Employee Manuals 101: Drafting for Success - CLE, Continuing ...

Why Attend?

An essential skill for any employment attorney is the ability to draft an effective and legally compliant handbook for your clients. A well-written employee manual can be an employer?s most valuable legal and employee relations tool and a critical component of risk control and protection from costly liability and litigation.

To be effective, such a handbook must be constructed so that all policies, procedures and protocols are organized in one place for employees to reference and for management to turn to in case of a question or dispute.

The key to drafting an employee manual is to take the time to tailor it to the client?s business, goals, culture and workforce?which is what you will learn at this 2.5-hour interactive video program.

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What You Will Learn

Chaired by Deborah Weinstein of The Weinstein Firm (Philadelphia, PA), this video webcast will cover:

Steps to take to construct an effective, legally compliant employee handbook

Tailoring the handbook to your client?s business, goals culture and workforce

Must-have policies, procedures and protocols and other critical components

Avoiding common pitfalls and mistakes ? learn what not to do

Legal factors and considerations for compliance and risk control

Distribution, acknowledgment and updating

Joining Ms. Weinstein will be Andrea R. Kramer of the Law Offices of Andrea R. Kramer (Bala Cynwyd, PA), Steven Ludwig of Fox Rothschild LLP (Philadelphia, PA), Robert Haurin of The Weinstein Firm (Philadelphia, PA, ), and Eric Meyer of Dilworth Paxson LLP (Philadelphia, PA).

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Planning Chair

Deborah Weinstein, Esquire, The Weinstein Firm, Philadelphia, PA

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Faculty

Andrea R. Kramer, Esquire, Law Offices of Andrea R. Kramer, Bala Cynwyd, PA

Steven K. Ludwig, Esquire, Fox Rothschild LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Robert J. Haurin, Esquire, The Weinstein Firm, Philadelphia, PA?

Eric B. Meyer, Esquire, Dilworth Paxson LLP, Philadelphia, PA

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ALI-ABA Staff Attorney: Harry Kyriakodis

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For group tuition discounts, click on the Registration link at top and register online at the discounted rates, or go to the Group Webcast Page or email groupregistration@ali-aba.org for assistance.

Program Schedule

(All Times Eastern Daylight; the program includes a 15 break)

1:00 pm???? Employee Manuals 101: Drafting for Success

?????????????????????????--Panel Discussion

?????????????????????????--Audience Questions (submitted via email)

3:45 pm???? Adjournment

Email questions during the program to vquestions@ali-aba.org.

Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.5; Total 50-minute hours of instruction: 3.0

Suggested Prerequisite: Experience in employment law practice.

Educational Objective: To learn how to draft effective and legally compliant employee manuals for clients.

Level of Instruction: Basic-Intermediate

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Times

Eastern: 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm

Central: 12:00 noon - 2:45 pm

Mountain: 11:00 am - 1:45 pm

Pacific & Arizona: 10:00 am - 12:45 pm

Alaska: 9:00 am - 11:45 am

Hawaii: 7:00 am - 9:45 am

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Tuition for this Video Webcast is $299.00.

Tuition for the webcast includes a set of electronic course materials, access to the webcast and online access to the archived program after the webcast.

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If you prefer not to order online you can order by Phone or Fax:

Phone: 800-CLE-NEWS (800-253-6397) (Reference Course Code: VCT0329)

PDF Order form - FAX: 215-243-1664 (Reference Course Code: VCT0329)

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Is This the Mirrorless Pentax K-01 in These Leaked Photos? [Cameras]

A collection of official-looking leaked photos made it on to the Pentax Forums today, purportedly unveiling the upcoming K-01 mirrorless camera. It looks to be available in multiple colors, features an HDR mode, and comes equipped with a 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens. There's been no official word from Pentax as to availability or price. [Pentax Forums via Engadget]

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Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/REnFJ9yNsKM/

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Wall Street Journal Blasts Apple Retail Boss John ... - Business Insider

The Wall Street Journal's Ben Rooney wrote a lengthy piece on John Browett, Apple's new Senior Vice President of Retail, and it ain't pretty.

