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Articles and Publications by Gordon M. Berger

June/July 2009 PEO Insider, Regulatory Changes Necessitate Handbook Changes

December 2008 NAPEO Legal Review Volume 6, Number 4 The ADEA: Age, Layoffs,

Waivers, and the PEO

October 2008 PEO Insider, Helping Clients Avoid Compliance Potholes

June/July 2008 PEO Insider, Harassment Hazards Managing the Risks

February 2008 PEO Insider, Leave and Alternate Work Arrangements

June/July 2007 PEO Insider, New Electronic Discovery Rules Affect PEO Policies

March 2007 PEO Insider, Protecting HR Data

Dec 2006/Jan 2007PEO Insider, Sexual Harassment Harassment Reporting Procedure,

Indemnification Provision Protect PEO from Client Actions

September 2006 NAPEO Legal Review, Volume 4, Issue 7 Sarbanes-Oxley and

Workplace Ethics Training

November 2005 PEO Insider, Information Destruction

June/July 2005

PEO Insider, The Ins and Outs of MEWA Audits

February 2005

PEO Insider, I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, Records, & Responsibilities

September 2004

PEO Insider, Mission: Client HR Compliance, Checking Social Security Numbers: Still Required, Fines

August 2004	Perfecting PEO Performance, Operational Requirement 7, Maintaining Workers' Compensation Coverage.
April 2004	NAPEO Legal Review Volume 2, Number 3 The ADEA: Employees, Social Security Numbers, and PEOs
February 2004	Outsourcing Employment Services: Welcome to the PEO Arrangement, PEOs and Background Checks.

November 2003

PEO Insider, BE PREPARED! With a Solid Client Service Agreement Are PEOs Practicing Law?

May 2003	Workplace Compliance Made Simple, 479 Things You Need to Know, Military Leave: Knowing Laws Can Save a PEO from Headaches Later.
March 2003	Responding to SSA 'No-Match' Letters.

January 2000

Factual content provider, "Seminars At The Office", CD ROM, Knowles Publishing.

February 1999	Article, “Employer Classification: Hot, hot, hot ”, ProEmp Journal.
January 1999	Article, “Waiving Workers’ Comp”, ProEmp Journal.

December 1998	Article, “EEOC To End The Use Of Job Testers“, ProEmp Journal.
November 1998	Article, “Is Your Employee Handbook The Basis For A Contract”, ProEmp Journal.

August 1998	Article, “Tax Case May Impact H.R. 1891 Debate”, ProEmp Journal.
June 1998	Article, “The Pitfalls of Marketing PEO Services“, ProEmp Journal.

May 1998	Article, “Court Rules On Employees’ Right to Sue After Receiving Disability“, ProEmp Journal.
April 1998	Article, "Beware of Clients Bearing Severance Gifts to Employees", ProEmp Journal.

May/June 1997	Article/Feature In, Dossier Magazine, “Atlanta Law: Do you Know the Best and the Brightest?”
May 1997	Article/Interview In, Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Professional Employer Organizations.”

Speaking Engagements by Gordon M. Berger

May 2009 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Legal & Legislative Conference, "Authorized Worker

Compliance: I-9s, E-Verify, Visas, No Match".

September 2008 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Annual Conference, "Cases from the Courtroom:

Immigration and Beyond".

October 2007 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Legal & Legislative Conference "Lawfully Managing

Employee Leave in 2007".

May 2007 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Legal & Legislative Conference "Sarbanes-Oxley Isn't

Just for Public Companies — Corporate Training and Ethical

Requirements for Attorneys, PEOs, and Clients".

May 2006 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Legal & Legislative Conference, "Ask an Expert Panel".

September 2006 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Annual Conference, "Privacy Issues in Your PEO".

September 2005 Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer

Organizations Annual Conference, "Wage & Hour Audits".

September 2003 May 2003	Seminar Speaker for Sterling Education Services; Hiring And Firing. Seminar Speaker, at National Association of Professional Employer Organizations Legal & Legislative Conference, "The Dilemma of Faulty Social Security Numbers - What's an Employer to Do?".
June 2002	Seminar Speaker, "Human Resource Fundamentals", June 18, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia, Lorman Education Services.
November 2002 May 2002	Seminar Speaker for Sterling Education “Recent Developments in Employment Law.” Seminar Speaker at National Association of Professional Employer Organizations Legal & Legislative Conference, "Panel Discussion: Advising PEOs on Regulatory Compliance Program".

December 2001

Seminar Speaker, "Strategies For Effective Employee Recordkeeping", December 14, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia, Lorman Education Services.

August 2001

Seminar Speaker, "Employee Handbooks", Atlanta, Georgia, Lorman Education Services.

September 2001

Seminar Speaker, "Effective Human Resource Management", Atlanta, Georgia, Lorman Education Services.

May 2001	Seminar Speaker, "Employment Law Update", Athens, Georgia, Lorman Education Services.
March 2001	Seminar Speaker, "Personnel Law", Atlanta, Georgia, Lorman Education Services.

April 2000	Seminar Speaker, Employee Privacy Georgia Association of Professional Employer Organizations.
January 2000	Seminar Speaker, Sexual Harassment Seminar Cobb County Chamber of Commerce.

January 1999	Seminar Speaker, The PEO Regulation & Compliance Institute, "FMLA In The PEO Industry: Whose Job Is It Anyway?”
June 1998	Seminar Speaker, PEO Primer, "Recent Developments in Employment Law that Your PEO Should Know About,"

February 1998	Speaker, “Some of the Lesser Known Facts Concerning Employer/Employee Rights”, Marketing Insurance Claims Association.
September 1997	Seminar Speaker, “Risk Management Through the Use of Employee Handbooks.”

March 1997	Speaker, “Americans With Disabilities Act”, Fibromylagia Support Group, Piedmont Hospital.
February 1997	Speaker, “Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996”, American Society of Women Accountants.

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