8:00 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast (provided)
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Legislative Update
John Hughes, Manager, Public Affairs, Kentucky Chamber
8:45 a.m.
Recent Kentucky Employment Laws and Cases
Isaac Fain, Associate, Fisher Phillips LLP
• Tip Pooling
• Kentucky Pregnant Worker’s Act
• Right to Work
• KOSH
• Federal Cases
• State Cases
9:45 a.m.
Introduction to Drafting and Maintaining an Excellent Employee Handbook
Chad Zimlich, Associate, Fisher Phillips LLP
• Handbook Myths
• Handbook Objectives
• Handbook Mistakes
• Implementation
• Handbook Essentials
• Thorough At-Will Language
• Promises that Jeopardize At-Will Employment
• Preamble
10:40 a.m.
Basic Employment Policies
Chad Zimlich , Associate, Fisher Phillips LLP
• Job Duties and Responsibilities
• General Rules and Regulations
• Enhanced Union-Free Policy
• No Solicitation/Distribution and Access Policies
• Visitors in the Workplace
• Outside/Competing Employment
• Employment of Relatives
• Employee Apparel
11:10 a.m.
Discipline Policy
Isaac Fain, Associate, Fisher Phillips LLP
• Model Policies
• Case studies where employers haven’t followed their policies.
12:00 p.m.
Lunch (provided)
1:00 p.m.
Wage and Hour Issues and Policies
Tim Weatherholt, Partner, Fisher Phillips LLP
• Timekeeping Requirements
• Meals and Rest Periods
• Training Time
• Travel Time
• Timekeeping Abuse
• Regulating Off-Duty Use of Texting and Email
• Exempt/Non-Exempt Status
• Improper Deductions
• Nursing Mothers
• Rounding
• Overtime
• Bonuses
• Pay Day
• Compensation Adjustments
• Garnishments
• Benefits
2:00 p.m.
Employment Law Jeopardy
Aleksandr Litvinov, Associate, Fisher Phillips LLP
• Quiz on various employment law issues in an interactive format.
3:30 p.m.
Attendance and Time Away from Work Policies
Aleksandr Litvinov, Associate, Fisher Phillips LLP
• No-Fault Attendance
• No Call/No Show
• Vacation, Personal Days, Sick Days and PTO
• Medical Leaves of Absence
• Personal Leaves of Absence
• FMLA
• Military Leave
• Kentucky Family Military Leave
• Medical Leave of Absence/Dual Employment
• Inactive Status/Job Abandonment
• Bereavement Leave
4:30 p.m.
Model Employee Policies for the 21st Century adjourns