Are you ready for robots in your workplace?
OK, maybe we’re not quite there yet. But 2024 is upon us, and so is the age of Artificial Intelligence. Cybersecurity is again at the forefront of concern, as is the complexity of California labor law and our desire to stay informed and in compliance. Ignorance is certainly not bliss when it comes to being an employer in 2024!
We cordially invite you to join Allevity and Stratti for a local joint seminar on March 7: “Threat-Ready: Mitigating HR and Cyber Risks in 2024.”
With this half-day session, you will:
- Identify your company’s top vulnerabilities
- Better secure your company’s data and network
- Set up a company policy regarding AI
- Integrate the latest changes to the California Family Rights Act
- Expand your knowledge of crucial California labor law for 2024
Our $30 seminar comprises a line-up of four local topic experts and will help you find a road map for 2024—a sense of preparedness, knowledge, and the strategies needed to tackle today's risks effectively. All proceeds will support the Butte County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue.
We have a great lineup of speakers and look forward to seeing you there.
Agenda
9:00 Welcome and Introductions
9:00 - 9:30 Cyber Security in the Workplace - Brent Largent
Q&A
9:40 - 10:00 Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace Policy - Craig Ahlswede
10:00 - 10:45 California Family Rights Act - Ariann Cook
Break
11:00 - 12:00 Labor Law Update from Treavor K. Hodson
Speakers
Brent Largent
Founder and CEO, Stratti
Brent Largent started Stratti (then PacificCom) with a high school friend in 1993, and has been expanding to provide proactive IT support and cyber security for businesses throughout the USA ever since. Brent received his AS in Electronic Technology from Butte College, then studied at San Jose State for his BSEE while working at various startup engineering companies. He has designed both computer systems and peripherals, and has managed technicians and engineers for various large companies.
Brent is actively involved in the Chico Noon Exchange Club, and has served on many boards within the Chico community.
Craig Ahlswede
President, Allevity Employer Solutions
With over 30 years’ of experience leading organizational excellence, Craig is a seasoned professional with expertise in visionary executive leadership. His in-depth experience simplifies complex HR, payroll, recruiting, and staffing processes for businesses across Northern California. At Allevity, Craig has excelled in building a strong culture, managing organizational and economic change, propelling revenue, fostering business development, and achieving customer service excellence.
Craig has served as a board member for the Chico Chamber of Commerce, North Valley Health Education Foundation, and the National Association of Professional Employer Organization. Craig was California Chair of the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) for 11 years, advocating for the interests of PEOs and employers at the California and Federal levels.
Ariann Cook, SHRM-CP
Human Resources Consultant, Allevity Employer Solutions
Ariann Cook was the recipient of the Chico Chamber of Commerce Young Professional of the Year award in 2015. She holds a Certified Professional credential from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and has a deep vocation for experiential HR, applying her wide experience in policy, leave, and employee management on the daily. We’re proud to have worked with her at Allevity since 2007.
Treaver Hodson
Partner, Palmer Kazanjian Wohl Hodson LLP
Mr. Hodson brings over 25 years’ experience in advising executive management, in-house corporate legal counsel, labor relations administrators, and human resource professionals. His legal practice includes offering management counsel and legal advice for compliance with all areas of employment and labor law, including employment hiring and recruitment, performance and incentive compensation, discipline and termination decisions, employment policies and handbook provisions, executive employment agreements, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution agreements, trade secret and confidentiality agreements, workplace misconduct investigations, drug and alcohol testing, employment background checks, employee privacy, governmental and administrative audits and assessments, protected leaves of absence, workplace safety, employee benefits, prevention of union organizing, wage and hour compliance, management training, and various other employment related state and federal laws and regulations.
Mr. Hodson has also represented management before federal and state courts and administrative agencies in all aspects of employment law litigation. His representation has included such areas of expertise as wrongful termination, unlawful discrimination and harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, workplace violence, leaves of absence, unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract and defamation. His expertise includes assertive use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms for to find solutions, including formal and informal arbitration and mediation.
Mr. Hodson also represents management in all aspects of labor law before the National Labor Relations Board and similar state agencies including representation elections, unfair labor practice charges and hearings, collective bargaining negotiations, contract arbitrations and picketing and strikes.
Professional Activities
Mr. Hodson is a member of the Labor and Employment Law sections of the state and county bar associations. He is licensed to practice law in California and Utah.
Mr. Hodson has published a law review comment regarding application of federal discrimination laws to religious entities. He is a regular contributing author and lead editor of numerous articles on trending labor and employment law issues.
Mr. Hodson is a regular guest speaker at professional seminars and forums regarding various management and human resource topics, including prohibited harassment training, workplace investigations, successful management of the employment relationship, alternative dispute resolution, and innovative compliance with the myriad regulations and legal obligations that beset employers and management in California.
Professional Affiliations
President, BYU Management Society, Sacramento Chapter
President, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, Sacramento Chapter
Sacramento Area Human Resource Association
Folsom Chamber of Commerce
Education
Mr. Hodson graduated from J. Reuben Clark Law School (Brigham Young University) with honors in 1995 where he received the Hugh B. Brown Barristers Award and was Note & Comment Editor for the Brigham Young University Law Review. Mr. Hodson earned a degree in English with minors in Philosophy and Spanish from Brigham Young University in 1992.