Top 10 Employment Law Trends for 2010
Why Attend?
Get the information that's essential to your practice in a convenient, concise, and practical seminar. Don't risk falling behind! As an interactive seminar, the program affords the opportunity to submit questions for faculty discussion in advance of and during the event. This intermediate course of study, comprised of 120 minutes of instruction, provides guidance on the essential issues and trends involved with Employment Law.
What You Will Learn
What does the landscape look like for the year 2010 in the arena of Employment Law? What are the trends and how should you best prepare for these changes? Join nationally regarded experts Bob Fitzpatrick and Frank Morris as they discuss the practical implications of what they view as the top 10 trends in employment law. Registrants will have the opportunity to submit questions during and in advance of the program for the speakers.
Topics include:
• Social Networking Sites and Employer and Employee Rights and Interests
• Retaliation & Whistleblower Claims - Expanding Law and Burgeoning Claims
• EEOC and OFCCP - Bulked Up and On The Offensive
• Living With the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, GINA, and the ADA AA
• Employee/Independent Contractor Classification and Aggressive Government Enforcement
• Wage Hour Litigation -Stemming The Continuing Flood
• Multi-State Employers and Complying With Disparate State Laws
• The New NLRB
• Post Healthcare Reform - the Labor/Employment Legislative Onslaught Will Be On in 2010
• Arbitration of Employment Claims - Dead Man Walking?
Faculty
Robert B. Fitzpatrick, Robert B. Fitzpatrick, PLLC, Washington, D.C.
Frank C. Morris, Jr., Epstein Becker Green, Washington, D.C.
Total 60-minute hours of instruction: 2.0; Total 50-minute hours: 2.4
Suggested Prerequisite: Limited experience in legal practice in subject matter.
Educational Objective: Development of proficiency in performance of intricate and complex legal tasks within a narrow area, provision of information on recent legal developments; maintenance of professional competence as a practitioner.
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Times
Eastern 12 noon - 2 pm
Central 11 am – 1 pm
Mountain 10 am – 12 noon
Pacific 9 am – 11 am
Alaska 8 am – 10 am
Hawaii 7 am – 9 am
