CIRMA Workshop: Avoiding Retaliation Claims; November 19, 2009

Workshop:

Avoiding Retaliation Claims:

Utilizing the Ombudsman to Protect the Employer

November 19, 2009
Colchester, Connecticut
10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon - Registration begins at 9:30 AM

This seminar is open to CIRMA members only

SUMMARY

This CIRMA workshop provides participants information about recent changes in the law regarding the complex area of retaliation claims, and discusses various tools and procedures they can use to protect themselves.

Management Series

Avoiding Retaliation Claims: Utilizing the Ombudsman to Protect the Employer is part of CIRMA’s Management Series. These workshops provide managers and supervisors the understanding and skills they need to develop a more effective risk management program.

For more information about this and other CIRMA workshops, please email CIRMA at cirmaworkshop@ccm-ct.org.

"The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a potentially devastating blow to employers with its decision in Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway vs. White."

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This CIRMA workshop provides attendees insight into the recent changes in the law regarding employment discrimination and the definition of "adverse employment."

Employers have a legitimate right to evaluate employee performance and to take action regarding employment. However, when those actions coincide with a charge of employment discrimination, the employer should be prepared to disprove retaliatory intent. The recent White v. Burlington Northern decision sets a much looser standard that leaves employers the task of carefully weighing their actions towards employees.

This new CIRMA workshop discusses proper ways to address performance issues. The workshop also shows how an ombudsman can help resolve issues before they become legal problems through problem solving, open discussion, and mediation.

Topics include:

What is retaliation?
What is an "adverse employment" action.
How have the courts interpreted the loose standard recently articulated by the Supreme Court in White v. Burlington Northern?
How to properly investigate discrimination complaints?
How to properly address performance issues that predate or postdate any internal complaint or Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities filing?
How can the use of an ombudsman protect the employer by forestalling retaliation claims?

AUDIENCE This workshop is designed for:

CEOs
Municipal managers
Superintendents
School administrators
Risk managers
Board and commission members
HR directors

SPEAKERS Michael Rose, esq.
Rose Kallor, LLP

Attorney Rose is a principal at the law firm of Rose Kallor, LLP. Attorney Rose advises employers in all aspects of labor and employment law. He also specializes in defending private and municipal corporations in employment disputes. He has defended employers before various administrative agencies, the Connecticut Superior, Appellate and Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Joey Barbera
Senior Risk Control Consultant
CIRMA Risk Management Services

Joey Barbera

In the insurance Risk Management Field, Joey has provided Risk Management consulting to various public agencies that range from Public Housing Authorities to Section 8 and low income housing across the country focusing on General Liability, Fleet and Property. Joey also has experience in Security and Emergency Medical Response as he spent 5 years as a volunteer within his home town's Fire Department. Joey has a Bachelor's of Arts Degree in Sociology with a Concentration in Criminal Justice from Central Connecticut State University and has been certified as a Public Housing Manager, a Licensed Producer, and a Licensed Casualty and Property Adjuster. WHERE COLCHESTER TOWN HALL
127 Norwich Avenue
Colchester, CT 06415
860.537.7200 COST per attendee This seminar is open to CIRMA members only and is free of charge.

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DIRECTIONS

From Hartford:

Take Route 2 East to Exit 18.
At the end of the Exit 18 ramp, turn right onto Route 16 and continue on to the center of town.
At the traffic light, turn right onto Route 85 East.
At the first light, turn left onto Norwich Avenue.
The Town Hall is approximately 1/4 mile up Norwich Avenue on the left

From Salem:

Take Route 11 East to Route 2 East.
From Route 2 East take Exit 18.
At the end of the Exit 18 ramp, turn right onto Route 16 and continue on to the center of town.
At the traffic light, turn right onto Route 85 East.
At the first light, turn left onto Norwich Avenue.
The Town Hall is approximately 1/4 mile up Norwich Avenue on the left.

From New London:

Take Interstate 95 South to Exit 82.
At the end of the Exit 82 ramp, turn right onto Route 85.
Continue past the Crystal Mall on the left and continue on approximately 10.5 miles to the junction of Routes 85 and 354 in Colchester.
At the three-way Stop sign, continue on Route 85 East, through the Business District.
At the traffic light at the Town Green, turn right onto Norwich Avenue.
Town Hall is about 1/4 mile up Norwich Avenue on the left.

From Middletown/Portland:

Take Route 66 East to Route 16 East.
Follow Route 16 East to the center of town.
At the traffic light, turn right onto Route 85 East.
At the first light, turn left onto Norwich Avenue.
Town Hall is about 1/4 mile up Norwich Avenue on the left.

From Norwich:

Take Route 2 West to Exit 21, Colchester Business District.
At the end of the Exit 21 ramp, turn left onto Norwich Avenue.
Continue on Norwich Avenue past Bacon Academy High School on your right, then William J. Johnston Middle School on the left.
Continue 1/10 of a mile; at the base of the hill Town Hall is on the right.

From Willimantic:

Take Route 32 out of Willimantic.
At the Pleasant Street Stop sign, go straight ahead onto Route 289 (a left would be Route 32).
Follow Route 289 to Lebanon Center.
Turn right onto Route 207.
Continue three to four miles on Route 207.
Turn left onto Route 16.
Follow Route 16 into Colchester.
At the third traffic light (old Bacon Academy is on your right), turn left onto Norwich Avenue.
Town Hall is about 1/4 mile up Norwich Avenue on the left.

From Storrs:

Take I-95 South to Mansfield Center/Route 6.
Continue south to Columbia/Route 66 and South to Hebron/Route 85 East.
Follow Route 85 into Colchester.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Route 85 East and continue on into center of town.
At the second light, turn left onto Norwich Avenue.
The Town Hall is about 1/4 mile up Norwich Avenue on the left.

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Phone: (203) 498-3000
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