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Agenda
Preliminary and subject to change
Tuesday, April 17
| 7:45–8:45 a.m. | ASA legal and legislative committee breakfast (committee members only) |
| 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. | Registration desk open |
| 9–9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks Aaron Green, CSP, chairman, American Staffing Association and president, Professional Staffing Group Inc. |
| 9:15–10:45 a.m. | The Regulators Speak: Enforcement Agendas of DOL, EEOC, and DOJ Panel moderated by Gerald L. Maatman Jr., Esq., partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP The past year has seen a significant increase in employer audits and fines. Join a panel of senior level representatives featuring Victoria A. Lipnic, commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Seema Nanda, deputy special counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, as well as Jennifer Marion, senior advisor, Wage and Hour Division, U.S. Department of Labor, to discuss their respective agencies' wage and hour, immigration, and antidiscrimination enforcement agendas and efforts, and what those mean for staffing firms. |
| 10:45–11 a.m. | Break |
| 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. | Paperless HR: The Do's and Don'ts of Electronic Recordkeeping James A. Essey, CSP, president and chief executive officer, the TemPositions Group of Cos. Helen Konrad, Esq., partner, McCandlish Holton PC Robert J. Nobile, Esq., partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Because technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, the days of recording placements on index cards are long gone and the paperless approach to personnel records is here. Hear how to go paperless, and learn the legal do's and don'ts for completing and storing electronic Forms I-9 and other personnel records. |
| 12:30–1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:45–2:45 p.m. | The 2012 Presidential Election: Implications for Business Charlie Cook, editor and publisher, The Cook Political Report Cook has served as an election night consultant and analyst for CBS and NBC news. During this special luncheon session, the always entertaining Cook will discuss the presidential election and its implications for business. |
| 2:45–3 p.m. | Break |
| 3–4:30 p.m. | Know Thy Policy: Insurance Issues for Staffing Firms Joseph Abate, Esq., associate, O'Connor & Associates LLC Joseph DeCarlo, senior vice president, World Wide Specialty Programs Inc. Damiano Servidio, vice president, Zurich in North America Dorothy Taylor, president and chief executive officer, World Wide Specialty Programs There often is a disconnect between indemnity commitments made by staffing firms and the insurance coverage that is available to support them. This disconnect usually is not recognized until a substantial loss occurs. This session will address traps for the unwary and ways to avoid them, and will include a primer on types of coverage common to the staffing industry, and how they apply. |
| 4:30–5:30 p.m. | Reception |
Wednesday, April 18
| 7:30–8:30 a.m. | Continental breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m.–12 noon | Registration desk open |
| 8:30–10 a.m. | Update on Health Care Reform Alden J. Bianchi, Esq., chairman, compensation and benefits practice; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, & Popeo PC James A. Essey, CSP, president and CEO, the TemPositions Group of Cos. Edward A. Lenz, Esq., senior vice president, legal and public affairs, American Staffing Association ASA and its business allies have been working to mitigate the impact of the Affordable Care Act on employers with large numbers of part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees. This session will discuss the proposal requiring that employees work up to a full year before employers are obligated to offer health care insurance coverage or pay penalties. The panel also will discuss how staffing firms can comply with the law's minimum health care benefits requirements which go into effect Jan. 1, 2014. |
| 10–10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15–11:30 a.m. | Conference Wrap-Up and Q&As Back by popular demand, this open forum will give attendees the opportunity to ask presenters questions that may not have been covered during earlier sessions. Also, ASA lawyers will answer some of the most frequently asked legal questions posed by members, including, "What recourse do staffing firms have in instances of tempnapping?" |
| 11:30 a.m. | Lunch (on your own) |
| 12 noon–4:30 p.m. | ASA executive committee meeting |
| 12 noon–4:30 p.m. | ASA chapter leadership council meeting |
| 12 noon–6 p.m. | Capitol Hill Visits (by appointment) Capitol Hill is a short cab ride from the hotel. Visit with your congressional representatives and their staffs and make sure they know how your company and the industry help the economy by providing jobs and flexible work arrangements to individuals and businesses. Because legislators are generally more responsive to constituents, ASA suggests that attendees make their own appointments. Please call ASA for the most current contact information. |