The story starts off with a bang:

Presumably Mr. Browett interviews really, really well, and perhaps Apple CEO Tim Cook has yet to visit a PC World or Currys (Dixon?s face of retail in the U.K.), but the two retail experiences are poles apart.

Rooney calls Dixons retail outlets "violently" colored, "frenetic," and "cluttered."

When Apple announced that it had hired Browett, CEO Tim Cook said, "Our retail stores are all about customer service, and John shares that commitment like no one else we?ve met."

Yet?Dixons subsidiary "PC World was slated in a 2009 report as the worst place to buy a computer on the high street, receiving a 42% customer score," Rooney cites. "The same survey put Apple at the top, with customers rating it at 88%."

Don't Miss: The New Head Of Apple Stores Managed These Ugly Retail Shops? >

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/ouch-the-wsj-just-blasted-apples-new-retail-boss-2012-2

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NFL publishing commemorative Super Bowl app (AP)

NEW YORK ? The NFL is publishing a commemorative Super Bowl app for tablets.

The pregame version includes player highlight reels, Super Bowl history and photo galleries for each team. After Sunday, the winning team's section will add game highlights and video of on-field interviews and the trophy presentation.

The app, presented by NFL Magazine, is available for Apple and Android. It costs $2.99 before the game, with the price increasing after the Super Bowl.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120201/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_super_bowl_app

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Santorum, Paul campaign out West as Florida votes

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gives a thumbs-up during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Lone Tree Golf Club in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum gives a thumbs-up during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Lone Tree Golf Club in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Republican Presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas leaves after speaking at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The Republican Colorado Caucus is on Feb. 7th. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum greets supporters during a campaign stop, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Lone Tree Golf Club in Lone Tree, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Republican Presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas greets supporters after speaking at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. The Republican Colorado Caucus is on Feb. 7th. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) ? Certain to lose in Florida, Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Ron Paul courted voters Tuesday in Western states that hold upcoming contests ? and made clear they're not bowing out.

"No matter what happens in Florida, this race is wide open," Santorum said in this town outside of Denver, casting the fight for the GOP nomination as a long slog. "We plan on being in this campaign for a while."

In a separate appearance, Paul completely ignored Florida's primary Tuesday as he spoke to more than 1,000 supporters in Fort Collins, many of them students at Colorado State University. Instead, the libertarian-leaning Texas congressman focused on his bedrock issues: cutting spending and upholding the Constitution.

"All we have to do is return to our constitutional form of government, and we can get out of this mess in no time," said Paul, garnering loud cheers for a blast at U.S. foreign policy. "We need to keep America safe, but not to be the policeman of the world."

Both candidates started the day in Colorado, which holds its caucuses on Feb. 7, and were ending it in Nevada, which holds caucuses Saturday.

"You're going to hear Gov. Romney's going to win Florida. You're going to hear the race is over," Santorum told tea partyers in Las Vegas as early tallies started to be released in Florida. "But the race is just getting started. It's going to go back and forth."

The topsy-turvy Republican presidential race has crowned three winners in the first three states, and Florida's race had become a two-man contest between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Conceding the costly, large and diverse state to them, Santorum and Paul headed West to try to lay the groundwork for upcoming contests.

"If you don't like the way the race is going right now, just wait a week or two," Santorum told a 300-person crowd at a golf club in the Denver suburb of Lone Tree. "You have a chance to change this race. You have a chance to put up a conservative who can win."

Santorum raised more than $4 million since his surprise showing in Iowa, and aides said he had more than $1 million in the bank. He started spending some of that on television ads in Colorado and Nevada with an ad that likened Gingrich's views to President Barack Obama and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.

"Who are these three cap and trade-loving, bailout-supporting, soft-on-immigration, big government-mandating politicians?" the announcer asks in the minute-long ad.

