How to Minimize the Risk of an Employee Lawsuit
Come and Learn from the Labor/Employment Law Experts . . .
Matthew Grabell, Esq. and Tedd Kochman, Esq.
will offer practical/legal analysis of how plaintiffs and defendants approach potential employment litigation
June 30 May 23, 2008
Registration and Coffee: 8:30-9:00 a.m. and Seminar: 9:00-10:30 a.m.
Hilton Woodcliff Lake
200 Tice Boulevard
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Registration / Directions
WHERE ARE EMPLOYERS MAKING “EASY MISTAKES” THAT CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF
EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION?
- Lack of employee handbook (with at-will statements and Anti Harassment
procedures, ETC.)
- Lack of adequate anti discrimination policies
- Insufficient or inaccurate performance evaluations
- Inadequate response to initial employee’s problems or claim
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE “GENERAL” LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS RELEVANT TO EMPLOYMENT
LITIGATION – I.E., WHO MUST PROVE WHAT?
- Who has the burden? A brief overview of the shifting burdens of proof in a
discrimination lawsuit
- What is pretext?
- What should you know about affirmative defenses?
HOW TO ANALYZE POTENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LAW FACT PATTERNS? EXAMPLES OF CASE
STUDIES FOR GROUP DISCUSSION:
- Sexual Harassment
- Family and Medical Leave Act/Americans with Disabilities Act (and protections
afforded for disabilities under New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination)
- Retaliation- How to generally avoid/minimize claims that your employment
decisions are not being made for legitimate non-discriminatory business reasons.
Ask the attorneys-Open forum for questions and discussion!
For Additional Information contact Andrea Schaffel - andsch@bergen.org or 201-343-8830 x4017
Sponsored by The Bergen County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and the Hilton
Woodcliff Lake
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