2021 Annual Conference Handouts

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A1

California Public Records Act: How to Respond, the Nuts and Bolts and New Updates

A2

The Language of Insurance

A3 Build a Barbed Wire Fence to Keep Sexual Predators Out
A5 Applicant Fraud - How to Get a Case Filed
A6 The Wild, Wild West of Succession Planning: Your People, Your Board, and the Law
B1

How COVID-19 Has Changed the Insurance Landscape from an Underwriting and Claims Perspective

B2 Supervising & Managing Employees After COVID-19: Navigating Employee Leave Rights and Teleworking & Other Accommodation Requests
B3 Optimizing Your Claims Management Program to Reduce Losses & Risk
B4

Navigating Requests for Support Animals as a Reasonable Accommodation

C1

Understanding How to Risk Manage the Impact of Special Education Environment on School Liability

C2 How to Outsmart the Snake: Defenses to the Reptilian Litigation Strategy
C3 When Your Excess Workers’ Comp Carrier Fails You
C6 Shelter in Place: Liability in the PostCOVID 19 Remote Workplace
D2 Many Claims, Limited Pots: Allocating Multiple Claims Under Aggregate Group Limit Insurance Policies
E2

Peer Support Programs are a Risk Management “Must” for Law Enforcement/First Responders

E3 Peer Support Programs are a Risk Management “Must” for Law Enforcement/First Responders
E4 Everything They Didn't Tell You When They Put You In Charge of Your Entity's "Insurance"
E5

Re-Imagineering the IIPP for Compliance; A Road Map to What the Code Really Means

E6 Coverage For Claims By Employees – Gaps and Overlaps Typical Coverages and what the Coverages Provide and Don’t Provide
F1 Breaking Down the Most Significant Appellate Decision Since SB899: How Lindh Brought Law & Order to the Apportionment Wild West
F2 Geeking Out as a Risk Manager - Using Actuarial Tools to Manage Your Financial Risk
F5

Effective Strategies to Combat Frivolous Lawsuits Against Public Entities

F6 Cyber Security and Your Agency
G1 Blazing the Telemedicine Trail Following COVID-19
G3 Choosing Your SIR - It’s More than a Number
G4 Does Your Indemnity Pass the Attorney Test?
G5 Wanted: A Workable Sidewalk Ordinance
G6

Are Structured Settlements Still Relevant (Using Structured Settlements to Close Claims)

H3 The Art and Science of Habit Change
H4 Captives and Municipalities

2020 Conference CE Certificates

The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.

NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.

The Basics: The Law of Indemnity Agreements and Additional Insured Provisions 
Sex in the City: Critical Issues for Public Entities in Sexual Misconduct Cases 
Effectively Managing Your CalPers IDR Program
Cal/OSHA:  A Compliance Mosaic
Risk Management Potpourri
The Various Hues of an OCIP - An Owner's Perspective 
Anatomy of a Wrongful Termination Claim  
Cal/OSHA Appeal Process:  Far From Abstract
Latency Lost?  Recent Developments in Rebutting the Cancer Presumption in Public Safety Cases
Running on Empty ~ Fatigue Management in the Workforce
The Advocacy Approach to Workers' Compensation Claims
Fine Art Insurance Challenges
Catastrophic Wildfire and Landslide Losses: Trends and Resolutions
We’re Right, But He’s Dead (Assessing and Defending Police Death Cases in the Age of Video) 
The Trial Process and Alternative Dispute Resolution Options
Big Brother is Watching - Surveillance Cameras and Video Footage to Manage Risk, Protect Property and Defend Litigation
Regulatory Changes For Dealing with Hazardous Building Materials 
Medical Provider Fraud Prosecutions:  Facts Needed for Charging
To Hell and Back - Surviving a Disaster
The Art of Response, the Reality of the Plan
Improve Outcomes with Empathy & Compassion
Advanced Topics on Insurance Requirements in Contracts
Walking the Line of Dangerous Condition and Inverse Condemnation Claims
The Bermuda Triangle: A 3-Way Relationship Between the Employer, TPA, and Defense Attorney
Back of a Napkin Actuarial Estimates
Abstract Expressions of Risk: The Art of the Org Chart
The Examiner Challenge
Inverse Condemnation:  A Guide for Risk Managers
Cyber & Security Insurance Coverage 
Workers' Compensation and Healthcare Issues to Watch
The Effective Use of Mock Trials from a Risk Manager's Perspective
Collision Causes in Municipal Fleets - Change Behavior to Change Results

Continuing Education Credit through the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) is also available.  The pre-approved reporting form is provided below:

IEA Continuing Education Reporting Form – click here

2017 Annual Conference Handouts

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WC101 Workers’ Comp 101 Session - Novice Risk Manager Program
RM101 Risk Management 101 Session - Novice Risk Manager Program
A01 Risk Management at Disney®
A1 Addressing Municipalities’ Biggest Workers’ Compensation Challenges
A2 Making the Most of Governmental Immunities
A3 Cyber Security: Plan, Prepare, Prevent.
A4 Public Speaking Skills Inside and Out
A5 Property Valuation & Data Collection Knowledge is Savings
B1 Workers' Comp Bingo - Workers' Compensation Legal Update 2018
B2

