Presented by: Downey Brand LLP

Speakers: Elizabeth B. Stallard – Partner, Downey Brand LLP
                  Johnny A. Colón – Associate, Downey Brand LLP

HRCI Credit: 1 General HR Credit
Members $30 | Non-members $49 | Students $30

This webinar explores the cutting-edge legal concerns emerging with employee mobile devices used for work.  This webinar focuses on Cochran v. Schwan's Home Service, Inc. (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 1137, review denied (Nov. 25, 2014).  In Cochran, the California Court of Appeal issued the sweeping decision that California Labor Code section 2802 requires employers to reimburse employees who are required to use personal cell phones for work-related calls for a “reasonable percentage” of their cell phone bills.  Reimbursement applies even when employees have cell phone plans with unlimited minutes or a third party pays for such plans. 

In addition, the webinar addresses legal concerns associated with employee mobile devices.  For example, legal concerns associated with social media on mobile devices and trade secrets on an employee’s smart phone.  The webinar seeks to provide practical solutions and real-world insights to assist attendees in tackling these concerns.

Learning Objectives

·       How Cochran v. Schwan’s Home Serv., Inc., is creating new legal risks for businesses

·       Identifying risks associated with employees using personal devices at work

·       Minimizing risks by creating and developing robust policies for addressing these issues

·       Social media usage on employee cell phones: Identifying risks and minimizing liability

·       Identifying legal concerns associated with trade secrets on employee cell phones

·       Practical tips for handling real-world issues

SPEAKER BIO

Elizabeth Stallard is a Partner at Downey Brand LLP. Banks, mall owners, trade associations, manufacturers, and other businesses and individuals rely on Elizabeth for counsel in disputes with employees, business associates, and customers, in subject areas ranging from intellectual property to breach of contract to fraud and qui tam claims to environmental contamination. She has also been involved in the defense of several class actions, including currently serving as lead counsel in a class action involving ADA accessibility at a major hospital group. Elizabeth has experience in all aspects of state and federal civil litigation at both the trial and appellate level, including discovery, motion practice, and alternative dispute resolution. She has represented clients involved in investigations by the EEOC, DOJ, SEC, FAA, and other agencies, as well as represented those clients in related state and federal litigation and administrative proceedings. Elizabeth also has a long and demonstrated record of successful and effective advocacy in front of state and federal courts in both California and Nevada, including serving as lead trial counsel in both states. Elizabeth received a B.A. from Williamette University in 1997 and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law in 2002.

Elizabeth Stallard

Johnny A. Colón is an Associate at Downey Brand LLP. His litigation practice includes complex class action, wage and hour, discrimination, hostile work environment, wrongful termination, unfair competition, labor disputes, and commercial litigation. Johnny's counseling practice includes advising clients regarding employment policies and procedures, including federal and state wage and hour laws, severance agreements, employment policies and job classifications. He works with a number of national and multinational clients across a broad range of industries including healthcare, technology, diversified utilities, higher education, food, banking and other financial services. Johnny's knowledge of the law and his extensive experience with information technology enables him to counsel clients in a variety of information technology issues, including regulatory compliance and computer forensics.

Johnny Colón

WEBINAR INFORMATION

System Requirements
PC-based Attendees Required: Windows® 8, 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server
Mac®-based Attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer
Mobile Attendees Required: iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ phone or Android tablet

Registration Policy
All registrations are considered pending until payment is received by SAHRA. Confirmations will be sent upon receipt of payment. If payment has not been received in the office at least seventy-two (72) business hours in advance of the event, your registration will be considered canceled.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be received in writing to the SAHRA office 72 business hours prior to the event in order to receive a refund.

This program has been submitted for 1 (General HR) re-certification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR and GPHR re-certification through HR Certification Institute. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for re-certification credit.