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2012 Sexual Harrassment Awareness Training (AB1825)Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM (PT)Riverside, CA |
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Event Details
This presentation is an overview of the Fair Employment and Housing Act's prohibitions against sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Topics will include the legal definitions of harassment, the employer's duty regarding workplace harassment, the reporting of workplace harassment, and investigations in the workplace. In California, every employer with more than fifty workers must provide its supervisors with at least two hours of sexual harassment avoidance training every two years. This program is designed to satisfy that requirement.
Training includes:
• Two hours of interactive and educational training
• Comprehensive materials
• Certificate of completion for attendees
The program will be facilitated by Joseph T. Ortiz
Joseph T. Ortiz is an attorney in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Labor and Employment practice group in the Riverside office. An experienced trial lawyer, Mr. Ortiz has successfully tried employment matters before state and federal courts, administrative agencies, and arbitration tribunals on claims of all types.
Mr. Ortiz's experience includes the representation of private and municipal employers in employment matters of all kinds, such as claims of wrongful termination, claims of discrimination and harassment and related claims of fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of implied employment contract, interference with prospective economic advantage, unfair competition, breach of contract, civil rights, and the various forms of unfair business practices. Mr. Ortiz has also represented management before federal and state administrative agencies including the NLRB, PERB, EEOC, DFEH, U.S. Department of Labor, DLSE, State Labor Commissioner, and, in limited instances, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.
Mr. Ortiz also provides employers a variety of services including drafting employee handbooks, employment and severance agreements, consultant agreements, independent contractor agreements, and employment policies of all types; providing in-house training on sexual and other types of harassment; and providing consultation on all types of employment discrimination, wage and hour issues, affirmative action, and sensitivity and diversity concerns.
Mr. Ortiz recently taught employment law as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Riverside extension program.
Education
- University of Minnesota, J.D. (2001)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), B.A.
Bar Admissions
- California (2002)
Mr. Ortiz also provides employers a variety of services including drafting employee handbooks, employment and severance agreements, consultant agreements, independent contractor agreements, and employment policies of all types; providing in-house training on sexual and other types of harassment; and providing consultation on all types of employment discrimination, wage and hour issues, affirmative action, and sensitivity and diversity concerns.
Mr. Ortiz recently taught employment law as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Riverside extension program.
When & Where
Best Best & Krieger, LLP
3750 University Avenue, Suite 400
Riverside,
CA 92502
Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM (PT)
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PIHRA D11
PIHRAD11 is the Inland Empire district 11 chapter of PIHRA
2012 Programs - PIHRA DISTRICT 11
January 12, 2012
Sexual Harrassment Awareness Training (AB1825) - Joseph Ortiz, Best Best Kreiger, LLP
This presentation is an overview of the Fair Employment and Housing Act's prohiitions against sexual harassment harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Topics will include the legal definitions of harassment, the employer's duty regarding workplace harassment, the reporting of woekplace harassment, and investigations in the workplace. In California, every employer with more than fifty workers must provide its supervisors with at least two hours of sexual harassment avoidance training every two years. This program is designed to satisfy that requirement.
February 9, 2012
Cross Cultural Communication - Sahar Andrade
Communication can unite employees around the company's goals, build trust and increase employee engagement that is directly connected to business success; it can make a difference in organizations. Especially at trying times of change, where compensation and benefits may not be available, communication provides the intangible benefits that employee3s crave: support, recognition, a feeling of being valued and connected at work.
Cross Cultural Leaders are about elevating their teams to the next level, by supporting them, addressing unsatisfactory habits in a constructive non-threatening manner, resolving conflicts arising from the diversity of the teams either by age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, religion, abilities/ disabilities and thoughts.
March 8, 2012
Cracking the Personality Code - Dana Borowka, MA
In Cracking the Personality Code you will learn personality testing strategies to hire smarter and manage better. These strategies apply equally well to the corporate executive, entrepreneur, or small business owner. You will learn how to cultivate top performers through a three-step process: assess candidates with personality profiling, screen candidates for behavioral tendencies, and manage more effectively based on behavioral styles. Cracking the Personality Code is quick and enjoyable reading. Every chapter is packed with bulleted items, numbered steps, and short, to-the-point anecdotes that immediately demonstrate each point. Action strategies are clearly outlined and provide a road map to success. If you are serious about improving the results of the people you hire and manage, then this is the program for you.
April 12, 2012
Working In Your Strengths: What The Best Leaders In the World Do Differently - Josh Allan Dykstra
Josh Allan Dykstra is a sought-after speaker whose energetic presentations center around the future of work and how to thrive in the new economy. An inspiring young professional situated in age between Gen X and Gen Y, he serves as the voice of multiple generations with an amazing ability to “speak the language” of everyone from Millennials to Baby Boomers.
May 10, 2012
Developing Yourself as a Leader and a Partner - Lola Gershfeld, M.A.
This interactive, insightful, and fun workshop is designed to teach you a proven process on how you can develop yourself as a leader and a partner. It will motivate, inspire, and create an unforgettable learning experience for all participants.
How can I be an effective leader during current economic times? How can I prepare myself for emerging trends and an uncertain future? How can I do more with less? How can I enhance performance of both my subordinates and myself? How can I lead a diverse workforce? How can I inspire others to achieve extraordinary results?
Lola Gershfeld, founder of Level Five Executive, not only coaches leaders, she has been one for many years. She has more than twenty five years experience in organizational and leadership development. She helps leaders to dramatically improve their performance through the process of identifying the areas which matters the most. She has a wealth of expertise of working with leaders that are serious about making continuous improvements on being a great leader. She pushes herself and the leader she works with very hard to ensure success while her engaging creativity and enthusiasm for life helps to make the experience as enjoyable as it is powerful.
June 14, 2012
Summertime Happy Hour Networking Mixer
Lounge 33 Riverside
5PM to 8PM
Bring your business cards and network with other Inland Empire HR Professionals and Vendors
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