March 18 & April 23, from 9 am to 4 pm

In Person Only

FULL DAY PRIVACY & SECURITY OFFICER AND PRIVACY WORKGROUP TRAINING 

Featuring Updates from the HIPAA Reproductive Rights Requirements and new HIPAA Security Proposed Rules, which require many covered entity and business associates actions, including:

• Written Policies and Procedures for electronic security, including (but not limited to):
  • Annual patch management policies and procedures
  • Monitoring policies and procedures
  • Security Incident Response policies and procedures
• Encryption required for ePHI at rest and in transit, with limited exceptions
• Annual Compliance Audit
• Robust Risk Management Plan
• Health Plan Document Requirements

And Much More!

Requirements for HIPAA Reproductive Rights Requirements Also Covered in This Training

Orange County- March 18, 2025

Anaheim Hills Business Center
5140 E La Palma Ave, 2nd Floor Conference Room
Anaheim, CA 92807
(Limited to 24 attendees)

Los Angeles County – April 23, 2025

Tri-West, LTD Showroom
11925 Pike St
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
(limited to 40 attendees)

These will be in-person trainings only and are expected to sell out in each location.  No zoom webinar options due to the complexity of the new regulations and need for focus on the training material.  Space is limited.  Attendance limited to 3 privacy work group members per location.

Register for IN-PERSON attendance $79 each. Additional registrants of same firm $69.

Broker Co-Op Members IN-PERSON $49 each

ABC Group Benefits Clients Complimentary
(subject to verification, limited to 3 complimentary,
additional @ $49 each)

Get CE Credit

5 hours of HRCI General Credit available, 1 hour HR California Available

California Department of Insurance Agent CE applied for; 4 Hours Business Mgt, for session 1 & 2 2 hours Life & Health or P&C credit for session 3.

Program Details & Times

*Session One 9am – 12:15pm
An in-Depth look at the Requirements for providing compliance for HIPAA Privacy & Security laws and regulations and HIPAA Reproductive Rights, and an overview of real-world steps that can be taken to ensure compliance, and

HIPAA Privacy & Security Enforcement Overview, with updates on OCR penalties, enforcement & corrective actions.

12:15-1pm – Lunch Break

*Session Two:  1pm- 2pm

California Privacy Laws & similarities and differences between federal and state laws. We will examine Cal-GLBA, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers, California Consumer Protection Act and more.

*Session Three:  2pm-4pm

HIPAA Security, HITECH & Cybersecurity.  We will provide valuable information on HIPAA Security, HITECH and Cybersecurity to keep your organization safe, both within your offices and remotely.  Includes HIPAA Security Proposed Rules update.

Attendee Testimonials from our March, 2025 Training

ABC’s Fall Legal & Regulatory Update

In-Person Registration NO LONGER AVAILABLE

Zoom Webinar
Offering 2.25 hours of HRCI General Credit and 1.25 hours of HRCI California Credit!

Designed for New HR Managers, Small Employers with no Full-Time HR Manager,
HR Assistants and More

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
10 am – 2:30 pm Pacific Time

No charge for ABC clients & Broker Co-Op Members

Attendees can get 1.25 hours HRCI California Credit + 2.25 hours of HRCI General Credit

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®)  criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.”

9:45 10:00 am—Registration and Check-in

10:00-11:15am—Sneak Peak at 2025 Employment Laws, Speaker:  Dana Mayhew, SPHR, PHR-CA, SHRM-CSP, TDC Consultants

Taking a non-partisan approach to public policy, in this workshop, we will cover the 2024 -2025 state and federal employment laws.  We will discuss how these laws may effect employment practices that every person with HR responsibilities must know, whether it’s an entry level HR generalist, office manager, controller, or other person assigned to perform human resources functions in a smaller or mid-sized company.  We concentrate on basic state and federal proposed employment regulations, with a special emphasis on California requirements. Our goal is to raise awareness about the legislative process, enhance engagement, promote best practice, and strengthen commitment to participate in the legislative processes to make our voices heard. (1.25 hours HRCI California Credit)

