8:00 – 8:30 a.m. |
Registration
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8:30 – 8:45 a.m. |
Welcome
TMHRA President Debbie Maynor, Executive Director of Human Resources, Killeen
Ms. Maynor will welcome the attendees and provide any current news that is facing the human resources profession and TMHRA. |
8:45 – 10:00 a.m. |
Modifying Civil Service Rules by Agreement pdf
Ric Navarro, Managing Partner, Denton Navarro Rocha & Bernal, P.C., Harlingen
This session will cover the legal authority given to public employers and labor representatives to modify existing civil service provisions by the negotiation process and will provide some pointers about issues to consider. It will also give some examples of such modifications and explain how they have worked in practice and/or been enforced in litigation.
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10:00 – 10:15 a.m. |
Break
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10:15 – 11:30 a.m. |
Interaction Between the Fitness for Duty Provision, ADA, Workers’ Compensation, and FLMA pdf
Julia Gannaway, Partner, Lynn Ross Smith & Gannaway, LLP, Fort Worth
Ms. Gannaway will share what we need to know when dealing with a Fitness for Duty provision of Chapter 143 and its interaction with the ADA, Workers’ Compensation, and FMLA. |
11:30a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Lunch
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12:30 – 2:15 p.m. |
Break |
3:00 – 4:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (Two Tracks)
Advanced
How to Prepare for a Civil Service Commission/Hearing Examiner Disciplinary Appeal Hearing pdf
Roberta “Robin” B. Cross, Assistant City Attorney, Galveston
You’ll hear an overview of how to prepare for disciplinary appeal hearings conducted with either the Civil Service Commission or a third-party hearing examiner.
Basic
Role of the Civil Service Director pdf
Barbara Boulware-Wells, Partner, Akers & Boulware-Wells, LLP, Austin
Ever wonder what authority the civil service director has? Ms. Boulware-Wells will discuss the role of this employee, including the director’s interaction with the police and/or fire department.
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2:15 – 2:30 p.m. |
Break |
2:30 – 4:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Sessions (Two Tracks)
Advanced
Appealing a Third-Party Hearing Examiner’s Decision pdf doc
Julia M. Vasquez, First Assistant City Attorney, Wichita Falls
Ms. Vasquez will give us insight on how to appeal the Decision of a third party hearing examiner.
Basic
Establishing Local Civil Service Rules and Regulations–A Statewide Perspective pdf doc
Alberto Peña, Partner (San Antonio); Alan T. Ozuna, Partner (Rio Grande Valley); and George E. Hyde, Partner (Austin), Denton, Navarro Rocha & Bernal, P.C.,
Does your city have local civil service rules and regulations? If so, have they been revised recently? Hear a statewide perspective on these rules and regulations, and learn what should be included and what should not. |
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. |
Reception
Sponsored by Lynn Ross Smith & Gannaway, LLP, Fort Worth |
