Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Legal, Tax, and Health Care Issues
8.00 Credits
Member Price $279.00
Non-Member Price $404.00
Overview
The employer-employee relationship strains both sides in uncertain times, and businesses need CPAs, controllers, and other advisors to provide understanding of the complex legal, tax, and health care issues associated with all aspects of employment. This course provides in-depth coverage of this critical area. It will be updated and supplemented throughout the year to cover breaking developments.
Objectives
- Identify the legal issues in hiring, evaluating, and firing employees
- Discuss federal laws that curtail an employer in taking actions involving employees and applicants
- Understand the requirements that fringe benefits and compensation programs place on employers
Highlights
- Hiring and firing issues – What questions cannot be asked in an interview; how to document employee performance; establishing an annual review system; when an employer may and may not fire an employee, and much more
- Employment contracts – An analysis of the legal and planning issues in structuring employment contracts; when noncompetition agreements will and will not work
- Employment issues in the economy – Telecommuters and other special situations
- Legal liability issues – Recognition of age discrimination, sex discrimination, FLSA issues, minimum wage, overtime, sexual harassment, and more
- Fringe benefit issues – COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act, and new developments in health care
- Medical plans – Who is a full-time employee?
Designed For
CPAs seeking an in-depth understanding of employment issues
Prerequisites
None
Preparation
None
Notice
You will receive an email from Surgent CPE with instructions to access this webinar.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
David Peters, Peters Professional Education LLC
David R. Peters, CPA, CFP, CPCU, MST, MBA
David Peters is the Founder and Owner of David Peters Financial Group and Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting, PC. David has over sixteen years of experience in financial services, including 3 years in the hedge fund industry and six years in the insurance industry.
David was the first-ever Chief Financial Officer at Compare.com - a position he held for more than three years. Currently, David is a National Instructor for the AICPA, Surgent, and Kaplan. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics throughout the United States. David holds four master’s degrees, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Financial Planning. He contributes regularly to various CPA publications, including NCACPA’s Interim Report, SCACPA’s CPA Report, and VSCPA’s Disclosures. David was also a co-author of the 2018 Virginia CPA Ethics course – a required course for all CPA’s licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Non-Member Price $404.00
Member Price $279.00