Labor & Employment

NY Specific

4.45

How to Bring New York Employee Handbooks Into Compliance

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
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2 hours 56 minutes
Marianne Monroy
Salvatore Puccio
Lauren Levine
Laura Massaro
With Marianne Monroy from Garfunkel Wild, P.C. + 3 others
Recorded March 08, 2023
Product ID 96162

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Overview

Everything From Wage and Hour Provisions to Termination Procedures

In this practical online seminar, our seasoned faculty provide you with guidelines for updating your employee handbook. Find out what changes you need to make to your leave policies, explore hot topics in discrimination law, examine best practices for documenting termination decisions, and much more. Get the tools necessary to ensure your handbook is in legal compliance. Register today!

  • Discover what you need to include in wage and hour provisions.
  • Develop strategies for navigating issues concerning workplace monitoring.
  • Uncover practical guidance for revising harassment and discrimination policies.
  • Delve into the do's and don'ts of disciplinary memos.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Wage and Hour Provisions: What You Must Include
  2. Bringing Leave and PTO Policies Up to Speed
  3. Sample Policy Toolkit for the Digital Age (With Drafting Examples)
  4. Updating Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policies: Legal Best Practices
  5. Best Practices for Discipline and Termination Policies
  6. Creating and Updating Alcohol, Drug, and Marijuana Policies (With Examples)
Product ID 96162

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
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CLE

Agenda

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  1. Wage and Hour Provisions: What You Must Include

  2. Bringing Leave and PTO Policies Up to Speed

  3. Sample Policy Toolkit for the Digital Age (With Drafting Examples)

    1. Best Practices for Creating and Updating Telecommuting Policies
    2. Taking a Stance on BYOD
    3. Internet Use and Social Media Policies: What They Must Contain
    4. Restricting Employee Communications: What You Need to Know
    5. Overcoming Employee Privacy and Monitoring Issues
  4. Updating Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policies: Legal Best Practices

    1. Harassment Policies: Outlining Prohibited Conduct, Reporting Procedures, etc.
    2. Dating Policies: What Employers Need to Know
    3. Spelling Out the Consequences of Policy Violations
    4. Hot Topics and Trends in Discrimination Law
  5. Best Practices for Discipline and Termination Policies

    1. Discipline Policy Issues - How to Handle Them
      1. Discipline and Termination Policy Drafting Essentials
      2. Ensuring Policies Are Consistent With Other Contracts: Legal Best Practices
      3. Disciplinary Memo Do's and Don'ts (With Examples)
      4. Dealing With Inappropriate Employee Behavior That Isn't Addressed in Your Current Discipline Policy: Essential Guidelines
      5. Progressive Discipline Policies: What You Need to Know
      6. Applying Discipline Policies Uniformly: Why It Matters
    2. Best Practices in Terminating Employees: Conducting the Meeting, Informing Employees of the Termination, etc.
    3. Separation Agreements and Releases: When to Use Them and What They Should Contain
    4. Departing Employees: The Employer's Checklist
  6. Creating and Updating Alcohol, Drug, and Marijuana Policies (With Examples)

Who Should Attend

This intermediate level online seminar on employee handbooks is designed for:

  • Attorneys
  • Human Resource Personnel
  • Accountants
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Marianne Monroy
Marianne
Monroy
Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Salvatore Puccio
Salvatore
Puccio
Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Lauren Levine
Lauren
Levine
Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Laura Massaro
Laura
Massaro
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Speaker bio
Marianne Monroy

Marianne Monroy

Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Marianne Monroy

is a Partner/Director with Garfunkel Wild, P.C. Her practice areas include employment and workforce management, investigations, audits and regulatory compliance, and litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Ms. Monroy earned her B.A. degree from Brooklyn College, and her J.D. degree from Pace University School of Law. She was selected for "Outstanding Women in Law" for 2016 by the Honorable A. Gail Prudenti and Hofstra University School of Law. Ms. Monroy is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in the New York State Courts, New Jersey State Courts, Connecticut State Courts, United States Court of Appeals: Second Circuit, United States District Court: Southern District of New York, United States District Court: Eastern District of New York, United States District Court: Northern District of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.

Speaker bio
Salvatore Puccio

Salvatore Puccio

Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Salvatore Puccio

is a partner at Garfunkel Wild, P.C. He has experience in counseling clients concerning the employer-employee relationship, including the defense of wage and hour lawsuits, age, race, gender, national origin, and disability discrimination and sexual harassment lawsuits, compliance with workplace regulations and employment statutes, including COVID-19 laws and regulations. Mr. Puccio designs, implements, and conducts anti-harassment and anti-discrimination training and regulars oversees investigations for organizations of all sizes. His practice includes the defense of many federal and state class action lawsuits, including defense of FLSA, NYLL, and data breach class actions. Mr. Puccio’s practice also includes complex commercial litigation matters. He has represented clients in breach of contract matters, managed care disputes, partnership disputes and breakups, antitrust matters, construction litigation, and landlord/tenant disputes. Mr. Puccio previously served as the general counsel for Breast Cancer Help, Inc., on a pro bono basis, and was an adjunct professor at New York Institute of Technology. He earned his B.A. degree from Quinnipiac University and his J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law. Mr. Puccio is a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Nassau County Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in New York State Courts and United States District courts, Eastern and Southern districts of New York.

Speaker bio
Lauren Levine

Lauren Levine

Garfunkel Wild, P.C.
Lauren Levine

is a partner at Garfunkel Wild, P.C. She represents clients in a wide variety of commercial and business disputes through all phases of litigation. Her practice also focuses on employment law, defending clients against various types of employment claims including age, race, gender, national origin, and harassment, as well as claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, whistleblower laws, breach of employment contract, and defamation. Ms. Levine also has experience in representing hospitals in medical staff credentialing and peer review matters, including intra-hospital hearings and appeals, proceedings before the New York State Public Health Council, and litigation arising from the peer review process. She earned her B.A. degree from State University of New York and her J.D. degree from Hofstra University School of Law. Ms. Levine is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association. She is admitted to practice in the New York Supreme Court; New Jersey Supreme Court; United States District Court, Southern District of New York; United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, New Jersey and New York.

Speaker bio
Laura Massaro

Laura Massaro

Jackson Lewis P.C.
Laura Massaro

is of counsel in the Long Island, New York office of Jackson Lewis P.C. She has more than 12 years of experience advising clients with respect to a variety of employment matters. Ms. Massaro advises clients regarding the development and implementation of effective employment policies, handbooks, procedures and contracts. She also advises clients on preventive practices, focusing on how to comply with applicable laws and regulations, avoid workplace disputes, resolve employee relations problems and satisfy legitimate employee expectations. She has served as in-house corporate counsel to three different organizations and brings a unique perspective on client needs to the Long Island office. Ms. Massaro earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Tufts University and her J.D. degree from Tulane University Law School. 

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