In this February 10, 2011 seminar, moderated by RPL attorney Nicole Page and hosted by New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT), employment law practitioners help demystify the field of entertainment. They’ll address such crucial issues as worker classification, employment and independent contractor agreements, termination of employment, separation agreements and...
Date of Panel: January 13, 2011 Speakers: Manjeev Puri, the Ambassador from India to the United Nations; Dominic Meiklejohn, the British Deputy Consul-General; John Rogers, an American academic specializing in global expansion; and Helen D. ("Heidi") Reavis or RPL. Topic: Diversity in the workplace. Audience: 200 international employees working in...
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, private sector workplace discrimination charge filings hit record levels with nearly 100,000 filed during fiscal year 2010. http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/1-11-11.cfm. Filings alleging unlawful retaliation (36,258) surpassed filings alleging discrimination based on race (35,890) as the most frequently filed charge, while allegations of unlawful discrimination...
In the November/ December 2010 issue of The Financial Manager (TFM), RPL's Nicole Page published an article entitled, "The Bottom Line on the Firing Line," advising employers on legal precautions that can be taken during the dreaded process of firing an employee. TFM is a bi-monthly magazine published by the...