Yet in person, Santorum, a former Pennsylvania senator, said criticism of Romney and Gingrich wealth was misguided and only helps Democrats, but then turned caustic.

"We cannot have leaders who are unpredictable or lack the conviction to do what's necessary," he said of Gingrich.

Two voters raised Gingrich's infidelity and one asked Santorum to make a campaign issue out of Gingrich's three marriages.

Santorum said Gingrich had been open about his past but allowed that "character matters."

"It's the issue of trust. Do you trust somebody who has done things that you question, whether it's in their personal life or professional life?" he asked.

But he also said people can learn from their mistakes.

"Our job is to forgive people if they ask for forgiveness," Santorum said. "I don't question the sincerity of his repentance."

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/89ae8247abe8493fae24405546e9a1aa/Article_2012-01-31-Santorum-Paul/id-758d5215ead248aea37e1ce30e7dc123

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Weaker banks, commodities drag Britain's FTSE lower (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) ? Weakness in banks and commodity stocks dragged Britain's leading share index lower on Monday as the protracted search for a Greek bond deal and concerns about economic growth kept investors nervous.

The FTSE 100 (.FTSE) index closed down 62.36 points, or 1.1 percent, at 5,671.09, extending Friday's falls and retreating further from Thursday's six-month closing high.

The FTSE volatility index (.VFTSE) was also active, up over 10 percent, its biggest daily percentage rise in a month and signaling an increase in risk aversion.

Banks (.FTNMX8350) were the biggest blue-chip casualties, hit by concerns that extra liquidity injections from central banks had not addressed the sector's fundamental problems.

Credit Suisse reduced its recommendation on the European Banking sector to "underweight" as it said the direct earnings impact of the European Central Bank's (ECB) late-December splurge of cheap, long-term cash for the banks appeared to be over-estimated.

Barclays (BARC.L) was the UK sector's biggest faller, down 4.2 percent, while Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) shed 4.1 percent, and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) fell 3.5 percent.

EU leaders met in Brussels on Monday, the first summit of 2012, to sign off a permanent rescue fund for the euro zone -- Britain's biggest trading partner -- though the meeting was overshadowed by the unresolved Greek debt problems.

To avoid a chaotic default, which could have grave ramifications for sentiment and financial systems across the globe, Greece must secure a deal with its private bond holders and persuade international lenders it is serious about reforms in order to secure much-needed cash.

Fresh tensions between Greece and the euro zone's biggest economy Germany over the weekend regarding the debt bail-out terms also knocked sentiment.

"This isn't the first time Greece has shown resistance to accepting certain EU bailout terms and conditions, and given their weak position they may need to concede again, otherwise risk defaulting on the debt repayments due in March," said Jordan Lambert, Trader at Spreadex.

U.S. blue chips (.DJI) were down 0.6 percent by London's close, also suffering on concerns over the Greek debt situation, and after further dull U.S. economic data.

U.S. consumer spending was flat in December as households took advantage of the largest rise in income in nine months to boost their savings, setting the tone for a slowdown in demand early in 2012.

COMMODITIES DIP

Weakness in commodity issues also weighed on blue chips in London, with a retreat in crude knocking the integrated oils (.FTNMX0530) as an expected Iranian vote to suspend crude exports to Europe was postponed, easing supply concerns.

Miners (.FTNMX1770) also moved lower in tandem with weaker metal prices, as softer-than-expected U.S. economic data fuelled concerns about demand levels.

Defensive stocks dominated on the short list of blue chip gainers, led by drugmakers, with AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) up 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent.

AstraZeneca will post fourth-quarter results on Thursday.

Utilities were in demand, with energy generator International Power (IPR.L) up 0.6 percent, and power distributor National Grid (NG.L) ahead 0.5 percent. Both firms are due to issue trading updates later this week.

And chip designer ARM Holdings (ARM.L) gained 0.3 percent, with its fourth-quarter results due tomorrow.

(Reporting by Jon Hopkins; Editing by Will Waterman)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120130/bs_nm/us_markets_britain_stocks

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