11:15-11:20 am—Break

11:20 am-12:15 pm— Legal & Regulatory Human Resources Update for 2024-2025, Speakers:  Marilyn Monahan, ESQ, Monahan Law Office and Dorothy Cociu, Advanced Benefit Consulting

Are you ready for 2025? Are you struggling to keep up with all the changes in federal benefits laws–and what you have to do to implement them? Are you curious about all the bills the governor recently signed into law and what they mean to benefits and HR professionals? This seminar and webinar will provide you with a timely update on the most essential new developments, including:  A roundup of new federal developments impacting employee benefits; An update on ACA compliance, including section 4980H and the 2024 Forms 1094/1095; An update on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA); Mental Health Parity update; DOL Cybersecurity Guidance Updates; A summary of the bills passed by the California legislature in 2024 which will impact benefits (summary only; detailed in Session 1).  (2.25 hours of HRCI General Credit)

12:15 pm-1:00 pm Lunch

1:00pm-2:15 pm— Session 2 Continues

2:15pm-2:30 pm Attendee Q& A

2:30 pm—Program Concludes

Speaker Biographies

download Speaker Biographies (pdf)

Dana Mayhew 

Dana Mayhew is Human Resources professional, educator and a vibrant public speaker. She is the founder and principal of TDC Consults, a human resources consulting firm.  She is an employee relations specialist and management trainer. She holds certificates in MBTI, DISC and EQ-2.0 and 3.0.  Additionally, she was a corporate executive specializing in labor and employee relations, training, and coaching.  Recognized for senior level knowledge in human resources employment laws and regulations, she instructs at UCLA Extension and is an Adjunct Professor of Human Resources Management at Claremont Graduate University.  She holds PHR-ca, SPHR, and SHRM-SCP certificates.

A long-term SHRM AND PIHRA member, a professional HR association with 4,200 members serving Southern California, Dana is the chair of Governmental Advocacy Team for PIHRA.  The team advocates on behalf of PIHRA’s membership for employment legislation that serves the employer and the employee. She is the founder and host of the highly popular Government Advocacy Team’s Coffee Hour.  She and her team have interviewed legislators throughout the Southland for the three years.   These conversations are both informal and highly informative. Dana is a past chair of PIHRA Pasadena and a recipient of PIHRA’s Human Resources Excellence Award 2016.  Dana is the founder of the HR Roundtable and co-founder the HR Professional Development Program.  Because of her extensive PIHRA experience was appointed Student Advisor for the PIHRA Claremont Graduate University.  The CGU team won the 2023 CalSHRM Students Case Management Awards.

She is also a member of ProVisors – Pasadena 1, trusted advisors to the business community.  She joined the Institute of Coaching, in 2022, a McLean Affiliate of Harvard Medical School.  In January 2016, Dana presented at the Rotary World Peace Conference. She newly moved to  Riverside and is a member of the Riverside Art Museum’s Art Alliance. She lives with her artist attorney husband and frisky Siberian Huskey.

Marilyn Monahan, ESQ.

Marilyn A. Monahan is the owner of the Monahan Law Office, originally based out of Marina del Rey, California, and now in Vista, California.  Marilyn focuses her law practice on advising employers and consultants on compliance with employee benefit and insurance laws, including ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, and COBRA.  Her volunteer activities include serving as Secretary of the Employee Benefit Planning Association (EBPA).  Marilyn has also served on the Board of Directors of the Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) (2008-2018).  She has represented Advanced Benefit Consulting since its inception in 1995.

The Monahan Law Office specializes in employee benefits and insurance law. The practice focuses on advising employers and consultants with their compliance obligations under federal and state laws and regulations, with an emphasis on health and welfare plans. The Monahan Law Office provides counsel to insurers, HMOs, consultants, employers, public entities, union sponsored and self-funded health plans, and third party administrators.

Marilyn provides the following services to clients:

• Advising clients on compliance with federal and state employee benefit and insurance laws and regulations;
• Drafting and reviewing plan documents and other written materials for health and welfare plans;
• Reviewing, negotiating, and drafting contracts;
• Conducting employee training;
• Working with all members of the HR and benefits consulting team to achieve strategic results, and
• Providing legislative updates and compliance reports to keep clients apprised of new developments in the law.

