. Guza
1. The New Trend of Outsourcing Investigation - Money Well Spent
2. Equal Employment Opportunity Guidelines
3. Always be Aware of What Will be Discoverable From the Investigation
4. What to do With the Evidence to Resolve the Issue
6. SEPARATION OF EMPLOYMENT
   3:15 - 4:40, Edward J. Guza
1. Reviews, Warnings, Discipline and Suspensions
2. There is a Time for Termination
3. Is Your Paper Trail Ready for Possible Litigation?
4. Monetary Transactions to Discuss
5. Severance Packages
6. Separation Pay
7. The Exit Interview
8. Documents and Disclaimers

MARY E. DUNCAN an attorney with Felt, Martin, Frazier & Weldon, P.C., and practices primarily in the areas of employment law, school law, civil litigation, insurance defense, banking and health care law. In representing schools, banks, and health care providers, Ms. Duncan has developed expertise in all issues related to compliance with the myriad federal and state laws and regulations affecting these entities. A significant part of her practice involves defending employment actions in administrative agencies and courts. Ms. Duncan is a frequent speaker on employment law topics at continuing education seminars, in-services for managers and human resource professionals, and training for public entity boards. She also teaches as an adjunct professor at Rocky Mountain College in the masters degree program in Education Leadership. Ms. Duncan is a Billings, Montana native and earned her B.A. degree with a double major in political science/pre-law and music from the University of Wyoming in 1983. She earned her J.D. degree from the University of Montana in 1987, where she was named the Outstanding Law Student and received the American Judicature Society Service Award. Prior to private practice, she clerked for District Court Judge G. Todd Baugh. Ms. Duncan is a member of the local, state, and American bar associations and is licensed to practice in the Montana state and federal courts and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the Ethics Committee and the School Law Section of the State Bar of Montana, the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers Association, and the ABA Sections on Tort and Insurance Practice, State and Local Government Law, and Labor and Employment.

ERIC E. NORD is an attorney in the Billings law firm of Crist, Krogh & Nord, LLC, where he focuses his practice in the areas of business law and litigation with a special emphasis on commercial transactions, employment law, real estate and construction issues, and corporate relations. Mr. Nord earned his B.A. degree from Carleton College in Northfield Minnesota, and received his J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law in 1988. He is a member of Montana's Professionalism and Judicial Relations Committees and the Construction and Non-Profit Law Sections. He has written articles and presented seminars on a variety of topics, including real estate and commercial law issues. Mr. Nord is an instructor of business law at MSU-Billings, and the University of Phoenix. He is the treasurer of the Yellowstone Area Bar Association and a member of various non-profit boards and church offices.

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