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Dismantling Your Wage
& Hour Time
Bombs
Strategies for Ducking the
Explosion of Wage-Hour Litigation
Presented by
Neil Dishman
Jackson Lewis LLP
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One of the
fastest-growing areas of employment litigation over the last
few years is disputes over how employees are paid.
Employers are more vulnerable than ever to employee lawsuits
over unpaid overtime, "off the clock" work, illegal
deductions from paychecks, and meal and rest breaks. It is
not hard to see why these lawsuits have proliferated --
employers are subject to a confusing mishmash of federal and
state wage laws, many of which do not comport with "common
sense," and the penalties for non-compliance can be steep.
In this presentation, attendees will learn how to identify
common vulnerabilities in their company's pay practices --
and how to remedy them before expensive and risky
litigation ensues. Topics to be covered include:
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Are your "exempt"
employees really exempt?
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Are your employees
performing "off the clock" work for which you could be
liable?
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Can you really classify
that person as an "independent contractor"?
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When must you pay
employees for travel time?
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About the presenter:
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Neil H. Dishman
(Associate).
Neil H. Dishman is an associate in the Chicago office of
Jackson Lewis LLP, a national law firm representing
management exclusively in workplace law and related
litigation. Mr. Dishman helps employers prevent and resolve
disputes with employees by providing advice before
litigation ensues. When litigation is unavoidable, he
defends employers before federal and state courts and
administrative agencies.
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Mr. Dishman
earned his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude,
from Hanover College, and his Juris Doctor,
cum laude, from the University of Michigan
Law School. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, he
served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roger B.
Cosbey, U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District
Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Mr. Dishman won
second place in the 2005 Lincoln Award Contest,
a legal-writing contest sponsored by the Young
Lawyers Division of the Illinois State Bar
Association. His winning entry, Deadline
Extensions in Federal Court: The
Procrastinator’s Guide, was published in the
Illinois Bar Journal. Mr. Dishman is
also the author of The Search for Illegal
Workers: When Homeland Security Comes Knocking
(co-authored with Minnie Fu), which also
appeared in the Illinois Bar Journal;
The Expanding Rights of Transsexuals in the
Workplace, which appeared in The Labor
Lawyer; and Defending the Lack of
Interest Defense: Why Title VII Should Recognize
Differing Job Interests Between the Sexes,
which appeared in the George Mason University
Civil Rights Law Journal.
Mr. Dishman is a
member of the Illinois State Bar Association and
the American Bar Association (Labor and
Employment Division). He resides in Glen Ellyn,
Illinois and is an active member of the Glen
Ellyn Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Dishman also
serves on the boards of directors of both the
Human Resources Association of Greater Oak
Brook, as Co-Legislative Director, and the Glen
Ellyn Economic Development Corporation, as Vice
President.
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Date: |
7/17/08 |
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Where: |
Holiday Inn Select
1801 N. Naper Blvd
Naperville, IL |
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Time: |
11:30 am networking
12:00 pm lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30pm
presentation |
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Cost: |
$25 for members of DHSRM and
$30 for non-members |
Reservations are required in advance and the deadline for reservations
is Tuesday, July 15 at noon.
You may register online (see link below) or call Debbie at 630-978-0356.
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Register Online

Sponsored by:
DSHRM
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