Navigating the Reasonable Accommodation Maze: Learning How To Avoid Common Landmines and Pitfalls With a Disabled Worker

Alfonso Salazar v Leprino Foods WCAB CA.pdf

DFEH Reasonable Accommodation - PARMA 2017 .pdf

RUBEN SILVA LSG Sky Chefs WCAB CA.pdf

B3 Things That Go Bump In The Night: Streets, Storm Drains and Other Dark and Scary Places
B4 What's So Risky About Alternative Energies?
B5 Law Enforcement Body Cams - What Have We Seen?
C1 “Investigations, Doing Due Diligence And/Or Digging For Dirt” – The “Ins And Outs” Of Public Entities and JPA Investigations
C2 Roadway to Liability: Evaluating Dangerous Condition of Roadway Claims after Cordova v. City of Los Angeles
C3 Shaping the Future of Risk Management
C4 The State of California Workers’ Compensation
D1 Get us back in!  A workshop on resolving complex property claims with your insurer
D2

Managing People - What's Personality Got to do with it

Quick Guide - providing direction (columns).pdf

D3 Getting Lean with Liens
D4 Get 10x the results in 12 weeks
D5 Disaster Response for Public Entity Employers
E1 Cyber Liability: Overview of Risks Facing  Public Sector Entities
E2 Health and Wellness: Realistic Goals and Expectations
E3 Shoot for the Moon
E4 Reducing OPEBs: The New Strategies 
E5 Public Entity Use of the Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike complaints Brought Against the Entity and its Employees; Explain Anti-SLAPP and How to Effectively Use Those Motions to Dispose of Cases at the Outset
F1 Benchmarking Against Your Virtual Perfect Workers’ Compensation  Program Index
F2 Mastering the Sidewalk Trip and Fall Claim
F3 It is a bird, it is a plane...It's an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle! (1 Hour)
F4 Thinking about Millennials as an Opportunity Instead
of a Risk from a Millennial's Perspective 
F5  2017 Risk Transfer Update
G1 Armed to Learn: Aiming at California K-12 School Gun Policy
G2 Leveraging Technology to Optimize Injury Prevention, Employee Health, and Satisfaction in Public Agencies – A Case Study Presentation
G3 Worker's Compensation Issues to Watch
G4 Cite It, Don't Fight It: The 2017 Case Law Hit Parade
G5 2017 Risk Transfer Update
H1 Police Best Practices:  Cutting Costs Through Culture Change
H2

The Safety Matrix

Training Matrix .pdf

PL Safety Matrix 2016 0415.pdf

ER Prep Safety Matrix - Phases 2016 0415.pdf

ER Prep Safety Matrix 2016 0415.pdf

WC Safety Matrix 2016 0415.pdf

H3 Offensive Risk Management Dollars and Sense
H4 Litigating an FLSA Case
H5 Anything you can do I can do Better
I1 Life Balance - Redefining Humanly Possible

 

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2017 Conference CE Certificates

The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.

NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.


Continuing Education Credit through the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) is also available.  The pre-approved reporting form is provided below:

IEA Continuing Education Reporting Form – click here


HR Certification Institute Recertification Credit Form:

PARMA 2017 Annual Conference has been approved for up to 13.5 hours Specified Credit Hours: HR (General) recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®). Please make note of the activity ID number on your recertification application form.  Registered attendees will receive detailed reporting instructions via e-mail.  Questions can be directed to info@parma.com.

"The use of this seal confirms that this activity has met HR Certification Institute's® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval."

2019 Annual Conference Handouts

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A1

Avoiding the Danger Zone - Minimizing Risk and Defending Claims for Dangerous Condition of Public Property, Inverse Condemnation

A2 Insurance 101 - "Am I Covered?"
A3 How Are the Current Public Entity Carve Outs Doing?
A4 Spin the Wheel, Permanent Disability Edition!!!
A5 It Takes a Jedi: Balancing ADA/FEHA and Industrial Injury Claims
A6 I'm Going to Shoot Up the School
B1 Actuarial Hocus Pocus - The Magic Explained
B2

Lessons From A Black Swan and Other Odd Ducks

B3

What  Happens When The Service Dog Eats The Comfort Hamster:  Managing Mental Illness In The Workplace

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B4

Pulling at the Heart Strings of Safety - Making the Emotional Connection

B5 Let's Talk About Sex(ual Harassment)
B6 Best Practices for Vacant Building Protection
C1 The Life of a Construction Defect Claim Workshop
C2 The Hits Keep Coming: Our Ever Changing Understanding of CTE
C3

