Join us for our October US Labor & Employment Webinar Series where we will highlight some of the key issues employers are facing today and explore where the employment law landscape is headed. Approval for CLE and HRCI credit is anticipated for all three events. Continue reading this post for more detail on the events and links to register!
Labor Law’s New Landscape: How Another Year of Groundbreaking Changes Will Affect Non-Union and Unionized Employers
📅October 8, 2024, 12 – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Lew Clark, Mike Hanna, Will Kishman, Laura Lawless and Dan Pasternak
Labor law has experienced another year of major changes in 2024, in a way that affects both unionized and non-union employers. Non-union employers now have additional new obligations under the National Labor Relations Act. Unions are organizing new workforces – and winning – at rates unprecedented in recent history. Unions’ breakthrough wins in organizing doctors, employees at foreign-owned car manufacturers, high profile retailers and other new groups could affect the US workplace even more than their wins at high profile coffee shops. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) – the agency that enforces most labor laws in the US – is regulating even more areas and collaborating closely with other agencies on new matters. At the same time, courts have imposed key new limits on the NLRB, and further restrictions may be coming soon.
Please join us for this webinar, where we will discuss these and other key developments under federal labor law. We also will provide information for employers about what areas to monitor and how they can prepare to manage their new obligations.
The presentation will cover:
- The current status of the NLRB, and how it could change after the November elections
- Union organizing developments, including how the new Cemex rules have ipacted organizing, and how recent union breakthroughs could affect key industries
- New guidance about handbook policies, preventing unfair competition and managing employee conduct under the NLRB’s new standards
- How federal courts have limited the NLRB in recent months, and how some pending cases could restrict the NLRB even further
- Key legal developments affecting employers with unions, such as new rules for “blocking charges” and new guidance about bargaining obligations.
Emerging Employment Issues in the Healthcare Industry: What Healthcare Employers Need to Know Now
📅October 22, 2024, 12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Will Kishman and Carmen Cole
Compliance with ever-changing employment laws is among the most challenging feats for any organization. Healthcare employers are no exception. As the landscape for healthcare employers continues to evolve, recent increases in workplace violence, whistleblower lawsuits and uncertainty created by regulatory “moving targets” bring mounting exposure and potential liabilities for healthcare employers in 2024 and beyond.
Join us as lawyers from our Labor & Employment Practice Group and Healthcare Industry Group unpack
some of the weightiest employment law issues affecting the healthcare industry and what employers in the space can do now to practically and effectively mitigate risk.
Topics include:
- Identifying and complying with new workplace and antidiscrimination laws, including the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act and the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act.
- The rise in labor unions representing doctors, including when doctors may join labor unions, rules about union activity in places patients receive care and other union-related developments in healthcare.
- An examination of the uptick in workplace violence and what healthcare employers can (and, in some cases, are required to) do to keep their workforces safe.
- An update on job accommodation requirements, including a deep dive into how courts are applying last year’s new standard for religious accommodations, Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, which revised the standard for claims involving job transfers, and what employers can learn as courts continue to rule on COVID-19-era failure-to-accommodate claims.
- Noncompete and unfair competition developments, including the status of the Federal Trade Commission’s rule prohibiting certain noncompetes, other new laws affecting noncompetes in healthcare and how healthcare employers can manage these challenges.
- A discussion of current legal requirements, implementation strategies and best practices regarding mental health training and accommodations for employers operating in the healthcare industry.
- The post-pandemic increase in safety-related whistleblower complaints in the healthcare industry and what employers can do to prevent, respond to and navigate such complaints.
- The latest rules affecting when consultants, service providers and other contractors trigger employment-related obligations.
- Other recent new healthcare-specific rules, such as the CMS’ minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities and new pay requirements for certain healthcare employees.
Navigating the Wage and Hour Minefield: Critical Updates for In-house Counsel
📅October 29, 2024, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. EDT
Speakers: Jill Kirila and Michael Carlin
This webinar will review the ever-evolving landscape of wage and hour law, with a focus on recent developments. This comprehensive presentation will equip you with the knowledge and strategies needed to protect your business from costly litigation and ensure compliance with complex wage and hour regulations.
Topics include:
- Overtime and regular rate of pay calculations, including FLSA requirements and California-specific rules
- Most recent developments on compensable time, covering security checks, boot-up time and the de minimis doctrine
- Critical amendments to California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) and their implications for employers
- Best practices for wage and hour compliance, including effective timekeeping systems and regular audits
