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Employers can protect their businesses with the latest information on workplace law at the 2012 Hawaii Employment Law Seminar. Presented by the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, the 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. seminar is Oct. 16 at the Keauhou Beach Resort.

Workplace law
seminar planned

Employers can protect their businesses with the latest information on workplace law at the 2012 Hawaii Employment Law Seminar. Presented by the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, the 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. seminar is Oct. 16 at the Keauhou Beach Resort.

Those attending will learn the implications of the latest law, legislative changes and administrative developments in matters critical to employers. Attendees will discover how to navigate today’s most pressing labor and employment issues.

The annual seminar is sponsored by Torkildson Katz Moore Hetherington & Harris, Attorneys at Law and includes a printed copy of “The 2012-13 Chamber Desk Manual: Labor and Employment Law for Hawaii Employers” and a one-year subscription to the online version of this publication.

Registration includes continental breakfast and lunch and is $295 for chamber and Society for Human Resource Management members and $350 for nonmembers. Multiple attendee discounts are available. Contact the chamber for details and reservations by noon Oct. 11 by calling 329-1758 or registering online at kona-kohala.com.

Vendors welcome
at ohana expo

Booth space is available at the West Hawaii Ohana Expo scheduled from 3 to 9 p.m. Oct. 27 in the Grand Ballroom at Hilton Waikoloa Village,

This event will showcase businesses and crafters from the Big Island. Activities include a Halloween costume contest, baby crawling contest, games for the keiki, crafts, exhibits, food, entertainment and for the first time on the island, the “Haunted Canal Boat Ride.”

For booth space or more information, call 430-9439 or 345-9285.