Before opening Monahan Law Office, Marilyn was an attorney at Emmer & Graeber Law Firm in Los Angeles, California, from 1998-2012.

While at Emmer & Graeber, Marilyn specialized in employee benefits and insurance corporate and regulatory law, and provided advice to clients with health and welfare plans on compliance with federal and state laws and regulations. Representative clients included insurers, HMOs, consultants, employers, public entities, union sponsored and self-funded health plans, and third- party administrators.

From 1990-1998, Marilyn was a Shareholder/Associate of Dorais & Wheat, representing clients in federal and state trial and appellate courts, arbitrations, and mediations.  She also advised the insurance industry clients on company formations, licensing, administrative investigations, and policy preparation and interpretation, drafted and negotiated contracts, and formed corporations and handled small mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to this, Marilyn was an Associate at Casson, Harkins & LaPalloCasson, Harkins & LaPallo from 1989 – 1990, representing businesses in health care and employment litigation, and representing businesses in health care and employment litigation.

Marilyn began her legal career as an Associate at Breidenbach, Swainston, Crispo & from1985 -1989, where she defended businesses and firms in medical products liability and professional malpractice litigation.

SUMMARIZED BIOGRAPHY OF DOROTHY M. COCIU, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA

Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, has 35 years of experience in the operations, sales and administration of employee benefit programs and compliance related to health plan administration, ERISA, COBRA, HIPAA and other laws, such as ACA, FFCRA, CARES Act, and Transparency in Coverage Rules (2020), and Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA).  She was a pioneer in the self-insured industry and one of the first brokers/consultants to educate employers and offer Reference Based Pricing in California.  She is the author of The ABC’s of HIPAA Compliance; An Employer’s Simplified Administrative Guide to HIPAA Compliance, published October, 2000.  Ms. Cociu is one of the leading HIPAA Privacy Consultants on the West Coast, as well as the nation.  This includes HIPAA Privacy, Security, ARRA and HITECH.  She previously won a National Legislative Achievement Award from the National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) for her work in Legislative Communications to employers and the industry, and her work in HIPAA education.

Dorothy hosts a successful weekly podcast series, the Benefits Executive Roundtable.  Our 6^th Season begins September, 2024, and we are moving from an audio to video podcast.

Dorothy began her administrative experience began in the Taft-Hartley marketplace, then moved to self-funded administration after three years. Her TPA experience began with Northwest Administrators, located in the Bay Area, followed by Southwest Administrators in Los Angeles, California.  She began as an Auditor, auditing employers for proper Pension Contributions, and later, became an Account Service Representative.  As an auditor, she was trained on all audit procedures, which are consistent with current government audits.  This start to her career, as minor as it seemed at the time, became paramount in her current work in the world of HIPAA Audits.  Southwest Administrators later purchased MSK Insurance Administration, a TPA specializing in self-insured health plans, and placed the firm in Dorothy’s hands.  Here she served dual roles as Operations Manager and Director of Marketing for nearly five years.  She was also solely responsible for client compliance in all related laws, including COBRA and HIPAA.  After the sale of MSK in 1991, Dorothy moved to Admar Corporation, a national Managed Care Organization and Third Party Administrator.  Dorothy held the positions of Director of Special Projects and Director of Marketing and Customer Services.  Dorothy was later recruited by Word & Brown, where she was the Vice President, Self-Funding, and developed and taught several Continuing Education Courses approved by the California Department of Insurance for the purpose of providing continuing education to insurance agents, brokers and consultants.  Dorothy left Word & Brown in 1995 to develop Advanced Benefit Consulting, a benefits and compliance consulting firm. Her clients include fully insured and self-insured employers, third party administrators, excess loss carriers, general agencies, health care networks, Applied Behavior Analysis organizations, and the U.S. Department of Labor.  Ms. Cociu has been doing HIPAA Privacy & Security consulting and implementations since 2002.

