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Now open for registration, the 2025 Understanding Employment Law Webinar Series! For more educational opportunities also check out a Snure Seminars Road Trip.

Understanding Employment Law Webinars

April 25, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
May 9, 2025 • 10:00 am - 12:00 noon

Live Zoom Webinars

Brian Snure represents fire districts, regional fire authorities and other municipal corporations throughout Washington. Employment law issues have the single greatest impact on the operations of your fire department. Elected officials and management employees need to understand the rules and best practices to minimize those negative impacts.

The April 25 webinar focuses on defining, creating and managing employment relationships in a manner that manages risk and reduces liabilities. The May 9 webinar focuses on compensation and benefits in the fire service, including an in-depth discussion of the Fair Labor Standards Act, state retirement systems, family medical leave benefits and volunteer compensation.

Fire Service Employment Relationships
April 25, 2025
10:00-Noon

Defining Employment Relationships
-What Does At Will Actually Mean
-Employee v. Independent Contractor

Establishing Employment Relationships
-Approaches to Employment Contracts
-Hiring Procedures

Managing Employment Relationships
-Policies and Procedures

Ending Employment Relationships
-Discipline and Termination
-Due Process and Damage Control

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Fire Service Employment Compensation
May 9, 2025
10:00-Noon

Fair Labor Standards Act
-Working Hours and Wages
-FLSA Exemptions
-Overtime - Issues and Risks
-Volunteer Compensation

Employee Benefits
-Part Time vs. Full Time Employees
-Family Medical Leave
-Sick Leave
-Retirement Systems - Traps For The Unwary
-Payroll Taxes

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REGISTRATION

Individual: $80 per class OR $150 if registering for both classes (includes access to live or recorded webinar and emailed handbook).

Department Access Pass: $350 per class OR $650 if registering for both classes. Allows your District or RFA to have an unlimited number of commissioners, employees and volunteers attend the live webinar or watch the recorded webinar (includes shareable emailed pdf copy of handbook).

Snure Law Office and CSD Attorneys At Law Are Associating

CSD Attorneys at Law and Snure Law Office are pleased to announce that attorney Brian Snure will become of counsel to CSD Law as part of a formal association of the two firms. This is a natural progression of over 30 years of professional collaboration between lawyers in CSD Law and Snure Law.

“For many years, Snure Law and our firm have worked collaboratively on issues important to the fire service. We welcome and value Brian’s expertise and commitment,” said Richard Davis, one of the founding members of CSD Law.

Now, from offices in Bellingham and Des Moines, the combined team of lawyers will continue to provide responsive, professional, and solution-driven services for government and business clients throughout Washington. “Our firms have worked together with the Washington Fire Commissioners Association to share best practices and serve the interest of the fire service community for decades. We share the common values of a client-centered approach,” said Brian Snure.

CSD Law and Snure Law will continue to operate independently, but our clients will now have seamless access to the team of lawyers from both firms, including a Fire/EMS Practice Group currently comprised of Brian Snure, Richard Davis, Matt Paxton, and Aaron Haynes.

In the unlikely event this association of law firms creates a conflict of interest, CSD Law and Snure Law will reach out to clients on a case-by-case basis. Please contact your lawyer at CSD Law or Snure Law for more information.

Snure Seminars Road Trips

Brian Snure is available to travel to your area or to provide personalized webinars designed to provide cost effective classes, seminars, workshops and training for management or employees on a local or regional basis. The classes can be specifically designed to meet the unique needs of your department or can focus on issues of general interest in your region. You name the topic that is important to you and I will customize and teach the class that you want. For more information email Brian@snurelaw.com.

Updated Bid Law Matrix

Snure Law Office, in conjunction with the Washington State Fire Chiefs Association, the Washington Fire Commissioners Association and the State Auditor’s Office has updated the Fire District/RFA Bid Law Matrix to address cooperative purchasing issues. Click here to download 2024 version effective July 1, 2024.

About Our Firm

Snure Law Office, PSC is a full service law firm located in Des Moines, Washington focusing primarily on the representation of special purpose local governments.

The firm was founded by Clark Snure in 1964 and has provided professional, efficient and economical legal representation to fire protection districts, regional fire authorities, water districts, sewer districts, metropolitan park districts and other special purpose districts throughout the State of Washington for over 45 years.

Our municipal clients range in size from small all volunteer fire districts located in rural areas to large urban fire districts and regional fire authorities. Although our offices are located in Des Moines we currently represent over 100 municipal clients throughout the state of Washington and have clients located in all 39 counties from Whatcom County to Asotin County and from Pend Oreille County to Pacific County. Brian also serves as of-counsel to CSD Attorneys at Law to provide his clients with access to some of the finest municipal lawyers in the State.

In addition to its municipal law practice, Snure Law Office, PSC provides general legal services to numerous individuals, businesses, and nonprofit agencies. The firm maintains an extensive estate planning, real estate and probate practice and provides legal counsel in the areas of appellate work and general commercial law.

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