Wednesday, March 1, 2017
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Early Registration
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
California, Here I Come! [More Info]
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
Thursday, March 2, 2017
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks [More Info]
9:00 am - 10:00 am
What's New in California Employment Law? Plenty! [More Info]
10:00 am - 10:45 am
What Are They Smoking? Cheech and Chong’s “Nice Dreams” Come True . . . Perhaps in Your Workplace [More Info]
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Paycheck to Paycheck—California’s New Fair Pay Act Amendments and Audit Strategies to Manage Risk [More Info]
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch and Keynote Presentation - “Top Secret” Tales From the Trenches: From Employment Discrimination Litigation to Espionage Prosecutions and Beyond [More Info]
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Break
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
“I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now”—Lessons Learned From Defending California Wage and Hour Class Actions [More Info]
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm
“Reasonable” in California . . . But Perhaps Nowhere Else [More Info]
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Becoming a California Super Sleuth: Investigations Through an Expert Lens [More Info]
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm
The Most Bizarre Employment Cases of 2016—California Style [More Info]
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Wine Tasting Reception and Dinner [More Info]
Friday, March 3, 2017
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Breakfast
8:45 am - 9:00 am
Welcome and Day Two Conference Kickoff
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Making Sausage in Sacramento: California Politics and How Employment Legislation Gets Made [More Info]
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Managing a California Contingent Workforce—The Other “Joint” Concern in the Workplace [More Info]
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Do I Have to Pay for This? What Constitutes Compensable Hours Worked in California [More Info]
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Position Yourself Now in the Event You Get Sued Later [More Info]
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
It’s Not Even Cold and Flu Season in California: But Your Workplace Sure Is Sick [More Info]
12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Lunch and Small Group Discussions (Led by Speakers From Each Presentation) [More Info]
1:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Break
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Successfully Navigating California’s Challenges—A Group Endeavor [More Info]
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
Day Two Closing and Grand Prize Drawing
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
California Employment Law & Cabernet—A Learning, Wine Tasting, and Dining Experience [More Info]
Saturday, March 4, 2017
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast, Networking, and "Best Practices" Discussions
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Choose Your Own Adventure—Accommodating Disability in California [More Info]
1:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Wine Tasting Tour* [More Info]