Dorothy’s current projects include ERISA, HIPAA, ACA and CAA Transparency in Coverage Rules  for health plans and employers, CAA RxDC Reporting, CAA Gag Clause Prohibition & Attestation and more.  She acts as a broker and consultant for several large self-insured employer groups located throughout the country, and provides educational seminars for employers and industry personnel and HIPAA Privacy & Security Consultant to a number of large group employers in California.  She specializes in large group health benefits, including Self-Funding and Reference-Based Pricing.  She has had well over 100 articles published to date in magazines such as California Broker, America’s Benefit Specialists, HR Tech Outlook, and Manage HR magazines.

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California’s SB 553 Workplace Violence Prevention Education, Training
Do-It-Yourself Plug & Play Package and Active Shooter Training

Lunch & Learn! Thursday, June 20, 2024, 10 am – 2 pm (Hybrid Zoom Option Available)

Following the SB 553 class and Plug and Play Do-It-Yourself How-To Session, we will provide a special One-Hour Active Shooter Training!  Be ready for the SB 553 July 1, 2024 Effective Date!

In-Person Training Location: 
Anaheim Business Center 2nd Floor Conference Room, 5140 E La Palma Ave, Anaheim, CA 92807

CE Credit

These two sessions together are approved for 3.0 hours of HRCI California Credit! 

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®)  criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.”

Program Details & Times

SESSION 1  Workplace Violence Prevention Law & How to Comply with SB 553
10 am – 12 pm  
This course is a seminar, webinar and workshop to assist Human Resources Professionals as they prepare for the implementation of the required SB 553, Workplace Violence Prevention and Active Shooter Employee Training. We will discuss in detail the re-quirements of SB 553 and what employers have to do to comply with it, as well as provide a hands-on workshop on approaches to implement the new law. This course will include a “How To” approach to complete all of the requirements, and provide tools to complete the requirements of SB 553. We will cover what workplace violence is, the four types of workplace violence, and what employers, particularly Human Resources Professionals, are expected to do for complete implementation. Learning objectives: To Identify who is responsible for implementing the plan; Involving employees and their representatives; To accept and respond to reports of workplace violence and prohibit employee retaliation; To communicate with employees regarding workplace violence matters; To respond to actual and potential emergencies; To develop and providing effective training; To identify, evaluate, and correct workplace violence hazards, and To perform post incident response and investigations.

Lunch Break- 12 pm – 12:45 pm

Session 2  Accelerated ALIVE Active Shooter Survival Training (Q&A After)
12:45 pm -1:45 pm
Session two will provide an accelerated Active Shooter Survival Training for Human Resources, to assist them in providing this training to their staffs, with tools to assist them (train the trainer approach). We will cover: Active Shooter Definition, How to Use Fear to Your Advantage, Security & Survival Mindsets, Understanding the Killer’s Mindset, Situational Awareness and Being Proac-tively Reactionary, Using the “10 Minute Rule” to Stay Focused on Survival, Active Shooter Statistics, The Survival Visualization Exercise, Using this Program for Empowerment in all Aspects of Your Life, and an In-depth Explanations of the Complete 5 Steps of A.L.I.V.E., Including: ASSESS—establish what is happening, breathe, decide on your next step, and take rational, not emotional action—call 911!; LEAVE – Your first consideration, leave your belongings behind except your cell phone and a weapon if you have one, notify those around you, assist them if it doesn’t inhibit your ability to leave, video example of what NOT to do; IMPEDE – Create Time and Space – find a safe area or create one by blocking the killer’s ability to get to you – shut and lock the door, block-ade the door with objects, turn lights and cell phone ringer off, prepare to attack if assailant breaches your blockade. Includes video examples of what NOT to; VIOLENCE – If all else fails, attack the killer with all your might to neutralize them, with 100% commitment. If not alone, “swarm” as a team to overpower the assailant. Video examples of proper and wrong ways to swarm. Considerations of “Control and Disarm”, when to attack, disarming methods against handguns and long guns, using everyday items as a weapon, and where to attack.

