Fair Labor Standards Act: Coverage Issues
Why Attend?
Does your client have one of the one million FLSA violations that occur each week?
A recently-released report suggests that over a million workers across the nation have at least one pay-based violation in any given week. In fact, wage and hour violations are the most common source of employment litigation today. Employers and plaintiffs attorneys need to know what issues are being litigated in the wage and hour field, and what defenses can be raised in opposition to these cases.
ALI-ABA is conducting a series of audio seminars throughout 2010 focusing on wage and hour issues. The first seminar will concentrate on coverage under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The second and third seminars are scheduled for April and June and will cover exemptions and compensable work time, respectively. Taught by a panel of labor law experts, each program will include, at the end, a five to fifteen minute discussion of recent FLSA developments and an up-to-the-minute update on this area of labor law.
What You Will Learn
A full understanding of the applicability of the FLSA to the following:
trainees
volunteers
commissioned salespersons
corporate officers
joint employers
independent contractors
The chair of this teleseminar is an experienced ALI-ABA presenter: Robert B. Fitzpatrick (Robert B. Fitzpatrick, PLLC, Washington, DC). He is joined by Ellen Kearns (Constangy Brooks & Smith, LLP, Boston, MA) and J. Nelson Thomas (Thomas & Solomon LLP, Rochester, NY). Again, this program is the first in a series of ALI-ABA audio seminars that will examine current Fair Labor Standards Act developments throughout 2010.
Invest just 2 hours at your home or office to learn about FLSA coverage issues from group of labor and employment law experts. This teleseminar comes to you live on Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 1:00-3:00 pm EST, via your phone or your computer. Its format will allow for questions to be submitted to the panel via email during the program. Course materials may be downloaded or viewed online.
Planning Committee (also on faculty)
Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Esquire, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, PLLC, Washington, D.C.
Ellen C. Kearns, Esquire, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP, Boston, MA [Management]
J. Nelson Thomas, Esquire, Thomas & Solomon LLP, Rochester, NY [Plaintiffs]
For group tuition discounts, click on the Registration link at top and register online at the discounted rates, or go to the Group Webcast Page or email groupregistration@ali-aba.org for assistance.
Program Schedule
(All Times Eastern Standard)
1:00 pm Fair Labor Standards Act: Coverage Issues
--Panel discussion
--Audience questions
--Recent FLSA developments update
3:00 pm Adjournment
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.0; Total 50-minute hours of instruction: 2.4
Suggested Prerequisite: Experience in employment and labor law litigation, and familiarity with the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (Pub.L. 75-718) (FLSA, ch. 676, 52 Stat. 1060, June 25, 1938, 29 U.S.C. ch.8).
Educational Objective: To learn about current issues relating to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (the Wages and Hours Bill), focusing on coverage issues, particularly in light of a recent report that shows wage-and-hour violations are increasingly prevalent in the workplace.
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Times
Eastern: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Central: 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm
Mountain: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Pacific: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Alaska: 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Hawaii: 8:00 am - 10:00 am
