General Meeting Information

All meetings are held at the Holiday Inn on Davidson Avenue in Somerset. Phone number of Holiday Inn 732-356-1700.

Directions: Take Route 287 to Exit 10 to Davidson Avenue

You can also register for the next meeting by calling 732-356-8905.

Guests Welcome!

Guests are encouraged and welcome to attend meetings, to a maximum of 3 per year. Meeting cost is $45.00 if pre-registered. (Members currently unemployed only have to pay $25). Those who register and do not attend will be billed unless a cancellation notification is received at least three days prior to the meeting. Payment is expected at the door and may be paid in cash or by check payable to SHRM - CNJ. Call 732-356-8905 for further information.

How To Register

By phone, call 732.356.8905. Please note you will not receive a call back confirming your registration. Additionally payment by cash or check must be made at the door.
On line by credit card Pay by Credit Card (Online Registration Only)

• Pre-registered members $35.00 ($25.00 for members in Transition or Student Members)
  
• Pre-registered guests $45.00
  
• Additional $5.00 for walk-ins.

Those who register and do not attend will be billed unless a cancellation notification is received at least three days prior to the meeting.  Payment is expected at the door and may be paid in cash or by check payable to SHRMCNJ, or you may pay in advance by credit card.

Please note, if you reserve a spot and do not show, the chapter will bill you for the cost of your reservation if our guaranteed minimum to the hotel is not reached.

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2010 Program Schedule

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Wednesday, September 15th

Thursday, October 14th

Thursday, November 11th

Wednesday, December 8th -networking event

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

Come on down & attend SHRM Central NJ’s Annual Legal Update & receive a complimentary chair massage from Biz4NJ’s Wellness at Work program

Date:           July 28th, 2010, 8.30am to 12.00 pm  (come early as the massage program begins at 7.30 am) 

Place:         Holiday Inn, Somerset (on Davidson Ave.)                                        

Biz4NJ Advocates for community businesses & the needs of HR Professionals           
Biz4NJ has developed a series of resources for the Human Resource community recognizing the value HR Managers bring to corporate success.
These include:

1. Wellness presentations from local wellness practitioners that are designed to raise wellness awareness in employee populations.
2. Wellness programs by specific wellness practitioners that help produce desired outcomes such as
1. Smoking cessation,
2. weight loss etc
3. Benefit programs for HR departments where local businesses provide special benefits to corporate employees (especially on their birthdays).
4. Efficiency oriented programs such as
1. Speech & Presentation Training,
2. Time Management etc.

To schedule a Wellness at Work presentation for your company, please call Pravin Philip at 877 768 8599 or email pphilip@Biz4NJ.com for more on Biz4NJ’s “Wellness at Work” offerings.
Articles on Biz4NJ.com that discuss HR needs for “Wellness at Work” can be read at:

 http://www.biz4nj.com/cover_story.php?cid=26   & http://www.biz4nj.com/articles.php?artID=174

Legal Updates

Sponsor:  Jackson Lewis

Schedule:
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. – Networking
8:30 a. m. to 8:45 a.m. – Current events
8:45 a.m.to 9:35 a.m.– Session I
9:35 a.m.to 10:25 a.m.– Session II
10:25 a.m.to 10:40 a.m.– Break
10:40 a.m.to 11: 30 a.m.– Session III
11:30 a.m.-- Questions

Address:  
Somerset Holiday Inn
195 Davidson Ave, Somerset, NJ, 08873 - (877) 863-4780

To register:
http://www.shrmcnj.org/index-2.html

Prices are:

SHRMCNJ Chapter members $50.00

Guests $75.00

In-Transition and Student Chapter Members $35.00

Meeting Agenda:

Current Events in Employment Law
8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
This session will focus on new and recent developments in the field of employment law.
Presenters: Brett M. Anders and Mitchell Boyarksy
Session I -- “My Space" Or Your Space: What Every Employer Should Know About Social Networking and the Workplace
8:45 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.

