1998 NAUIAB Annual Conference

Baltimore, Maryland
May 31 - June 4, 1998

Sunday May 31, 1998	9:00-12:00	Board of Governors Meeting
	3:00-5:00	Registration
	5:00-6:30	Welcoming Reception
Monday June 1, 1998	8:00-8:50	Opening Remarks by invited dignitaries of host state
	8:50-9:00	Break
	9:00-10:00	Plenary Session	Invited Speaker: Kitty Higgins, Deputy Secretary US Department of Labor
	10:00-10:10	Break
	10:10-11:00	Double separations: What is the adjudication when, after giving notice to quit, a claimant is discharged before s/he can work out the notice period?	Pam Waite, ME Van Braswell, AZ Joe Pearlman, NC
		Leasing companies and temporary agencies	Angela Bullard, NC Rose O'Leary, FL
		Tips to educate the parties before the hearing, so the hearing runs more smoothly	Jim Hilly, ME Melissa Johnson, TN Bob Jones, NH Tommy Simmons, TX
	11:00-11:10	Break
	11:10-12:00	Double separations: What is the adjudication when, after giving notice to quit, a claimant is discharged before s/he can work out the notice period?	Pam Waite, ME Van Braswell, AZ Joe Pearlman, NC
		Leasing companies and temporary agencies	Angela Bullard, NC Rose O'Leary, FL
		Tips to educate the parties before the hearing, so the hearing runs more smoothly	Jim Hilly, ME Melissa Johnson, TN Bob Jones, NH Tommy Simmons, TX
	12:00-1:00	Lunch (Buffet Lunch)	Business Meeting: Presentation of Reports of Committees and Treasurer Nominations for 1998-1999 Board of Governors
	1:00-1:10	Break
	1:10-2:20	Plenary Session	Topic: Interpersonal conflict: Improving the Quality of Decisions Speaker: Dr. John H. Turner, Professor, Montclair State University
	2:20-2:30	Break
	2:30-3:30	How is fraud established in a hearing when claimants have reported via the telephone?	Dan Anderson, IA Kay Hansen, MI Sara Hopkins, TX Phil Gilliam, UAW
		The ADA and reasonable accommodation: what you need to know	Kendra Duckworth, Job Accommodation Network, President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
		Evaluating personal styles in conflict resolution	Dr. John H. Turner, Professor Montclair State University
	3:30-3:40	Break
	3:40-4:40	How is fraud established in a hearing when claimants have reported via the telephone?	Dan Anderson, IA Kay Hansen, MI Sara Hopkins, TX Phil Gilliam, UAW
		The ADA and reasonable accommodation: what you need to know	Kendra Duckworth, Job Accommodation Network, President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
		Evaluating personal styles in conflict resolution	Dr. John H. Turner, Professor Montclair State University
Tuesday June 2, 1998	8:00-9:10	Plenary Session	Speaker: Paul Igasaki, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Topic: Employment Discrimination Today Including Language Rights With Other Issues Affecting New Americans
	9:10-9:20	Break
	9:20-10:20	UI financing: What are the proposals? How will they impact us?	Marc Baldwin, AFL-CIO Douglas Holmes, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
		DUA	Bob Gillham, Director, Federal Programs, USDOL Dan Anderson, IA Joel Contreras, CA Charles Monteith, NC Rose O'Leary, FL Allan Toubman, ME
		In the age of technology, are there new considerations for some types of evidence? How to identify parties in video.	Jay Arcellana, CA, Moderator Pam Waite, ME Georgina Torres Rizk, CA
	10:20-10:30	Break
	10:30-11:30	What's new in technology for UI hearings?	Bennett Pudlin, CT Tom Wellman, ME
		UI financing. What are the proposals? How will they impact us?	Marc Baldwin, AFL-CIO Douglas Holmes, Ohio Bureau of Employment Services
		DUA	Bob Gillham, Director, Federal Programs, USDOL Dan Anderson, IA Joel Contreras, CA Charles Monteith, NC Rose O'Leary, FL Allan Toubman, ME
		In the age of technology, are there new considerations for some types of evidence? How to identify parties in video.	Jay Arcellana, CA, Moderator Pam Waite, ME Georgina Torres Rizk, CA
	11:30-1:00	Lunch (On your own)
	1:00-2:10	Plenary Session	Topic: Welfare Reform: Its impact on the UI system Speaker: Dennis Lieberman, Director, Welfare to Work Implementation Task Force, USDOL
	2:10-2:20	Break
	2:20-3:20	Will welfare reform, reform unemployment insurance too?	David Hurd, OR Bernie Hoffman, IL David Clegg, NC Pat O'Neal, Region 10, USDOL Teresa Morris, WA, Moderator
