Webcast: Surgent's Employer's Handbook: Legal, Tax and Health Care Issues
8.0 Credits
Member Price $255.00
Non-Member Price $340.00
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.
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?
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
CPAs seeking an in-depth understanding of employment issues
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
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
David Peters, CPA, CFP, CLU, CPCU, MST, Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC
David Peters is the founder and owner of Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting in Richmond, VA, and a Financial Advisor for Peters Financial, LLC. He has over fifteen years of financial services experience, including three 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 over three years. He is a national CPE Instructor/Discussion Leader for the AICPA, Kaplan, and Surgent and was a recipient of Surgent’s Outstanding Discussion Leader award for 2019. He regularly teaches accounting, finance, insurance, financial planning, and ethics throughout the United States. He is the advisor for Business & Industry topics for the SC Association of CPAs and was a recipient of The American College’s 2019 NextGen Financial Services Professional Award. He holds four Master’s degrees and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Financial Planning. He regularly contributes to various CPA publications, including NCACPA’s Interim Report, SCACPA’s CPA Report, and VSCPA’s Disclosures. He was also a co-author of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 versions of the Virginia CPA Ethics course – a required course for all CPAs licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Non-Member Price $340.00
Member Price $255.00