In person attendees will receive with their registration a “Plug & Play Do-It-Yourself Program” to assist them in their implementa-tion. Webinar attendees can receive HRCI credit and take the course, but will not receive the “Plug & Play Do-It-Yourself Program, but it will be available for purchase after, if webinar attendees should like to purchase it.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

SOLD OUT

Program is anticipated to be available online here the week of May 10th.

ABC’s Human Resources 101 Lunch & Learn

Designed for New HR Managers, Small Employers with no Full-Time HR Manager,
HR Assistants and More

April 23, 2024
10 am to 2:30 pm

Agenda

Session One:  10:00 – 11:15 am
HR Basics with Dana Mayhew, MPA, SPHR-CA  (What Every Person Doing HR Functions Must Know)

Session Two:  11:20am- 12:20 pm
Benefits Basics with Sue Wakamoto-Lee, CEBS and Anthony McCarren (Eligibility, Underwriting, Section 125, COBRA & Cal-COBRA Basics, Terminology & More)

Lunch 12:20-1:00 pm

Session Three:  1:00pm – 2:15 pm
Benefits Compliance Basics  with Dorothy Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA (ERISA, HIPAA, CAA Rules & More.. Compliance Matters  That All Employers Must Know

Where

In Person Lunch & Learn @
Anaheim Hills Business Center Conference / Training Room
2nd Floor

5140 E La Palma Ave,
Anaheim, CA 92807

$69 in person registration fee

No charge for ABC clients

Broker Co-Op Members $49 per person

SOLD OUT

Program is anticipated to be available online here the week of May 10th.

In-Person or Hybrid Zoom Livestream

Artificial Intelligence Workshop and Lunch & Learn

Training 10 am – 2:30 pm Pacific
Thursday January 25, 2024

Hybrid Program – Live, in-person @ East Anaheim Community Center
8201 E Santa Ana Canyon Rd
Anaheim Hills, CA 92808

Live via Zoom Webinar Livestream

On-Site Space is Limited, So Make Your Reservation Today!

$45 In-Person, includes Lunch
$25 Zoom Webinar Registration

Clients complimentary. Broker Co-Op Members
Zoom registration is complimentary; In-person discount price is $35

Continuing Education Information

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.”  3.25 of HRCI General credit pre-approved.

Program Details & Times

9:45 10:00 am—Registration and Check-in

10:00-10:45 am—Legal Considerations of Using AI —Presented by Marilyn Monahan, ESQ, Monahan Law Office
They predict that AI will revolutionize the workplace. But what is the legal landscape for AI use? Are there laws in place governing the use of AI? Are there risks and vulnerabilities employers should consider before adopting AI systems? This program will help you under-stand the existing legal landscape, identify the legal risks and vulnerabilities created by AI use, and prepare for the imple-mentation of AI in the workplace. “The use of this seal confirms that this activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.” .75 hours of HRCI General Credit.

10:45-10:55 Break

10:55-12:15— AI Workshop Using ChatGPT4; The Positives, The Negatives, and How it Can Help (or Hurt) Your Organization—Presented by Dorothy Cociu and Adriana Mendieta
ChatGPT and other AI programs have stepped in to assist an overly stressed, overly worked Human Resources Staff, by taking some of the burden off of HR Professionals by performing some mundane and time-consuming tasks. AI programs are being used for narrowing down job applicants, assisting in writing of job descriptions, Value Propositions, and more. And for your marketing/promotions team, AI is helping to write promotional articles, social media copy, and many other job functions. AI programs are also likely a major part of your website’s Chatbot activities. Generative AI does what the user directs it to do, and that is where the breakdown is. Good prompts can help you, and bad prompts or incomplete prompts can hurt you, particularly for HR functions as HR deals with confidential data. This “workshop” course walks you through using programs like ChatGPT, and helps you understand how to do it right. We’ll help you deter-mine how much detail you need to provide the program in prompts to get the result you want, and show you examples of how incomplete or ineffective prompts can hurt your organization. “The use of this seal confirms that this activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.” 1.25 hours of HRCI General Credit.

