Specially designed for Senior Human Resource Executives, Employee Benefit Plan Fiduciaries and Benefit Personnel, Corporate Counsel, and other Employment and Employee Benefit Professionals. The Institute is a senior management forum designed specifically to addresss cutting-edge employment and employee benefit law issues confronting employers today and in the future.

THE INSTITUTE CURRICULUM

Legal Trends In Employee Benefits--What's Coming Down the Road

• The avalanche of ERISA litigation--are you exposed?
• The next generation of health care issues
• Use of the internet for benefit communications
• Duty to disclose: what & to whom
• Cash balance pension plans opportunities and pitfalls
• Designing employee benefits for the next century

Managing Your Legal And Fiduciary Responsibilities For ERISA Plan Investments

• Everything you need to know about the legal rules for investing ERISA plan assets
• Avoiding legal pitfalls (and personal liability) through the proper delegation to others of fiduciary responsibilities for plan investments
• Due diligence tips for selecting plan investment managers and investment products
• Retention of investment experts to assist you in the selection process
• Negotiating investment documents that protect you
• Monitoring those to whom you outsource plan investment responsibilities
• Fiduciary liability insurance issues

Cutting Edge Employment Law Developments And How They Affect Your Business

• The continuing problem of Workplace Harassment: Racial, Religious, and Sexual
• Constructive & retaliatory terminations
• Recent Supreme Court employment law decisions

Preventing Employment Law Problems & Controlling Costs When Problems Occur

• Employee handbooks & human resource policies
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Training--rewards and risks
• Litigation budgets, partnering with in-house counsel and other techniques
• Employment practices liability insurance

Hot Topics In Handling Employees Who Can't Or Won't Work

• Mental disabilities/Psychological impairment
• Bad backs
• Alcohol / Drug Abuse

Ask Your Lawyer

• A special open forum for your individual questions and discussion subjects