August 19, 2010
Speakers:	Vicki L. Beatty
Topic:	Employment Law Presenting an Interest Arbitration Case Conducting Your Own Wage and Hour Audit
Where:	2010 SCHRPP Annual Conference State College, Pennsylvania
September 20, 2010
Speakers:	Vicki L. Beatty
Topic:	Discipline and Discharge of Public Sector Employees   Several constitutional theories are routinely raised during the investigation of employee misconduct -- the rights to counsel, against self-incrimination and against unreasonable searches.  Ms. Beatty will explain the rights of public employees at each stage of a disciplinary proceeding.  Topics include Weingarten interviews; Loudermill meetings & Garrity rights; investigations and disciplinary considerations.
Where:	PMAA Hilton Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
September 23, 2010
Speakers:	Vicki L. Betty, Gretchen K. Love and Christopher P. Gabriel
Topic:	Legal Update: What's Been Happening While You've Been Busy Running the County   Who cares about keeping up with the Joneses. You just need to be able to able to keep up with the whirlwind of legislation and case law that keeps flying at you faster than you can track it down. This session will be a potpourri of topics hot off the presses, with a decidedly labor/personnel slant.   The topics we will cover include: Health Care Reform - what does it mean to your County and what decisions do you need to make now?   Confidentiality - ADA. HIPAA, Right-to-Know Law, the Constitution?   How do they fit together?   Electronic Record Keeping - Your obligations under the Right to Know law, the Records Retention Act and when the lawsuit gets filed.   Recent court decisions impacting your County
Where:	CCAP Insurance Programs Workshop CCAP North Office
October 5, 2010
Speakers:	Vicki L. Betty, Gretchen K. Love and Christopher P. Gabriel
Topic:	Legal Update: What's Been Happening While You've Been Busy Running the County   Who cares about keeping up with the Joneses. You just need to be able to able to keep up with the whirlwind of legislation and case law that keeps flying at you faster than you can track it down. This session will be a potpourri of topics hot off the presses, with a decidedly labor/personnel slant.   The topics we will cover include: Health Care Reform - what does it mean to your County and what decisions do you need to make now?   Confidentiality - ADA. HIPAA, Right-to-Know Law, the Constitution?   How do they fit together?   Electronic Record Keeping - Your obligations under the Right to Know law, the Records Retention Act and when the lawsuit gets filed.   Recent court decisions impacting your County
Where:	CCAP Insurance Programs Workshop Regional Learning Alliance, Cranberry Twp.
October 14, 2010
Speakers:	Vicki L. Beatty and Michael A. Palombo
Topic:	Workshop on "Legal Issues - Bargaining in a Down Economy   This session will focus on the options available to counties when it comes to negotiating a new CBA in the face of decreased revenues and increased expectations.  We know wages and healthcare are hot topics but what other options are there to achieve real cost savings?  Does your current contract language unnecessarily limit your ability to achieve savings?  Short of full blown layoffs and even contracting out, how and when can you consider rolling furloughs, reduced work weeks and contract give backs?  How do the CBAs, County Code and federal laws limit your options?  Can you contract out and if so how do you get it done without having it undone by the PLRB?  We will also review the most recent trends in county bargaining including wage settlement and awards.
Where:	CCAP CCAP North Office Harrisburg, Pennsylvania