12:15-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30— Panel Presentation and Q&A on AI Security and Privacy Protections, AI & Cyber Liability, and Keeping Your Data Safe –Panelists: Marilyn Monahan, Dorothy Cociu, Adriana Mendieta, Eric Barricklow
Artificial Intelligence has left many companies wondering about what is needed to use the efficiencies of AI, but not compromise the privacy and security of the company and employees’ data. How can you do both? This course discusses the common (or soon to be com-mon) uses of AI in Human Resources, the channels HR professionals should be working through to assure employer approval and data security, and the importance of “doing it right.” Our panel will discuss the basics of AI, hybrid intelligence, machine intelligence, genera-tive AI content creation, prompt engineering and more. We also discuss the employee internal resource (part of the HRIS) or external resource (ChatGPT), which have varying requirements from an approval and security perspective, and non-employee perspective (how applicants, headhunters, search engines, competitors and others use AI). Specifically, we will discuss the impact of workflow and pro-duction, the use of proper security and approval channels, and the dangers of using ChatGPT and other AI programs, and how those dan-gers can be minimized. We will also discuss the use of AI in Benefits Administration and Legal Implications of AI, and the largest concerns related to privacy & security of data when using AI from an administrative, legal, and IT perspective. What types of Policies and Proce-dures do you need to have in place? What can you do to confirm AI-generated content for accuracy? Do you need AI and Cyber Liability Policies in place before using AI? Our panel will address all of these issues, and will allow time for audience questions and answers from the expert panel. “The use of this seal confirms that this activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.” 1.25 Hours of HRCI General Credit.

ABC Lunch & Learn Program

September 27, 2023 10am – 2:15pm

Featuring 4 classes – with HRCI & DOI CE Credit

      Lunch Included for In-Person Attendance in Santa Fe Springs, CA (South Los Angeles County)
With Hybrid Zoom Webinar Option Available

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In-Person or Hybrid Zoom Livestream

HIPAA Privacy & Security Training

Training 10 am – 2:15 pm Pacific
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Hybrid Program – Live, in-person in Santa Fe Springs (South LA County), CA and via Zoom Webinar Livestream

Tri-West, LTD Showroom
11925 Pike Street
Santa Fe Springs, CA

Lunch & Learn Program

10:00am-10:45am  Legal Update – Marilyn Monahan (0.75 hours)
10:45am-11:45am  Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Lawsuits and Liability – Dorothy Cociu and Marilyn Monahan (1 hour)
11:45am-11:50am  Break
11:50am-12:35am  Artificial Intelligence in the Benefits & HR Space; Pros and Cons – Dorothy Cociu and Marilyn Monahan (0.75 hours)
12:35pm-1:15pm  Catered Lunch (catered by Geezer’s Restaurant) – Pasta, Pizza, and Salad
1:15pm-2:15pm  Gag Clause Prohibition & Attestation Requirements with Dorothy Cociu and Marilyn Monahan (1 hour)

On-Site Space is Limited, So Make Your Reservation Today!

$49 In-Person, includes Lunch
$25 Zoom Webinar Registration

Clients complimentary. Broker Co-Op Members – Zoom registration is complimentary; in-person discount price is $35

Continuing Education Information

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.”  3.5 of HRCI credit pre-approved. Also approved for 2 hours of CA Dept. of Insurance Agent CE Credit Breach of Fiduciary Duty (#389622)and Gag Clause (#389623).

Privacy & Security Traininig Live In-Person & Remotely

In-Person or Hybrid Zoom Livestream

HIPAA Privacy & Security Training

Training 9 am -4 pm Pacific
Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Tri-West, LTD Showroom,
11925 Pike St, Santa Fe Springs, CA
(South Los Angeles County)

On-Site Space is Limited, So Make Your Reservation Today! 

 A Full-Day Educational Program For Privacy Officers, Security Officers, and all of your Privacy Work Group Members, including:  CEO’s/CFO’s, HR Managers, Providers, IT Professionals, Business Associates and Risk Professionals. 

