KOSBE HOSTS WEBINAR: MAKING SENSE OF THE DOL’S NEW EXEMPTION RULES

July 11–29
Online

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The Small Business DevelopmentCenterETSU– Kingsport Affiliate & Employee Benefit Consultants, Inc. co-host Making Sense of the Department of Labor’s New Exemption Rules Webinar The webinar is pre-recorded and will be available to participants on Monday, July 11 – Friday, July 29. The webinar is co-sponsored by the Kingsport Office of Small Business Development and Entrepreneurship (KOSBE), Employee Benefit Consultants, Inc. and Your Kingsport Chamber. This is a FREE webinar!

The Department of Labor announced the final exemption rules earlier this month, which will go into effect on December 1, 2016.ThinkHR’slegal and HR teams have all the information you need to know to manage these important changes to the overtime exemption rules.

Join Robin Shea, partner in the national labor and employment law firmConstangy, Brooks, Smith &Prophete,LLPandtheThinkHRteam for this fast-paced one-hour webinar where you will learn:

The details of theDOL’sfinal rule and how this impacts “white collar” exemptions (executive, professional and administrative)

Key compliance deadlines you must meet
Practical considerations in managing reclassifications of employees from exempt to nonexempt status
How the final rule could impact telecommuting/remote worker policies
Tips for communicating classification changes to your employees
Plus other considerations based on the final regulations

The Webinar link is available to all participants upon registration.

About the speaker: Robin Shea has more than 20 years' experience in employment litigation, including Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (including the Amendments Act), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act; and class and collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and state wage-hour laws; defense of audits by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs; and labor relations. She conducts training for human resources professionals, management, and employees on a wide variety of topics.

Robin is Editor in Chief ofConstangy'sclient publications and author ofConstangy'sblog Employment & Labor Insider. You can also follow Robin on Twitter@RobinEShea.

The cooperative agreement betweenKOSBEand East Tennessee State University is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). SBA’s funding is not an endorsement of any products, opinions or services. SBA funded programs are extended to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Additional funding is provided by the Tennessee Board of Regents and the state of Tennessee.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Please contact Katie Prendergast — 423.392.8825; kprendergast@tsbdc.org; 400ClinchfieldStreet, Suite 100, Kingsport, Tennessee 37660.

The Tennessee Small Business Development Centers Network, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, is an accredited member of the National Association of Small Business Development Centers and funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration, participating universities and community colleges, and regional support partners. All SBA programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. All opinions, conclusions, or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA and other program sponsors. All information is deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. All information, events, and/or prices are subject to change or withdrawal. The Tennessee Small Business Development Centers Network shall not be held responsible for any typographical errors, misinformation, or misprints. Please confirm the information with the listing party.

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance. Contact Katie Prendergast at 400ClinchfieldStreet, Suite 100, Kingsport, TN 37660 or at 423-392-8825.