"How to Protect Your Company from the Legislative Challenges Threatening Our Industry"

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.  ALL SESSIONS BELOW WILL BE OFFERED AS WEBINARS IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER.  PLEASE WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION SOON.

Plan to attend this four hour program of vital information that can protect your business, including 1) How to comply with new laws and legislation to prevent fines, penalties and lawsuits; 2) How to make sure you have the appropriate insurance coverages and limits in this increasingly litigious world and 3) what to look for in client contracts that could have disastrous consequences if not changed.

NOTE:  CUNY requires all attendees to show proof of vaccination.

AGENDA

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.
Registration/Lunch Buffet

12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
"Legal & Legislative Update"

To kick-off our Law Day, Legislative Chair James A. Essey, President and CEO of the TemPositions Group of Companies, and General Counsel Jason B. Klimpl, Esq., Partner at Tannenbaum Helpern, will discuss recent legislative and regulatory activity at the state and local level, including with respect to employers’ use of “AI” in recruitment; posting salary ranges in job advertisements; changes to arbitration agreements; updates to anti-harassment policies; and more. We’re packing lots of actionable information and practical discussion into this kick-off session.

Panelists:

• James A. Essey, President/Chief Executive Officer, The TemPositions Group of Companies
• Jason B. Klimpl, Esq., Partner, Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP & General Counsel, New York Staffing Association

1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
"Diversity, Unconscious Bias, and Artificial Intelligence:
What do they mean for NY Employers?"

As diversity initiatives advance from compliance to strategies for increasing innovation, performance, and overall organizational success, the use of artificial intelligence continues to be prevalent in employment decisions.

Join Tara Carolan and David Kleinmann, partners at the law firm Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP, as they address the interplay between organizational diversity initiatives, unconscious and AI biases, and the regulation of the use of AI in hiring and other employment decisions.

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Break

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
"To Insure or Not to Insure: The Dollars and Sense of Coverage"

Our panel will review how staffing firms can best spend their dollars to protect their companies and employees in today's environment.  They will discuss how cyber has become one of the most important risks and why employment practices liability continues to be in the concern for staffing firm owners.  Please join the discussion with Brenda Steers of Loveman, Kornreich & Steers and Bob Thompson of Worldwide Specialty Programs and moderated by Jason Klimpl of Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, as they provide a comprehensive overview of the New York insurance market and how staffing firms should protect their remote workforce.

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
"Protecting Your Company Against Undesirable Indemnities, Confidentiality Clauses, and Business Terms in Client and MSP Contracts in the Post Covid World"

You’re on the cusp of landing a major account, but one obstacle looms large—signing the contract. You’re tempted to just sign and hope for the best…but then you realize there could be some very damaging clauses in the agreement that put your firm at risk! But what? In this valuable session, you’ll hear from three staffing firm CEOs: Monte Block of Equiliem, Arthur Banks of Horizon Healthcare and Jim Essey of The TemPositions Group along with Tannenbaum Helpern partner Jason Klimpl about what causes them the most concern in agreements they review, and how they negotiate the risks downward. Clients keep trying to push more and more risk onto staffing firms, despite the small margins they provide in return. But armed with this information, you can fight back and protect your company!