April 2013 Lunch Meeting Tuesday, April 16, 2013 The Radisson Hotel Centre 200 Genesee Street, Utica, NY 13501 Registration/Lunch: 11:30 AM  12:00 PM Business Meeting: 12:00 AM  12:15 PM Presentation: 12:15 PM  1:45 PM MVSHRM: Members: $20.00 Guests: $25.00 / Students: $10.00 Topic: Workers Compensation & Unemployment Insurance Reform (Submitted for 1.50 HRCI Credits) Speaker: Lev Ginsberg, Esq., The Business Council Lev Ginsburg, Esq., Director of Government Affairs, is responsible for The Business Councils advocacy on Health Care & Insurance, Workers' Compensation and Unemployment Insurance issues. He is a graduate of the University of Buffalo and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Prior to his legal education, Lev served as a staff member for U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, and as a staff attorney with T-Mobile Communications, handling real estate leasing and title issues. Most recently, Lev served for seven years as attorney and staff supervisor with the former Governors Office of Regulatory Reform (GORR). At GORR, Lev handled stakeholder outreach and regulatory oversight over numerous State regulatory agencies. Program Overview: The NYS Governor has proposed significant reform in both the Workers Compensation system and the Unemployment Insurance system. The NYS proposals, now in negotiation with the two houses of the Legislature are meant to control the spiraling costs of the workers comp system and to pay off the $3.5 billion debt to the federal government in the unemployment insurance system. Discussion will cover; the outcome of these negotiations and what will be the law of the land on these subjects, and the work both administratively and legislatively that will continue to lower costs for employers in the workers comp system and reform the hearing process in both systems. Sponsor: Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Reply by 5:00 PM on Friday, April 12, 2013 to: MVSRHM at info@mvshrm.org or call 315-985-3232 Make Checks Payable to MVSHRM. Mail to: MVSHRM P.O. Box 106 Dolgeville, NY 13329 Cancellations must be received 24 Hours prior to meeting to avoid being billed.