Good for 6 Hours of HRCI Credit!    5 Hours HRCI General Credit, 1 Hour of HRCI California Credit

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®)  criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.” 

Good also for 4 hours of CA DOI CE for insurance agents; Business Management, and 2 hours of either life and health or P&C agents CE credit.

Program Details & Times

*Session One 9am – 12:15pm

An in-depth look at the requirements for providing compliance for HIPAA Privacy & Security laws and regulations, and an overview of real-world steps that can be taken to ensure compliance, and HIPAA Privacy & Security Enforcement Overview, with updates on OCR penalties, enforcement & corrective actions.

12:15-1pm – Lunch Break

*Session Two:  1pm- 2pm

California Privacy Laws & similarities and differences between federal and state laws. We will examine Cal-GLBA, the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers, California Consumer Protection Act and more.

*Session Three:  2pm-4pm
With Special Guest Presenters From our IT/Technology and Security Partners:

HIPAA Security, HITECH & Cybersecurity.  We will provide valuable information on HIPAA Security, HITECH and Cybersecurity to keep your organization safe, both within your offices and remotely.

SEMINAR REGISTRATION FEES

Standard Registration Fees In Person:  $89; additional registrants of same firm $69.  Zoom Webinar Registration $49.

ABC Broker Co-Op Pricing In Person $69; Zoom $29.

Advanced Benefit Consulting’s Lunch & Learn

April 11, 2023

California’s SB 1162 – Pay Transparency Act

Featuring Kathy Ruffino, MSHRM, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, PHRca and Jacqueline Thorp, MSHR, SPHR, PHRca, Train Me Today

Moderated by Dorothy Cociu, President, Advanced Benefit Consulting

Employers with 15 or more employees must now post pay scales on all job postings, including internal postings, agency posting and job boards, and employers must retain pay data records for each employee, including their job titles and wage history.  Certain employers must submit their pay data report no later than May 10, 2023.  Violations contain huge penalties per employee, and non-compliance could result in claims and potential lawsuits and reputational damage.  Learn the details and how to report with this seminar and workshop on use of the filing portal!  Time is running out to comply and file!  Register now!

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

In Person Training & Workshop
Train Me Today Training Rooms, 5151 California Ave, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92617
(across from UC Irvine campus)

Or Hybrid Zoom Livestream Webinar

In-Person Registration includes lunch (served 11:30-12 noon) and presentation (12 noon to 1:15 pm, with Q&A from 1:15-1:30 pm.  $49 per registrant.

Zoom Webinar Registration $25 per registrant

ABC Broker Co-Op Members $35 for in-person per registrant, complimentary for Zoom registration (subject to verification).

Clients are complimentary (subject to verification)

Good for 1.25 hours of HRCI California credit.

“The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.”

Speaker Bios:

Jacquelyn Thorp, MSHRM, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, PHRca, CEO, Train Me Today

Jacquelyn is the founder and CEO of Train Me Today. After four decades in the corporate world as a Human Resources professional, Jacquelyn’s tireless commitment to people and business management, and her passion to fight discrimination and harassment drove her to launch Train Me Today in 2003. She is the driver and team leader for the Professional in Human Resources California
(PHRca®) Exam Preparation Study Guide.

Today Jacquelyn devotes her time to managing Train Me Today’ progress towards goals and how to move forward to meet client ex-pectations and improve financial growth. She is a graduate of Chapman University with a Master of Science in Human Resources. She is a nationally certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR®) as well as a California-specific HR specialist ( PHRca® ).

Kathy Ruffino, MSHR, SPHR, PHRCA, SHRM-SCP, Vice President, Train Me Today
Kathy’s deep understanding of business operations and HR practices allows her to work with companies to create innovative and crea-tive solutions while maintaining compliance in a complex employment landscape. Kathy continues to share her passion for HR as an instructor and mentor, developing and delivering national and international courses on HR, Anti-harassment, leadership development and more. Kathy serves as Vice President at Train Me Today. She has a Masters in Human Resource Management from Brandman Uni-versity. She is a nationally certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and Senior Certified Professional (SCP), as well as a California-specific certification (PHRca).