Contact: David Carew
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National Award-Winning Attorney/Video Host John Phillips to Reveal “How Smart Companies Control Workers’ Comp Costs” in Nationally Broadcast Audio Seminar

NASHVILLE, TN, September 8, 2004 — As workers’ comp costs skyrocket, U.S. employers are looking for proven, real-world-tested ways to reduce the drain on their bottom line. To offer them the cost-cutting information they need, M. Lee Smith Publishers will present “How Smart Companies Control Workers’ Comp Costs,” a live audio seminar to be broadcast nationally on Thursday, September 16 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Eastern Time, 10 to 11:00 a.m. Central Time.

Guest speaker for the event will be John B. Phillips, Jr., the national award-winning employment law attorney and video host whom ‘USA Today,’ ‘The New York Times,’ ‘Human Resource Executive’ magazine, and other news media have relied on for clear, authoritative workplace-law insights.

Because “How Smart Companies Control Workers’ Comp Costs” is an audio seminar, registrants do not leave their offices to participate. They simply tune in to the live 60-minute presentation via their own office speakerphone or telephone, and may train as many employees as they like for one per-listening-site fee of $167. Companies register by calling KRM Information Services (which is handling registration for this event) at 800-775-7654.

By listening to the audio seminar, employers, human resources professionals, and company benefits specialists will learn:

• Smartest ways for supervisors to conduct safety inspections
• How to obtain valuable employee input about safety issues
• Why workplace safety programs are so critical to your organization
• How to respond most effectively to employee complaints about safety issues
• How to discipline employees without retaliating (and inviting lawsuits)
• Best ways to investigate accidents at work
• Specific pre-employment considerations that can dramatically affect safety issues
• Best ways to enforce written safety policies
• How to use job descriptions and performance reviews to reduce costly injuries at work
• Most effective ways to interact with injured employees
• Why the history of safety/injury issues matters
• And much more.

“How Smart Companies Control Workers’ Comp Costs” will be the first audio seminar in an all-new, 4-part series especially designed for supervisors. Each audio seminar will be presented by John B. Phillips, and will give supervisors the guidance they need to handle some of today’s hottest workplace challenges.

Upcoming audio seminars include:

“Violence in Your Workplace: How to Prevent and Deal with It” – September 30.

“Managing Your Workplace to Avoid Union Organization” – October 14.

“How to Avoid Triggering Employees to Sue”- October 28.

More About the Presenter, John B. Phillips, Jr.
Two video series hosted by John B. Phillips, Jr., have been named a Top 10 Training Product of the Year by the national magazine 'Human Resource Executive.' In doing so most recently, the magazine hailed Mr. Phillips’ ‘thorough understanding of the latest legal challenges and Supreme Court decisions impacting today's workplace." A partner in the law firm of Miller & Martin (Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta), Mr. Phillips is listed in 'The Best Lawyers in America.' He has practiced labor and employment law for more than 30 years, serving as Deputy General Counsel for Labor and Employment for Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. for the past several years. He has also served as Editor of 'Tennessee Employment Law Letter' since 1986.

About M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
Founded in 1975, M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee is the only company in America that produces a state-specific workplace law newsletter for all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. The company also produces a wide variety of other newsletters, national and state-specific workplace law conferences and seminars, and other information products for HR professionals, business people, and attorneys, including the national award-winning video-based training series 10 Danger Zones for Supervisors. For more information please visit HRHero.com or mleesmith.com.

NOTE TO JOURNALISTS: John B. Phillips, Jr. is available as an expert source for news reports or features associated with this or other workplace-law topics. To schedule an interview with Mr. Phillips, please contact David Carew at M. Lee Smith Publishes at 800-274-6774, ext.8077 or via e-mail at dcarew@mleesmith.com.

The company also offers full-service publishing and printing for other companies' newsletters.

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