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.