		Identifying and resolving substance abuse problems in the workplace	Robert White, Director, University of Maryland Behavior Health/EAP Programs
		What's new in technology for UI hearings?	Bennett Pudlin, CT Tom Wellman, ME
	3:20-3:30	Break
	3:30-4:30	Will welfare reform, reform unemployment insurance too?	David Hurd, OR Bernie Hoffman, IL David Clegg, NC Pat O'Neal, Region 10, USDOL Teresa Morris, WA, Moderator
		Identifying and resolving substance abuse problems in the workplace	Robert White, Director, University of Maryland Behavior Health/EAP Programs
		Identifying and resolving substance abuse problems in the workplace	Robert White, Director, University of Maryland Behavior Health/EAP Programs
		Decision writing Focus: Higher Authority Decision Quality: Do you really want to sign that?	Sara Hopkins, TX Prudence Lee, AZ
Wednesday June 3, 1998	8:00-9:10	Plenary Session The Ethical Challenges of Preserving Judicial Independence in Administrative Adjudication	Speaker: Penny White, former Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court and Professor, Washington and Lee University School of Law
	9:10-9:20	Break
	9:20-10:20	Ethics Panel Response	Penny White Professor Abe Dash, University of Maryland School of Law John Hardwicke, Chief Administrative Law Judge Office of Administrative Hearings of Maryland, and past president of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges Prudence Lee, AZ Moderator: Donna Watts-Lamont, MD
	10:20-10:30	Break
	10:30-11:30	Ethics workshops The agency as a party vs. The agency as the employer	Ronnie Yoder, US Department of Transportation Administrative Law Judge, and past president National Conference of Administrative Law Judges Gordon Doig, TX Camilla McClain, NC Bennett Pudlin, CT
		Exparte communications in unemployment insurance hearings	Professor Abe Dash, University of Maryland School of Law
	11:30-12:50	Lunch (Box Lunch)	Site Presentations, NAUIAB Annual Conference 1999, 2000
	12:50-1:00	Break
	1:00-2:10	Plenary: Topic: The Federal APA: Possible Lessons for the States	Speaker: Professor Paul Lubbers, American University, Washington College of Law
	2:10- 2:20	Break
	2:20-3:20	Does an employer have to carry a higher burden of proof when it has discharged an employee for criminal behavior?	Pam Anderson, WI
		The Federal APA: A closer look at federal adjudicative programs	Professor Paul Lubbers, American University, Washington College of Law
		The Internet: for beginners only: If we can't ignore it any longer, what's there that's useful for us? Is the future here? The basics of hands-on	Allan Toubman, ME Tom Wellman, ME
	3:20-3:30	Break>
	3:30-4:30	Does an employer have to carry a higher burden of proof when it has discharged anemployee for criminal behavior?	Pam Anderson, WI
		The Internet: advanced issues	Tom Wellman, ME
		Decision writing Focus: Lower Authority Decision Quality: Do you really want to mail that?	Sara Hopkins, TX Prudence Lee, AZ
Thursday June 4, 1998	8:00-9:10	Plenary Session	Plenary Session
	9:10-9:30	Break
	9:30-10:30	Ethical issues surrounding conflicts of interest. When is recusal appropriate?	Arnold Rockvarg, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law Alice Mitchell, OK Lynne Knox, CT Clay Mitchell, MD David Clegg, NC
		The eligibility requirements of aliens to receive UI	Jay Arcellana, CA, Moderator Joel Contrares, CA Stephanie Parker, DE Georgina Torres Rizk, CA
		RFRA update	Jim Pflasterer, WI
	10:30-10:40	Break
	10:40-11:40	Ethical issues surrounding conflicts of interest. When is recusal appropriate?	Arnold Rockvarg, Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law Alice Mitchell, OK Lynne Knox, CT Clay Mitchell, MD David Clegg, NC
		The eligibility requirements of aliens to receive UI	Jay Arcellana, CA, Moderator Joel Contrares, CA Stephanie Parker, DE Georgina Torres Rizk, CA
		RFRA update	Jim Pflasterer, WI
	11:40-12:00	Business meeting, election of new officers, old and new business
	12:00-12:30	President's charge
	12:30-2:00	Lunch (on your own)
	12:30-2:00	>Board of Governors Meeting, 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 Board of Governors
	2:00-3:10	Plenary Session	Topic: UI Reforms Speaker: Grace Kilbane, Director, Unemployment Insurance Services, USDOL