AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION International Labor Law Committee 1997 Midyear Meeting April 20-26 Prague, Czech Republic PROGRAM AGENDA Sunday, April 20, 1997 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm REGISTRATION Lobby Hollar-1st Floor 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION Lobby Hollar-1st Floor All participants, spouses, guests and invited dignitaries Monday, April 21, 1997 9:00-12:15 pm Opening Seminar Session Brandl-Room #1 9:00-9:15 am Committee Co-Chairs Remarks & Introductions Of Participants Robert W. Gilbert Roy L. Heenan 9:15-9:45 am Welcoming Address Honorable Vladimir Drabek Vice-Mayor of the Capital City of Prague 9:45-10:15 am Welcoming Address H.E. Jennone Walker United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic 10:15-11:00 am The Czech Republic and the European Union: Labor and Social Policy Implications RN Dr. Libor Kudlacek Co-Chair, Constitution and Legal Committee Czech Parliament and Member of Czech Permanent Delegation to the EU 11:00-11:15 am Refreshment Break 11:15-12:15 pm European Union and U.S. Federalism Compared: Implications for Labor Law and Social Policy Professor W. Gary Vause Director, Center for Dispute Resolution Stetson University, College of Law, St. Petersburg, FL 2:00-5:30 pm Grand City Tour of Prague (Meet in hotel lobby at 1:50 pm) (Evening free for personal contacts and visits.)
Tuesday, April 22, 1997 9:00-12:15 pm Second Seminar Session Brandl-Room #1 9:00-10:00 am The Court System in the Czech Republic JUDr. Vadislav Novak Deputy Minister, Czech Ministry of Justice 10:00-10:45 am Regulations of Labor Relations in the Czech Republic JUDr. Jirina Vonkova Deputy Minister, Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 10:45-11:00 am Refreshment Break 11:00-11:45 pm Current State and Perspective of Labor Law in the Czech Republic JUDr. Ludek Rychly Director, Department of European Integration and International Affairs Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 11:45-12:15 pm General Discussion by Participants (Afternoon and evening free for personal contacts and visits) Sundown Seder Dinner Shalom Restaurant (Sign-up in advance required) Jewish Town Hall
Wednesday, April 23, 1997 9:00-12:15 pm Third Seminar Session Brandl-Room #1 9:00-9:45 am Reduction of Employee Turnover: Major Employment Problems for Foreign Investors in the Czech Republic Dr. Ralf Thaeter Gleiss, Lutz, Hootz, Hirsch & Partners Law Firm Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Berlin, Prague and Shanghai 9:45-10:30 am A Comparative Perspective of Polish and U.S. Labor and Employment Law Dr. Barbara Skulimowska Mediator and Research Attorney Labor Institute, Polish Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Warsaw 10:45-12:30 pm Comments on Developing Czech Labor Law Prof. JUDr. Miroslav Belina Kriz, Belina & Partners and Charles University 12:30 pm Session Adjournment (Afternoon free for personal contacts and visits.) 6:30-9:00 pm Dinner Seven Angels Restaurant (Meet in hotel lobby at 6:15 pm) Old Town
Thursday, April 24, 1997 9:00-12:15 pm Fourth Seminar Session Brandl-Room #1 9:00-9:45 am Current Labor Issues in the Czech Republic Senator Richard Falbr Co-Chair of the Czech-Moravian Chamber of Trade Unions and Member of the Czech Senate 9:45-10:30 am Practical Employment Law Problems in the Czech Republic Mgr. Gabriela Vendlova Altheimer & Gray Law Firm, Chicago, Warsaw Prague, Kiev, Bratislva, Istanbus and Shanghai 10:45-11:30 am Trends in Compensation and Benefits in the Region Of the Czech Republic Messrs. David Parish & Jeroen Hilberts Coopers & Lybrand, Prague 11:30-12:15 pm General Discussion by Participants (Afternoon and evening free for personal contacts and visits.)
Friday, April 25, 1997 9:00-12:15 pm Concluding Seminar Session Brandl-Room #1 9:00-9:45 am Labor Law Implications Upon Acquisition of an Existing Company Attorney Rainer Frank Feddersen, Laule, Scherzberg & Ohle, Hansen Ewerwahn, Law Firm Prague, Hamburg, Dresden, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Brussels 9:45-10:30 am An Overview of the New Approach to Legal Principles in the Czech Republic Attorney Petr Sramek Alliance Praha, member law firm of the Alliance of European Lawyers 10:45-11:30 am Employment Post-Employment Competition Clauses Attorney Arthur Braun Norr, Stiefenhofer & Lutz Law Firm Prague, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Dresden, Berlin, Budapest, Warsaw, Moscow and Brussels 11:30-12:15 pm General Discussion by Participants 12:15 pm Adjournment of Meeting