• Understanding the basics of social networking
• Key challenges for employers
• Negligent hiring/retention
• Discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation
• Divulgence of trade secrets or proprietary information
• Reputational harm to employers
• Reputational harm to employees
• Privacy issues
• Legal constraints on employee discipline
• Implementing policies to address potential social networking abuse or misuse and minimize risk
Presenter: Terri L. Freeman

SESSION II - Legal Developments in the Benefits and Privacy Field
9:35 a.m.to 10:25 a.m.
• Strategies for attacking some of the immediate changes under the new Health Care Reform Law – dependent coverage, participant communications, grandfathered plan, and others
• Examine a range of developing workplace privacy and data security issues including cloud computing, HIPAA developments and others
Presenter: Joseph J. Lazzarotti
SESSION III -- Legal Developments in the Immigration Field
10:40 a.m.to 11: 30 a.m.
• Recent changes in immigration law
• I-9 and visa issues
• Dealing with a global workforce
Presenter:  Robert C. Seiger III

Bios of Presenters:

Brett M. Anders is a partner in the Morristown office of Jackson Lewis where he exclusively represents management in workplace law, including counseling and litigation. He routinely advises clients regarding day-to-day employment issues, such as employee discipline and discharge, disability management issues, reductions-in-force and restrictive covenants. He also regularly conducts training programs for employers on a variety of employment-related topics, such as performance management, sexual harassment awareness and disability management.  Mr. Anders has extensive experience representing employers in all types of employment litigation matters, such as employment discrimination, wrongful discharge and wage and hour cases. He regularly litigates in both state and federal court, as well as before various governmental agencies including the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New Jersey Department of Labor and the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights.

Mr. Anders is a member of the firm’s E-Discovery and Workplace Technology practice group as well as the firm’s Disability, Leave and Health Management practice group. He frequently speaks and lectures regarding e-discovery and other employment law topics. Mr. Anders has also successfully argued several motions regarding the spoliation of electronic evidence and has conducted the direct and cross-examinations of forensic computer experts and/or IT professionals at trial.  Mr. Anders is also a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Section and is a member of the Section’s E-Discovery Committee.  Mr. Anders is also a member of the Central New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management and the Garden State Council. Additionally, Mr. Anders co-authored An Employer’s Guide To Avoiding The Pitfalls Associated With E-Mail And Internet Monitoring which was published in the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Quarterly. In 2006, Mr. Anders was named one of the top forty attorneys under the age of forty in New Jersey by the New Jersey Law Journal.

Mr. Anders received his juris doctor degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1997. He conducted his undergraduate studies at the State University of New York at Albany. Prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Anders worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Louis F. Locascio, J.S.C. Mr. Anders is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York and before the United States Supreme Court.

Mitchell Boyarsky is a Partner with the Morristown, New Jersey office of Jackson Lewis LLP.  He has practiced labor and employment law for more than 15 years. 

From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Boyarsky was Assistant General Counsel with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Labor Relations, where he represented the Mayoral and New York City agencies in arbitrations, improper practice proceedings and contract negotiations.  In 1995, he joined Jackson Lewis, where he practiced all aspects of labor and employment law, including representing clients in state and federal court discrimination lawsuits and administrative proceedings.  Mr. Boyarsky counseled clients, negotiated collective bargaining agreements, represented clients in National Labor Relations Board representation cases, and presented seminars regarding labor, employment and wage and hour subjects.

In 2000, he joined the legal department of Reuters America LLC and was responsible for all of Reuters’ labor and employment matters in the Americas.  Mr. Boyarsky spent significant time counseling business and human resources managers on day-to-day personnel matters as well as employment law subjects arising in mergers, acquisitions and subcontracting arrangements.  He prepared employment contracts, independent contractor agreements, separation agreements, personnel policies, and benefit plans, and he conducted wage and hour audits.  He was the chief spokesperson and head of the bargaining committee for the Company in union negotiations and was responsible for all labor strategy and union contract administration.  Mr. Boyarsky also conducted training sessions for the Human Resources Department and business managers regarding various employment and labor law subjects.

In 2005, Mr. Boyarsky returned to Jackson Lewis and has continued to practice as a labor and employment law generalist handing employment litigations, restrictive covenant and trade secret matters, wage and hour matters, labor matters and day-to-day client counseling.

