The MASB-SEG Property/Casualty Pool insures more than 460 member school districts in Michigan and is often called upon to defend wrongful discharge lawsuits brought against its members. This fall, the MASB-SEG Property/Casualty Pool is hosting several regional training seminars to educate school districts on employment-related liability. The Employment Liability: Strategies and Solutions for Schools will equip administrators with techniques to protect themselves and their districts from allegations of wrongful hiring and wrongful discharge. The training will address applicant screening and interviewing, employee evaluations and performance documentation and timely and appropriate discipline and termination. Administrators will also learn strategies for developing appropriate documentation and responding to legal action. The Pool has retained Attorneys Timothy Mullins, Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, PC, and William Vogelzang, Kluczynski, Girtz & Vogelzang, to present the seminars. Both attorneys have extensive litigation experience representing members of the Pool. Terry Serbin, executive director of the Michigan Association of School Personnel Administrators, will provide real-world tips and tools for addressing hiring and firing issues.The seminars are available free of charge to all districts in Michigan, including non-Pool members. Seminars will begin at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight time and conclude at noon. Dates and locations are as follows: Oct. 20, Gratiot-Isabella RESD, Mahoney Center Oct. 21, Kent ISD, Grand RapidsOct. 28, Genesee ISD, FlintOct. 29, Weber’s Inn, Ann ArborAdministrators can register for the seminars online at www.setseg.org. Click on Company Events. Click on the seminar date of your choice, and complete the online registration form.The MASB-SEG Property/Casualty Pool is a nonprofit, self-insured pool that provides property and liability coverage to 464 member school districts throughout Michigan.
