November 30 - December 2 DoubleTree Tropicana 3801 S Las Vegas Boulevard

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1 LAS VegAs 3 R D A N N U A L November 30 - December 2 DoubleTree Tropicana 3801 S Las Vegas Boulevard

2 November 30th Wednesday TRINIDAD 1 fast 8:00AM Welcoming Remarks NCAE President Fred Leitz Forum Overview NCAE Executive Vice President Frank Gasperini Invocation Nevada State FFA Representative Brieanna Wooden Pledge of Allegiance Political Speaker: 2016 Election 9:00AM Craig Regelbrugge AmericanHort 10-10:15AM I-9 Central 10:15AM Kimberly Clarke Varnum LLP United Fresh & PMA Worker Stewardship Program 11:00AM Tom Stenzel, United Fresh Lunch 12:00PM 12:30 PM Monte Lake - Lessons from 30 Years of Federal Policy Wars on Agricultural Labor: A View from the Trenches On Site Wage & Hour Audit 1:00PM Dan Bremer AgWorks H2 LLC Wendel Hall Hall Law Firm Mike Lewis Snake River Farmers Association Snake River Farmer Association Representative Navigating the Waters of MSPA, FLSA & Joint Employment 2:15PM Moderator: Lynn Jacquez CJ Lake LLC Ann Margaret Pointer Fisher & Phillips LLP Chris Schulte CJ Lake LLC David Young Fisher & Phillips LLP 3:45-4:00PM Worker s Compensation 4:00 PM Dan Hair Workers Compensation Fund 1

3 TRINIDAD 1 December 1st Thursday fast 8:00 AM Lunch 11:45 PM OSHA - What Employers Need to Know 8:30 AM Bill Krycia CalOSHA 9:30-9:45 AM Legal Panel: Trafficking, Discrimination, Harassment, Minimum Wage & Piece Work 9:45PM Moderator: Lynn Jacquez CJ Lake LLC Carmen Ponce Tanimura & Antle Kara Youngblood Youngblood & Associates Wendel Hall Hall Law Office PLLC Management Trend Report: Today s Labor Climate 10:45 AM Michael Saqui The Saqui Law Group Lynn Jacquez AWC Update Kristi Boswell State of the States: AFBF Presentation for Ag Workforce Development DOL Wage and Hour 1:00PM Richard Longo US DOL Wage & Hour Division 2:30-2:45PM Affordable Care Act 2:45AM Adam Kantrovich Michigan State University Extension Worker Protection Standard 3:45PM Rebeckah Adcock CropLife America Stacey Stucki Sierra Cascade Nursery, Inc Tax Changes 4:45 PM Bob Wunderle - La Posada Tax Clinic 2

4 December 2nd Friday Additional Sessions Trinidad 1 DOL Workshop with OFLC and Wage & Hour: Keys to Successful H-2A Applications for 2017 (Intended for H-2A Agents, Association Managers and Attorneys) 8AM-12PM Brian Pasternak - DOL OFLC - Director of Program Planning and Outreach John Rotterman - DOL Chicago NPC - H-2A Certifying Officer Lynette Wills - DOL Chicago NPC - H-2A Certifying Officer Richard Longo DOL Wage & Hour - Director of Enforcement, Western Region Trinidad 6 Ag Safety for HR & Compliance Managers (ASHCA Certificate Course) 8AM-12PM Practical and safety measures that will help you implement safety programs in your operation to reduce reduce risks and lost-time, maximize regulatory compliance, and potentially minimizing insurance and future litigation costs. Presented by the Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA) Instructors: Kimberly Naffziger, Vice President Agricultural Specialist, Zenith Insurance (CA). Introducing the Panel Moderator as Vice-Chair of ASCHA Dennis Murphy, Professor of Agricultural Safety & Health at Penn State University (PA). Moderator of this session. Joel Sherman, Director of Safety, WC, & Regulatory Compliance at Grimmway Farms (CA). Machine hazard awareness. Lee Hipp, Loss Prevention Consultant at Agri-Services Agency (NY). Safe Farms assessments and OSHA on the farm. Dan Hair, Senior Vice President & Chief Risk Officer, WCF Insurance (UT). Serious injury and fatality prevention in the agricultural workplace. Bill Krycia, Senior Safety Engineer, CalOSHA (CA). Protecting agricultural workers from heat, fall prevention, lighting, night work, and drone safety. Trinidad 5 Affordable Care Act & Taxes for Employers 8AM-12PM Adam Kantrovich - Michigan State University Extension Bob Wunderle - La Posada Tax Clinic Trinidad 1 H-2A Special Procedures with DOL s Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) (Beekeeping/Sheepherding/Custom Harvesters) 1-3PM 3

5 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS FOR THE AG EMPLOYER FORUM - This event is made possible only through the generosity of our Sponsors