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TALS Employment Law CLE on August 16th
Employment Law Task Force Training
Friday, August 16, 2013
Location:
TALS Office in Nashville
50 Vantage Way, Suite 250
Nashville, TN 37228
9:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 11:30 – Presentation by representatives from the TN Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development Appeals Tribunal – the Department representatives will talk about current issues including appeals, overpayments, access problems, audits, delays in adjudication and give information about department contacts for specific issues.
11:30 – 12:00 – Legislative update – Stewart Clifton and Mike Murphy – TALS legislative liaisons
12:00 – 12:30 – Lunch
12:30 – 1:30 – Unemployment Compensation Overpayments –presenters will discuss what rights an individual has to notice and appeal and the right to request a waiver of the overpayment. The session will review situations that may result in an overpayment and the significance of a fraud determination. They will cover what collection tools and tactics the Department of Labor and Workforce Development uses to collect overpayments. Presentation by: Janet Mynatt and Norm Feaster – staff attorneys for the Legal Aid Society of Middle TN & the Cumberlands
1:30 – 3:00 – Discussion of unemployment compensation including hearsay review; evidentiary, health and hearing issues; FMLA and ADA issues that may arise in the context of the UI cases – Presentation by:
David Kozlowski –Legal Aid Society of Middle TN & the Cumberlands managing attorney for the Columbia office;
Andrae Crismon - Legal Aid Society of Middle TN & the Cumberlands managing attorney for the Murfreesboro office;
Bill Bush - Legal Aid Society of Middle TN & the Cumberlands staff attorney for the Oak Ridge
Click here for a registration form and return to Anne Fox - afox@tals.org or fax: 615-627-0964.
Location Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services 50 Vantage Way, Suite 250 Nashville Tennessee 37228 Contact Name: Anne Fox Phone: 615-627-0956 x26