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In this Slide Presentation from ACC's Annual Meeting 2020, in-house counsel can learn how Covid-19 impacts investigating certain claims in your companies. This is a partner resource to "Top Tips for Investigating and Defending Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Claims In the COVID-19 Era (United States)" found in ACC's Resource Library.

This presentation took place virtually at ACC's Annual Meeting 2020 from October 12-16, session #712.

In this presentation, in-house counsel can learn how to avoid some pitfalls when it comes to managing an internal investigation. Some topics that will be touched upon are how to handle whistleblower identities, how to handle employee interviews, and more.

Designed for in-house counsel who find themselves engaged in two roles, this course will focus on the inherent conflicts of meeting varying expectations while continuing to provide diligent and ethical representation. In today's regulatory mire, counsel are often being asked to weigh in on compliance issues, but getting started in the right direction is definite challenge. Attendees will learn how to get up to speed on compliance issues when they're already buried in e-discovery, contracts, and related matters. An outline of the liability issues will be presented, along with a discussion of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines' requirements for corporate compliance and ethics programs

The employment relationship is a complex, rapidly changing area of the law. This survey program will cover the basics such as investigating internal complaints, responding to government investigations, addressing ADA and accommodation issues, managing overtime pay and FLSA classification compliance, handling leave issues, and avoiding retaliation claims. The course will also cover emerging issues such as social media, diversity programs, genetic information discrimination, and class action waivers.

Non-compete agreements are almost an essential part of today’s business environment composed of a mobile workforce with easily accessible and transportable data. Multinational employers face the added challenge of ensuring that restrictive covenants (i.e., non-compete, non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements) will be enforceable in the United States, Asia and Europe. The legal standards governing the enforceability of non-compete agreements vary around the world, but nevertheless, common principles can help guide employers in drafting and enforcing global restrictive covenants. Authoritative in-house and outside employment attorneys from around the world will provide cutting edge suggestions for multinational employers to draft restrictive covenants that should greatly increase their effectiveness and enforceability in Asia and Europe. The panel will also compare and contrast the non-compete laws in Asian and European countries against US restrictive covenant laws.

The workplace is more virtual than ever. This raises new and complex compliance challenges on issues ranging from data security to wage-and-hour compliance to corporate and employee taxation. Our panel of experienced corporate counsel will share tips, wisdom and guidance to help you overcome these compliance challenges. Audience participation is welcome!

This presentation covers the basics, such as investigating internal complaints, responding to government investigations, addressing ADA and accommodation issues, managing overtime pay and FLSA classification compliance, handling leave issues and avoiding retaliation claims. It also covers emerging issues, such as social media, diversity programs, genetic information discrimination and class action waivers.

There are key differences between termination of employment relationships in the United States and those in countries of the Europe,Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. EMEA legislators generally take the view that dismissing employees should not be straightforward, must always be justified and must comply with local mandatory legislation to the protection of the employees. Various methods of termination are available to employers but carry costs and extensive statutory obligations. Learn what this means in practice, pitfalls to avoid and how to plan and execute terminations efficiently.

As a result of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), many businesses which weren’t subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are suddenly struggling to understand their requirements and responsibilities under HIPAA. For example, the session will cover requirements and responsibilities related to negotiating contracts, accepting liability, providing indemnity and complying with federal requirements. This session will also discuss Business Associate Agreements: who is subject, what a subject entity is required to do (and what they’re not required to do), and what that means for their business –– especially if the business isn’t actually in the healthcare field. This includes an understanding of what should and shouldn’t be in the agreement; what may seem to be boilerplate should be carefully examined. A basic understanding of HIPAA requirements will be helpful for this session.

With our ever-increasing need to be both lean and flexible, use of contingent workers is almost inevitable in every organization. Whether this includes temporary workers, interns, contractors, remote employees or payrolled third-party workers, questions on how to bring non-employee staff into your workforce are something all in-house employment counsel will face at one time or another. This session will provide expert insight into navigating the challenges of how your company can make use of contingent workers while avoiding the potential pitfalls.