Using Video to Monitor and Modify Risky Driving

C4 The Evolution of Vocational Rehabilitation Experts in Workers Compensation Claims
C5 Engage Afterburners: Assessing Wildfire Impacts…It’s More than the Heat
C6 The Force on Fraud
D1 Complexity
D2

The Art of Non-Submission

D3 Out Front Ideas Live: Biggest Risk Management Challenges Facing Public Entity Employers 
D4

Cal/OSHA, Surviving an Inspection 

D5 The ABCs of Cyber - Assessing Vulnerabilities, Balanced Responses and Coverage Pitfalls
D6 Gimme Shelter: The Homeless Dilemma for Cities
E1 Early Resolution ~ Sorry Works
E2

Workers' Comp Bingo 2019

Flyer

Bingo - Handout - Master Template - 2019

E3 Contractual Risk Transfer Overview 
E4

Cal/OSHA,  Top Citations and Why They Stick

E5 Student Rights, Safety, and Responsibilities
E6

Collaboration Workshop: Mining the Experience of Your Peers to Solve Real Problems

F1 How FEMA Grants and Property Insurance Can Maximize Recovery for the Public Agency
F2 Defending A Public Entity Case At Trial - Analyzing Trial Issues and Explaining The Trial Process Step-by-Step
F3 Contractual Risk Transfer Indemnity & Additional Insured Issues 
F4 Settlement and Closure of Safety Officer Claims – Analysis and Solutions
F5 The Education Code v. Workers Compensation 
F6 Natural Disasters and Risk Management
G1 Advanced Technology – Levels of Autonomous Vehicles and Collision Avoidance
G2

Going Cold Turkey: Opioids, Prop 215 and Other Drugs - Strategies to Manage and Minimize Abuse

G3 Contractual Risk Transfer Hot Button Issues 
G4 Complexity - Repeated
G5 The Benefits of Structured Settlements ‐ (Are They Still Relevant as a Negotiation Tool?)
G6 Winning a Public Agency’s Risk Culture War: ISO 31000 Strikes Back!
H1 Schools Interchange
H2 Psychiatric and Stress Claims How Not To Go Crazy Just Because Your Employee Did
H3 Third-party Negligence, Subrogation, and Workers Compensation
H4 Accident Reconstruction – How Can it Help You?
H5 From Start to Finish: Implementing Effective Workplace Wellness Programs Citywide

2016 PARMA CE Certificates

The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.

NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.

A2 – Cal/PERS Update/Survive a CalPERS Audit

A3 – Attorney’s Fees and Actions Against Public Entities

A4 – The Ins and Outs of Employee Travel

B3 – Walking the Tightrope: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Accommodation

B4-C4 – Risk Transfer & Coverage Verification (must attend both sessions)

B5 – Facebook vs. First Amendment

C2 – Delving into the Root Cause of the Workers’ Compensation Claim

C3 – Alternative Dispute Resolution for Workers’ Compensation

D1 – Analyzing the Danger of Your Efforts to Correct Liability Risks and Dangerous Conditions

D5 – Virtual Liabilities: Cyber Liability and Risk Management

E2 – Choose Your Work Comp Adventure

E3 – Ways to Settle Injury Claims Early

F2 – Body Worn Cameras: Everything you Need to Know

F6 – JPA or Insurance – What’s the Difference?

G4 – Droning on – Unmanned Aerial Systems

G5 – Social Media – How to Use it to Your Advantage

G6 – Things That Go Bump in the Night, on Streets, In Storm Drains and Other Dark & Scary Places

Continuing Education Credit through the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) and the HR Certification Institute is also available.  Pre-approved reporting forms are provided below:

IEA Continuing Education Reporting Form – click here

HR Certification Institute Recertification Credit Form:

This activity, 260891, has been approved for 12 (HR (General)) recertification credit hours toward California, GPHR, HRBP, HRMP, PHR and SPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.  Please be sure to note the activity ID number on your recertification application form.  For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HR Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.

Please do not use the activity ID number on any marketing promotional material or post it on your website.  This ID is only to be communicated to individuals who have attended the program.  It is therefore required that the activity ID be included in on-site materials or certificates of completion.  The activity ID may not be communicated after the event has ended without verification of attendance. 

To print an approval certificate, do the following:

 1. Log into the https://recert.hrci.org/account/login

 2. Enter your Activity ID 260891 in the filter

 3. Change the Status filter from "Inbox" to "Completed Activities"

 4. Click filter

 5. Click the PDF icon to the right of your approved activity

2019 Conference CE Certificates

The following sessions were individually eligible for continuing education credit.  Please print the certificates for the sessions you attended.  Certificates for MCLE sessions are not available here as those certificates were given at the conclusion of the session.

NOTE:  Please only print certificates for the sessions you attended AND signed the record of attendance.  PARMA retains the record of attendance in case of audit.

Continuing Education Credit through the Insurance Educational Association (IEA) is also available.  The pre-approved reporting form is provided below:

IEA Continuing Education Reporting Form – click here