Terri L. Freeman is a partner in the Morristown, New Jersey, office of Jackson Lewis LLP. Ms. Freeman acts as lead counsel on all aspects of employment litigation, including defending claims of whistleblowers under various state and federal laws, sexual harassment, all types of discrimination, retaliation, breach of employment contract, and employment related torts.  She has substantial experience conducting investigations in both the private and public sector where she has served as a neutral fact-finder.

Additionally, Ms. Freeman has extensive experience in counseling and training employers on various issues pertaining to the work place and employment law.  She has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Rutgers University Graduate School and Bergen County Community College Cooperative Education Program.  Ms. Freeman is also a mediator with the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Ms. Freeman received her J.D. from Rutgers, The State University School of Law-Newark and her B.A. from the Pennsylvania State University.  She is admitted to the United States Supreme Court, The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the federal and state courts of New Jersey.  She has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, having been appointed to the Board by Governor Whitman in 1996.  Ms. Freeman was also appointed by the Superior Court of New Jersey to serve on the Fee Arbitration Committee. 

Joseph J. Lazzarotti is a Partner in the White Plains, NY office of Jackson Lewis LLP. He coordinates the firm's HIPAA and Workplace Privacy Practice and edits the Firm’s Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report which can be found at www.workplaceprivacyreport.com. He also is a member of the Employee Benefits Counseling, Executive Compensation, Benefits Litigation and Workplace Privacy Practice Group. In short, his practice focuses on the matrix of privacy and data security laws affecting the workplace. He also counsels companies on compliance, fiduciary, taxation, and administrative matters with respect to retirement and health and welfare plans.
As a part of Mr. Lazzarotti's work in the area of data privacy and security, he has counseled multinational, national and regional companies in regard to compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, as well as broader data privacy and security mandates and preventive safeguards.  His work includes conducting on-site executive and employee trainings and helping clients through the process of responding to breaches of personal information. He also has represented companies with respect to inquiries from the HHS Office of Civil Rights and other agencies with respect to alleged wrongful disclosure of protected information and negotiated numerous business associate agreements and other data privacy and security agreements.
Mr. Lazzarotti's work in the benefits counseling area covers virtually all areas of employee benefits law. For example, as part of the Firm's Healthcare Reform Task force, he advises employers and plan sponsors regarding the establishment, administration and operation of fully insured and self-funded health and welfare plans, which includes counseling concerning the new reform law, as well as assisting in the set up of administrative and other arrangements with third-party administrators, claims administrators and other vendors. He also provides counsel with respect to the design, implementation and operation of retirement and severance plans. His work often involves day-to-day legal advice concerning employee benefit plan operation and administration and trouble-shooting with respect to errors in operation.
Mr. Lazzarotti speaks and writes regularly on current employee benefits and data privacy and security topics and his work has been published in leading employment and business journals such as Bender's Labor and Employment Bulletin, the Australian Privacy Law Bulletin, and the Privacy and Data Security Law Journal. His views on these issues also have been discussed in a number of publications, including The National Law Journal, Financial Times, Business Insurance Magazine and HR Magazine.
Mr. Lazzarotti served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Laura Denvir Stith on the Missouri Court of Appeals.  He holds a B.B.A. in public accounting, cum laude, from Pace University, and a J.D., with distinction, from the University Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

Robert C. Seiger III is a Partner in the Global Immigration Group. Based in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania office of Jackson Lewis LLP, he advises businesses, universities, professional sports teams and individual foreign nationals in obtaining and retaining work visas for executives, professional athletes and key employees. Mr. Seiger also regularly advises human resources management professionals in the development and modification of internal immigration procedures and protocols in an effort to minimize their liability under the United States immigration laws. For companies sending employees globally, Mr. Seiger advises on the visa and work permit options in numerous foreign jurisdictions.
Mr. Seiger received his B.A. in 1992 from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. in 1997 from the Villanova University School of Law. He is licensed to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr. Seiger is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and is currently the Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Committee on Law Practice for New Americans. From 2005-2008, he was selected in a survey of his peers as Pennsylvania “Rising Star” attorney by Law & Politics magazine.