Date:  05/07/2008

Time:   Registration & Lunch: 11:30 am – Noon Program: Noon – 1:30 pm

Location:   Crowne Plaza Cabaña Palo Alto 4290 El Camino Real

Speakers:   Thomas E. Wilson, Teresa N. Burlison, Marc Fernandez, Stephanie L. Fong

Contact:   Tanya Ortiz-Bolhorst

Contact Phone:  (650)813-5722

Description:  

Employees entering the workforce today are part of the first generation (labeled by demographers as “Millennials”) for whom the Internet, Blackberries, iPods, blogging, YouTube, eBay, Skype, FaceBook and MySpace, play a key part in their lives. In-house counsel and HR professionals can add significant value to their companies by understanding the emerging legal and management challenges arising from the Millennials’ use of personal and workplace technology, and inter-generational tensions between Millennials and older workers.

This seminar will review emerging legislative and case law developments in this area, and will discuss policies and practices designed to minimize legal exposures resulting from today’s multi-generational workforce.

Takeaways:

• Minimizing risks of age discrimination or generational conflict
• Setting expectations as to employee privacy
• Training employees about limits on blogging
• Addressing “cyberslacking” (overuse of workplace technology for personal purposes)
• Setting boundaries regarding the use of personal technology for work purposes
• Minimizing electronic discovery issues in litigation
• Fostering a culture of data security to decrease loss of trade secrets or data breaches

 

This seminar will also be held in the following locations:

McLean, VA
Walnut Creek, CA
San Diego
San Francisco
Los Angeles

Morrison & Foerster LLP (provider # 2183) certifies that this activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.5 hours.