Four-Day Workweeks: Legal and Practical Guidance for Employers on CD

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Did you know...

Successful employers are now implementing four-day workweeks to improve employee morale and productivity -- while cutting back costs. Have you considered initiating "alternative scheduling" at your organization, but held back for fear of wage & hour and other legal repercussions?

Learn how to reap the benefits of a four-day workweek, while avoiding litigation risks, with the all-new HR Hero audio conference on CD, Four-Day Workweeks: Legal and Practical Guidance for Employers.

What is an Audio Conference?

A live HRhero audio conference allows interactive learning via telephone. Your registration includes one telephone connection, one master set of handouts, one Internet connection if applicable and an unlimited number of participants from your organization in one listening room.

A few days before the audio conference, you'll receive a brief summary so you can hit the ground running. After the presentation, you'll be able to call in with questions, which your speakers will answer on the spot.

For a small additional charge, we'll send you a CD of the audio conference -- available 3 days after the live event. You can listen to it again or share it with co-workers. Or, if you can't listen to the audio conference live, you can order the CD with streaming audio access by itself.

Why an HR Hero Audio Conference is right for you:

Fast, convenient learning without any out-of-office time lost.
No travel-related expenses or complications.
The perfect way to train as many employees as you like.
100% Guarantee: If you are dissatisfied, you are entitled to a complete refund.

Your Audio Conference Leader

Saul Glazer is a litigation partner of Axley Brynelson, LLP, in Madison, Wisconsin. He has extensive litigation experience in federal and state courts, including complex construction, employment, commercial, and intellectual property-related disputes. Mr. Glazer has participated in numerous mediations, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings. He also represents clients in appellate matters.

Mr. Glazer’s work as an employment lawyer includes representing employers before administrative agencies and state and federal courts. He counsels clients on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other state and federal disability discrimination and accommodation laws. His experience also includes cases involving hostile work environments, retaliation, OSHA regulatory compliance, wage and hour laws, arrest and criminal convictions, equal pay, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, confidentiality and non-compete agreements. Mr. Glazer successfully represented a national retailer against a physical appearance discrimination claim before the Wisconsin Court of Appeals. Mr. Glazer is the editor of the Wisconsin Employment Law Letter. He contributed to the 2010 publication Fifty Employment Laws in Fifty States. He created the "Seven Questions to Use When Disciplining and Terminating Employees" seminar, and regularly presents this seminar to national audiences.

Mr. Glazer has represented clients in a wide variety of intellectual property matters, including patent, copyright, licensing, publishing, trade secret, and misappropriation of likeness disputes. He is a member of Axley’s E-Discovery Team.

Four-Day Workweeks: Legal and Practical Guidance for Employers on CD

Presented by experienced employment law attorney Saul C. Glazer, Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison, Wisconsin

Held Tuesday, September 7, 2010

What is an Audio Conference? Click here.

Did you know...

Successful employers are now implementing four-day workweeks to improve employee morale and productivity -- while cutting back costs. Have you considered initiating "alternative scheduling" at your organization, but held back for fear of wage & hour and other legal repercussions?

Learn how to reap the benefits of a four-day workweek, while avoiding litigation risks, with the all-new HR Hero audio conference on CD, Four-Day Workweeks: Legal and Practical Guidance for Employers.

In just 90 minutes, you'll learn:

• Recent research on how four-day workweeks are impacting employee morale and productivity
• Various types of alternative scheduling, such as a 32-hour week as a way to hold down costs
• The critical benefits issues to consider
• How flex-time and job sharing relate to four-day weeks
• Tips for supervising and motivating employees under a new schedule
• How a four-day workweek can be combined with other cost-saving measures such as telecommuting, subsidies for mass transit, etc.
• Serious legal issues to consider:
  - What are the discrimination risks?
  - What are the wage & hour issues? What about overtime on long days?
  - How should accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act be handled? For example, what about employees who cannot work in excess of eight hours per shift?
  - How does a four-day work week impact FMLA calculation?
  - What state wage & hour laws must be considered? (For example, California overtime starts after eight-hour days as opposed to 40-hour weeks.)
  - What are the pros and cons of making a four-day schedule mandatory vs. optional?
  - If an employer is unionized, what must be discussed with a union before initiating an alternative schedule?

What is an Audio Conference?

A live HRhero audio conference allows interactive learning via telephone. Your registration includes one telephone connection, one master set of handouts, one Internet connection if applicable and an unlimited number of participants from your organization in one listening room.

A few days before the audio conference, you'll receive a brief summary so you can hit the ground running. After the presentation, you'll be able to call in with questions, which your speakers will answer on the spot.

For a small additional charge, we'll send you a CD of the audio conference -- available 3 days after the live event. You can listen to it again or share it with co-workers. Or, if you can't listen to the audio conference live, you can order the CD with streaming audio access by itself.

Why an HR Hero Audio Conference is right for you:

Fast, convenient learning without any out-of-office time lost.
No travel-related expenses or complications.
The perfect way to train as many employees as you like.
100% Guarantee: If you are dissatisfied, you are entitled to a complete refund.