BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20160804T183000Z DTEND:20160804T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:'First Thursday' - Labor Law Seminar Series DESCRIPTION:"How Delaying Employee Discipline Proves That "Nice Guys Finish Last"\n\n\n\nMany employers\, due to the press of business or other reasons\, delay disciplining or terminating employees despite having ample justification for doing so.\n\n\n\nFar from creating the favorable impression of a "nice guy\," delaying the imposition of well-deserved discipline can create serious legal obstacles to taking action later. This can occur if the employee alleges that the employer's laxity caused him/her to reasonably believe that the rule did not really need to be complied with.\n\n\n\nWhat's worse\, the failure to enforce one rule can give rise to an argument that the employee believed that nothing in the employee handbook would be enforced\, and that the employer thus "waived" its right to enforce workplace rules by rarely enforcing them.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis ongoing seminar series is being conducted by veteran Petaluma labor & employment attorney\, Jay Putnam. Putnam\, has advised employers exclusively\, in labor matters for almost 35 years. He hopes to provide local business owners and managers with a solid\, working understanding of California labor law\, as a means of helping them avoid the often crippling cost and disruption caused by lawsuits resulting from a misunderstanding of applicable legal requirements.\n\n\n\nMembers are encouraged to bring their questions. Putnam says he intends to conduct the seminars as "informal\, working sessions\, where people can bring their lunch and their questions and leave each month with important information that will immediately improve their business operations."\n\n\n\n To register\, please email the Chamber at pacc@petalumachamber.com\, or call 707.762.2785 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:"\;How Delaying Employee Discipline Proves That &ldquo\;Nice Guys Finish Last&rdquo\;
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\nMany employers\, due to the press of business or other reasons\, delay disciplining or terminating employees despite having ample justification for doing so.
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\nFar from creating the favorable impression of a &ldquo\;nice guy\,&rdquo\; delaying the imposition of well-deserved discipline can create serious legal obstacles to taking action later. This can occur if the employee alleges that the employer&rsquo\;s laxity caused him/her to reasonably believe that the rule did not really need to be complied with.
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\nWhat&rsquo\;s worse\, the failure to enforce one rule can give rise to an argument that the employee believed that nothing in the employee handbook would be enforced\, and that the employer thus &ldquo\;waived&rdquo\; its right to enforce workplace rules by rarely enforcing them.
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\nThis ongoing seminar series is being conducted by veteran \;Petaluma \;labor &\; employment attorney\, Jay Putnam. Putnam\, has advised \;employers \;exclusively\, in labor matters for almost 35 years. He hopes to provide local business owners and managers with a solid\, working understanding of California labor law\, as a means of helping them avoid the often crippling cost and disruption caused by lawsuits resulting from a misunderstanding of applicable legal requirements.
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\nMembers are encouraged to bring their questions. \; Putnam says he intends to conduct the seminars as "\;informal\, working sessions\, where people can bring their lunch and their questions and leave each month with important information that will immediately improve their business operations."\;
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\n \;To register\, please email the Chamber at pacc@petalumachamber.com\, or call 707.762.2785
\n \; LOCATION:6 Petaluma Blvd N\, Ste A2 Petaluma\, CA 94952 UID:e.1308.5738 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T053112Z URL:https://business.petalumachamber.biz/events/details/first-thursday-labor-law-seminar-series-08-04-2016-5738 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR