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Kathy Perkins is a frequent and popular speaker on workplace law and human resource concerns at local and national programs. Her national presentations include the Society for Human Resource Management, LEAP (Labor and Employment Law Advanced Practices Symposium) and Jury Trial Litigation of Employment Claims: “How to Do It Right”. Kathy’s programs for regional and local seminars include those sponsored by Heartland Labor & Employment Law Institute, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Law, local human resource management association chapters, Kansas Bar Association, Wichita Bar Association, Council on Education in Management and National Business Institute. Please contact her if you are interested in a presentation for your group.
Topics on which she has presented include:
Tips from Litigation – A Guide for Human Resource Managers
Investigating and Preventing Harassment Claims
Employee Privacy Rights in the Workplace
A Practical Guide for Accommodating Disabilities
Interviewing to Identify Ideal Candidates
Preparing and Implementing a Successful Reduction in Force
Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace
Mastering the Essentials of Wage and Hour Law to Prevent Costly Mistakes
Effective Performance Documentation
Immigration Challenges Facing Employers
Avoiding Retaliation Claims
Accommodating Mental Disabilities
Challenges of an Aging Workforce
Recent Programs Include:
Jerks at Work – What’s an Employer To Do?, Labor & Employment Advanced Practices Symposium, Washington, DC, November 2009 (with Jathan Janove)
Employment Discrimination: Tough Questions Recruiters May Not be Prepared to Handle, OnRecExpo 2009, Chicago, November 2009 (with George Lenard – www.employmentblawg.com)
Gender in Mediation: Negotiation & the Gender Divide, Creativity in Mediation by Associates in Dispute Resolution LLC (www.adrmediate.com), Topeka, September 2009
The Anatomy of the Employment Litigation Wrongful Discharge Case, Missouri Bar Employment Section CLE, Kansas City, June 2009
ADR REPORT: Arbitration & Mediation Update; Improving Settlement Savvy, UMKC Law School Annual Update, Kansas City, June 2009
“CSI Las Vegas” Post Mortem of an Employment Lawsuit, Labor & Employment Advanced Practices Symposium, Las Vegas, March 2009 (with Jathan Janove)
The New FMLA: Understanding & Implementing Recent Developments, Jayhawk SHRM, Lawrence, February 2009