32nd Annual Employment Law Seminar presented by Torkildson Katz

Name: 32nd Annual Employment Law Seminar presented by Torkildson Katz
Start: 2025-08-20T07:30:00-10:00
End: 2025-08-20T16:30:00-10:00
Location: Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort

Schedule

Wed Aug 20 2025 at 07:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC-10:00

Location

Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort | Honolulu, HI

Attend the 32nd Annual Employment Law Seminar to enjoy a full-day of in-person and up to the minute information on recent significant employment law developments. Presenters from Torkildson Katz A Law Corporation have extensive firsthand experience and knowledge on some of the most pressing legal issues that impact employers.

A must-attend event each year the Employment Law Seminar provides in-depth presentations about the biggest challenges in human resources today and advice on how to navigate these trends. This is an opportunity to update your HR policies and ask your most complicated questions to the panel of experts and receive immediate feedback to your most pressing topics.

Visit the exhibitor booths collect stickers and enter for an opportunity to win great prizes! The winner will be announced at the Pau Hana Session.
genda At-a-Glance

7:30 - 8:30 AM: Registration Breakfast and Exhibitor Tables

8:30 - 9:00 AM: Welcome and Legislative Update
Sherry Menor President & CEO Chamber of Commerce Hawaii
9:00 – 10:15 AM: Group Session #1: Is DEI Dead?: Navigating Title VII in the New Era. How to ensure legal compliance with Title VII under Trump 2.0 and discussion of 4 main areas of exposure: 1) contract claims 2) discrimination claims 3) whistleblower claims and 4) retaliation claims.
Kendra Kawai Director Torkildson Katz
Rachel Hoke Miyashiro Director Torkildson Katz
Jenna A. Moriwaki Associate Torkildson Katz

10:15 – 10:30 AM: Break
10:30 – 11:45 AM: Group Session #2: Paying the Price: Managing Wage and Hour Risks Before They Cost You. Wage and Hour Liability and responding to investigations to limit exposure. Back wages liquidated damages and civil monetary penalties and discussion of how to audit pay practices to comply with overtime obligations.
Joseph A. Ernst Director Torkildson Katz
Jeffrey Harris Director Torkildson Katz
Arynn R. Nagahiro Associate Torkildson Katz
11:45 – 12:00 PM: Break
12:00 – 1:15 PM: Lunch Exhibitor Tables

1:15 – 1:30 PM: Break
1:30 – 2:30 PM: Breakout Session #1A: The Legal Landscape of Leave: What Employers Need to Know for Managing Leave and Accommodation Requests. FMLA HFL ADAAA State Disability and Worker’s Compensation and discussion on how the recent Supreme Court decision on religious accommodation impacts leave and accommodation issues.
Joseph A. Ernst Director Torkildson Katz
Kendra Kawai Director Torkildson Katz
Jacob T. Tokunaga Associate Torkildson Katz

1:30 – 2:30 PM: Breakout Session #1B: Systemized Analysis of Discipline Discharge and the Interactive Process: Understanding and navigating the employee life cycle from employee development to separation. Discussion of best practices for managing your workforce and addressing personnel problems to ensure legal compliance and a smooth transition from one employment stage to the next.
D. Elliot Gonzalez Director Torkildson Katz
Jeffrey Harris Director Torkildson Katz
Arynn R. Nagahiro Associate Torkildson Katz

2:30 – 2:45: Break
2:45 – 3:45 PM: Breakout Session #2A: The Hiring Game: Rules Risks and Recruitment Done Right. Hiring do’s and don’ts and best practices to avoid legal traps from job posting to employee onboarding.
D. Elliot Gonzalez Director Torkildson Katz
Rachel Hoke Miyashiro Director Torkildson Katz
Arynn R. Nagahiro Associate Torkildson Katz

2:45 – 3:45 PM: Breakout Session #2B: Under New Orders: Navigating Immigration Laws in the Workplace Under the New Administration. A review of the recent Executive Orders regarding immigration ICE's enhanced Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) I-9 compliance and consideration of the impacts of immigration under Trump 2.0 on employers.

Newton Chu Director Torkildson Katz
Vaughn Cook Director Torkildson Katz
3:45 – 4:00 PM: Break
4:00 – 5:00 PM: Pau Hana and Exhibitor Tables
In-Person Registration includes: self-parking WIFI SHRM/HRCI/HSBA continuing education credits Continental Breakfast Coffee Lunch Pau Hana Networking Reception with appetizers and one drink ticket and 2025 Employment Law Desk Manual book with pdf version.
Expo Table $750 Registration includes: (1) self-parking WIFI Continental Breakfast Coffee (2) Lunch Pau Hana Networking Reception with appetizers and one drink ticket six-foot expo table and two chairs. **Expo Table Sponsorship does not include tickets to seminar
Exclusive Sponsorships includes: (2) Tickets to the seminar Verbal and Logo Recognition 2-minute speaking opportunity from the stage (1) self-parking WIFI Continental Breakfast Coffee (2) Lunch Pau Hana Networking Reception with appetizers and one drink ticket six-foot expo table and two chairs. **There are only (1) sponsorship for each of the items so first come first serve.
The Chamber Desk Manual contains common sense advice concerning Hawaii federal employment and labor relations issues and continues to an indispensable resource for personnel matters. Published annually by Torkildson Katz this edition features new and revised materials not found in older editions.