2017

The Public Policy Exception Can Be an Employee’s Friend
March 2017
Tiffanie Benfer, Author
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2016

Navigating Compliance with Rule 4.2 During An Internal Investigation
November 2016
Tiffanie Benfer, Author
American Bar Association 10th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

There’s an Investigation! What’s an Employee’s Lawyer to Do?
November 2016
Virginia Hardwick, Author
American Bar Association 10th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

2015

Fundamentals of Whistleblower Claims: Some Ideas for the Employee’s Attorney
November 2015
Virginia Hardwick, Author
American Bar Association 9th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

Negotiation Tips and Tricks: What Does EPLI Have to do with it?
April 2015
Virginia Hardwick, Co- Author
21st Annual Employment Law Institute (PBI)

Budding Issue: Do the State Laws Legalizing Medical Marijuana Provide Job Protection?
March 2015
Tiffanie Benfer, Author
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2014

The Gross Decision Does Not Impact The Analysis of Sex-Plus-Age Discrimination Claims
November 2014
Tiffanie Benfer, Author
American Bar Association 8th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

2013

Navigating the Everglades: A Survey of State Laws Protecting Worker Privacy
March 2013
Tiffanie Benfer, Co-Author
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2010

Without State Law, PA Towns Tackle Anti-Gay Bias
December 23, 2010
AP story, quoting Virginia Hardwick, covered in numerous newspapers

Flexible Workplaces, Alternative Work Schedules and Furloughs
August 2010
Virginia Hardwick, Author
American Bar Association Annual Meeting

Surfing a Big Wave or Heading For a Wipeout – A Look at Corporate ADR Programs
March 2010
Virginia Hardwick, Author
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2009

Buccaneers of the Electronic Main: The Technology They Use and the Disputes They Spawn. Use of Electronic Discovery in Trade Secret Litigation
March 2009
Virginia Hardwick, Author
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2008

LGBT Law in Pennsylvania: Quaker Ideals of Respect for All Missing in this State’s Failure to Protect the LGBT Community from Discrimination
2008
Virginia Hardwick, Author
Wikibin

Presentations

2017

Practical Advice and Tips for Managing Whistleblowing Employees: Where Do We Go After the Volcano Blows?
March 2017
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

The Status of Employment At-Will: So Many Exceptions, So Little Time
March 2017
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2016

Managing Employees with Discrimination and Other Complaints
November 2016
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association 10th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

How to Manage Internal Communications with a Represented Party
November 2016
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
American Bar Association 10th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

Employment Law: Dumb Things Done at Work that Defeat Diversity
October 2016
Jill Walsh, Presenter
SHRM National Diversity Conference

Panelist – Women in the Professional Roundtable
February 2016
Jill Walsh, Presenter
Legal Intelligencer

 

2015

Performing Issue-Spotting and Client Intake in Whistleblower Cases
November 2015
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association 9th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

Effectively Managing Remote Work
November 2015
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
American Bar Association 9th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

Workers’ Compensation Fraud – My Injured Employee Did What?
October 2015
SHRM Lehigh Valley Annual Conference

Takin’ It to the States: A Look at Budding Issues from State Laws Legalizing Marijuana
March 2015
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, Employment Rights & Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2014

Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Disability Discrimination
November 2014
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
American Bar Association 8th Annual Labor and Employment Conference

2013

The “cc” Might not Save You: Determining When the Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine Apply to Internal Communications and Documents
November 2013
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association 7th Annual Section of Labor and Employment Law Conference

Liability – Strategies for Effective Performance Management
October 2013
Jill Walsh, Presenter
SHRM Lehigh Valley Annual Conference

Detangling the Web of FMLA, ADA and Workers Compensation
September 2013
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
Bucks County Bar Association, Annual Bench Bar Conference

Navigating the Everglades: A Survey of State Laws Protecting Worker Privacy
March 2013
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2012

Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
October 2011 and August 2012
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
Bucks County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education

2011

Anatomy of a Layoff: The Legal and Psychological Implications of RIF’s
November 2011
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association, 5th Annual Labor and Employment Law Conference

Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
October 2011
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
Bucks County Bar Association, Bench Bar Conference

The Use of Social Network Sites in Litigation
August 2011
Tiffanie Benfer, Presenter
Bucks County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education Program

2010

Surfing a Big Wave or Heading For a Wipeout – A Look at Corporate ADR Programs
March 2010
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2009

Deposition Skills
April 2009
Virginia Hardwick, Faculty
National Institute for Trial Advocacy

Buccaneers of the Electronic Main: The Technology They Use and the Disputes They Spawn. Use of Electronic Discovery in Trade Secret Litigation
March 2009
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
American Bar Association Section of Labor and Employment Law, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee Midwinter Meeting

2008

Supreme Court 2008 Developments
December 2008
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
Bucks County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education

How To Recognize a Valid Employment Discrimination/Harassment Claim and What to Do About It
August 2008
Virginia Hardwick & Tiffanie Benfer, Presenters
Bucks County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education

2007

Supreme Court 2007 Developments
December 2007
Virginia Hardwick, Presenter
Bucks County Bar Association, Continuing Legal Education