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Greetings,
Please join us on Tuesday, September 15, 2015, for our seminar entitled: Is it OK to say “NO” to Audits, Inspections, and Investigations? Certificates of attendance will be available upon request.
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in partnership with The California Employment Development Department Present Is it OK to say “NO” to Audits, Inspections, and Investigations? Phyllis Cheng DLA Piper
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Is it OK to say “NO” to Audits, Inspections, and Investigations? How to prepare and respond when auditors come knocking on your door. Speaker: Phyllis Cheng Before joining DLA Piper, Phyllis was the Director of the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the largest state civil rights agency  in the United States. Originally appointed to head the DFEH by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, then retained by Governor Jerry Brown, Phyllis is well respected by both sides of the political aisle and enjoys a reputation as a hard-working public official who improved the DFEH during a budget crisis by implementing innovative business concepts. At DLA Piper, she focuses her practice on employment policy and legislative and business development issues that concern companies in California. During her nearly seven-year tenure at DFEH, the agency took in 140,000 complaints, prosecuted between 400-500 cases, including several class complaints, and garnered wins and settlements of about $100 million plus affirmative relief. Meanwhile, during a budget crisis, rather than laying off employees, she closed down five physical facilities to reduce rents, relocated staff and partnered with seven law schools and colleges on campus, staffed by a combination of public employees and civil rights fellows, thus growing the capacity of the agency while drastically reducing costs.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Concord Hilton 1970 Diamond Blvd. Concord, CA 94520 Check-in: 7:30 a.m. Program: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Cost: $35 for members, $50 for nonmembers |
The Contra Costa County Employer Advisory Council
and employment law litigation and counseling on behalf of private and public employers as well as educational institutions. Mr. Baum represents employers in wrongful discharge and discrimination disputes before federal and state courts and government agencies. He also counsels clients on a variety of issues impacting the employer-employee relationship, including employee discipline and termination, personnel policies, workplace privacy and issues unique to educational institutions; he offers a special expertise in the areas of compliance with disability laws and reasonable accommodation. Mr. Baum regularly presents in-house management training on all areas of labor and employment law. He frequently lectures on employment topics before professional organizations, attorneys and business groups. Mr. Baum also has presented numerous training sessions on effectively handling discrimination and harassment complaints through an internal investigation. Mr. Baum was the lead attorney in successfully arguing and briefing Kaiser vs. Superior Court, (1998) 66 Cal. App. 4th 1217, where the attorney-client privilege intersected with an organization’s internal investigation process