FLSA class action is now the leading labor class action litigation, surpassing discrimination and unlawful harassment. Good and well-intentioned employers are finding themselves facing claims in the hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars. Many of these employers relied upon "DOL" conferences or associational conferences with instructors that do not understand the FLSA
compliance burden. The "general topics" heard in those conferences often do not cover the technical issues that result in violations and back wages, the very issues in class action litigation.
     This conference will change the way you think about FLSA compliance. The training includes an in-depth understanding of the FLSA and how it applies to your agency.
     The extensive experience of the presenters is the difference. The presenters know and have enforced the law. They are recognized as FLSA experts. They interface with DOL regularly defending employers practices and their salaried exemptions. MKAI consultants know what you are up against and what you must do to avoid investigations, litigation, back wage assessments, damages and penalties.

     Pat, a management consultant with Mark Knuckles Associates, Inc.,  is a former Senior Trial Attorney with the USDOL, Office of the Solicitor. She was lead counsel on precedent setting cases, bringing actions against employers charged by the Wage Hour Division with violating the FLSA. She litigated cases dealing with employment relationship of trainees, minimum wage, overtime, child labor, government contracts, record keeping and employment discrimination. While an attorney for the USDOL, Pat taught investigation and litigation techniques to USDOL investigators and attorneys. She is an attorney, a member of the Georgia Bar, who has handled and litigated employment discrimination and labor law related matters exclusively since 1980.  She has 11 years as a DOL attorney, 11 years with MKAI and 28 years of total FLSA experience.    

Pat prepares responses to the USDOL, Wage Hour Division, on behalf of our clients and is on site during Wage Hour Division investigations.  She presents compliance training with wage hour and EEO laws. Pat also conducts work place employee conduct investigations and wage hour and EEO compliance audits. Pat graduated from the University of Georgia magna cum laud, where she also received her law degree, Phi Beta Kappa.

· City Police & Fire Chiefs and Administrative Staff                                · County Sheriffs and Administrative Staff

· Community Service Boards and Programs                                          · Public Authorities

· School System Management                                                                   ·    County and City Staff Attorneys 

· State HR Directors                                                                                      · State Compliance Auditors

· Program Auditors                                                                                        · Accreditation Reviewers and Auditors

· School System Superintendents and Principals                                 · Finance Directors & Staff

· Others Needing HRCI Credit                                                                    · Human Resource Directors/Managers

· Human Resource Technicians                                                                ·           Classification and Benefit Specialists/ Managers

· Risk Managers                                                                                            · County and City Managers

· County and City Assistant Managers                                                     · Department Directors/Managers

· Department Personnel Technicians                                                    · Department Time Keepers

· Public Agency Staff Responsible for FLSA Compliance                    · School Administrators

· School HR Directors                                                                                  · Counsel and Board Personnel Committee Chair and Members

· Payroll Directors & Staff  

Your Conference Fee Includes:

One day of instruction                                   Continental breakfast          

Comprehensive conference manual            HRCI Credit for six general hours

Cancelations: Attendee substitutions allowed; Payments are transferrable to another conference site but are not refundable.

Questions about sites or amenities: email james@markknuckles.com

Bring a jacket or sweater as meeting room temperatures are unpredictable