Do you allow your employees flexible work arrangements such as telecommuting? Should you? Are you legally required to?

The flexibility of a telecommuting policy can benefit both employers and employees. However, the practical realities of allowing employees to work away from the workplace can lead to a minefield of legal issues that an employer must carefully navigate.

During this business practice event, the presenter will:

• Examine the risks and rewards of the flexible workplace, including the potential wage and hour pitfalls of telecommuting arrangements.
• Review trends in cases analyzing whether flexible work arrangements must be provided to accommodate employee disabilities, and the interaction between telecommuting arrangements and leaves of absence.

Presenter Aaron D. Goldstein, is an Associate in the Seattle law office of Dorsey & Whitney. Aaron provides litigation expertise and advice regarding trade secret disputes; non-competition agreements; race, gender, disability, national origin, age, religious, and sexual-orientation discrimination; whistleblower retaliation; sexual harassment; and protected leave under Oregon, Washington, and federal law. He represents clients before the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries, the Washington Human Rights Commission, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, and the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

5:30pm arrive/social. 6:00pm welcome/dinner (select your entree when you register). 6:30pm to 7:30pm – flexible workplace topic. SDA continuing education credit pending.