Employment Law Highlights for the Hospitality Industry

SHRM 2011 Annual Conference
This session provides an overview of the legal pitfalls facing employers in the hospitality industry, and strategies for minimizing the risks they create.

Track: Employment Law & Legislation

Las Vegas is at the forefront of all aspects of the hospitality industry. Where better but Las Vegas to showcase the changing laws relating to wage and hour, tip-pooling, meal breaks, discrimination and harassment that make managing a workforce where alcohol beverage service, casinos, and hotels are staffed by a 24/7 workforce. Particular attention will be given to the pitfalls facing managers of California workers.

Date(s) & Time(s): 
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 10:45am to 12:00pm
Presenter: 

Roberta S. Hayashi

Roberta S.
Hayashi
Roberta S. Hayashi has over twenty-five years experience representing and advising employers in employment law and business litigation. She has trial experience in wrongful termination, discrimination, and misappropriation of trade secrets and proprietary information actions in both state and federal court. In June 2003, she was named one of the "Top 50 Women Litigators" in California by The Daily Journal, and named as a 2009 Woman of Influence by the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. She was also named the 2009 Professional Lawyer of the Year by the Santa Clara County Bar Association. She is a frequent speaker on employment law and legal ethics. She is a faculty member at Lincoln Law School on employment law, past president of the Santa Clara County Bar Association and the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, and a member of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and Bench/Bar/Media/Police Committee.
Location: 
LVCC N220-222
Amount of Credit: 
1.25
Credit Type: 
HR Credit
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