Meeting/Event Information

Conducting Internal Investigations in a Rapidly Changing Employment Law World
Presented by Fred J. Bissinger, Esq. Regional Managing Member, Wimberly Lawson

Do you know what to do if your business receives an internal complaint? Do you know how to conduct an internal investigation? This presentation will cover the most common legal pitfalls associated with internal investigations. We will focus on the procedure for conducting your own internal investigations, while giving you strategy and best practice tips along the way.  We will also focus on the impact electronic communications and social media have during the investigative process.

Schedule: Doors open at 11:00 am for registration and networking. Buffet lunch begins at 11:20 am, and the presentation starts promptly at 12:00 noon.
Lunch:

• Members: $28 by end of business Monday, July 11, $38 afterwards.*
• Future Members: $42 by end of business Monday, July 11, $56 afterwards.* (See below)**
• MT|SHRM Students: $14 by end of business Monday, July 11, $19 afterwards.*

*On-line registration will close by end of business 2 days prior to the event. Our ability to accommodate walk-in registrations will be based on space availability.

This program has been awarded 1 hour of General HR recertification credit."MT|SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDC's) for the SHRM-CP and SHRM SCP. The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit."

Please thank our sponsor Wimberly Lawson for making this event possible:

Biography: Fredrick J. Bissinger is Regional Managing Member of the Nashville, Tennessee office of the firm, which he joined in 1999. His law practice includes an emphasis in handling employment discrimination and wrongful discharge matters at both the administrative level and in Federal and State Court litigation. His practice also includes an emphasis on ADAAA, FMLA, and related compliance matters, as well as workers' compensation, and general liability matters. He received his Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in Economics from Washington & Lee University and his law degree from the Seton Hall University School of Law. Prior to entering private practice, Fred served in the United States Navy Judge Advocate General Corps from 1993-1997. Fred is a member of the Tennessee Bar Association. He served as the 2010 – 2011 Legislative Chair and 2012 – 2013 Legal Advisor for the Middle Tennessee Society of Human Resource Management. In 2012 – 2013, Fred served as the Diversity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair for the Tennessee Society for Human Resource Management, and in 2016, he will serve as the MT|SHRM Diversity and Inclusion Committee Director.

** Up to $45 of any Guest registration may be applied towards a new 1 year MT|SHRM Membership within 60 days of the event attended.  Please call Shannan at (615) 499-5150 to take advantage.