Event Details

North Star SHRM will be hosting a seminar titled: Proactively Protecting Your Business Through Policies & Procedures.  It will be held at Guardian Angels Senior Services Corporate Offices (508 Freeport Avenue NW, Elk River) on Wednesday, February 8 2017 from 8 am to 9:30 am. All North Star SHRM members are invited to attend.  In addition, all Elk River, Monticello, and I-94 West Chamber members are invited to attend.  There is no cost to attend.

The target audience for this seminar is HR professionals and any small business owners.  This interactive session will discuss methods in which employers can take proactive measures to protect their business.  Specifically, this session will address recent developments in labor and employment law that impact human resource policies and procedures.  Among other things, the session will discuss: (1) Employee handbook pitfalls to avoid; (2) I-9 Compliance; (3) Confidentiality and Non-Competition Agreements; and (4) Employment Agreements..

  Learning objectives are:

• Learn about recent developments in labor law that impact HR policies and procedures
• Understand Employee Handbook pitfalls to avoid
• Learn about I-9 compliance
• Learn about Confidentiality and Non-competition Agreements
• Learn about Employment Agreements

This seminar will be presented by Tom Revnew

Tom Revnew is a shareholder with the law firm of Seaton, Peters & Revnew.  For over 25 years, he has represented employers on a national and local level in connection with the full range of employment and labor law issues.  He has successfully litigated a wide variety of labor and employment law claims before state and federal courts and administrative agencies.  He frequently negotiates collective bargaining agreements on behalf of employers and has significant experience representing clients in arbitration proceedings arising out of both collective bargaining agreements and employment contracts.

Tom works with employers to avoid costly and time consuming litigation by providing counseling on the full scope of labor and employment law matters.  Additionally, Tom frequently trains and/or lectures employers on various labor and employment law topics.  Since he commenced his practice, he has conducted hundreds of training programs on behalf of clients, trade associations and various other organizations both locally and nationally.

He is a graduate of Marquette Law School and the University of Michigan Business School.