Everything You Need to Know About Post-Election Labor and Employment Law Changes

Everything You Need to Know About Post-Election Labor and Employment Law Changes

CLE Lunch and Learn

presented by

Ogletree Deakins

Wednesday, June 04, 2025

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM  

This will be a fast-moving presentation covering all of the labor and employment law changes out of Washington in the last six months, as well as updates on North Carolina law. Speakers will discuss the new administration’s focus on DEI initiatives, the EEOC’s new workplace harassment guidelines, changes at the OFCCP, NLRB and workplace safety updates, impacts on business immigration, and the latest employer benchmarking data collected by Ogletree Deakins.

Location:

Spark Axis Amenity Center

4921 McCrimmon Parkway

Morrisville, NC 27560

*This is a new venue in the RTP area with plenty of free parking next to the venue.

CLE:

Approval applied for 1.5 hours of NC general CLE. 

Cost:

No cost for students, full-time law school faculty and staff, and RTAC-ACC members and their non-lawyer colleagues. $50 for ACC-eligible non-members.  By credit card, send payment to rtac@acc.com through PayPal.  You must have your own PayPal account to pay through PayPal.

Featured Speakers:

Allen Thomas - Allen is a shareholder in the Raleigh office.  Allen partners with employers to establish best practices and navigate issues involving discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour, employee misclassification, and employee agreements and policies. Allen also defends employers against claims of discrimination, harassment, and wrongful discharge before federal courts, state courts, and administrative agencies. He also specializes in restrictive covenant work and leads Ogletree’s unfair trade competition practice group for North Carolina.  See his complete bio here.

 Robert A. Sar - Bob is the Office Managing Shareholder of the Raleigh office and assists employers in all areas of labor and employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, whistle-blowers, wage and hour, class and collective actions, non-competition and non-disclosure covenants, leaves of absence, employment agreements and policies, union labor matters, and workplace safety. See his complete bio here.

Michael McKnight - Michael is a shareholder in the Raleigh office and co-chair of the firm’s Manufacturing Practice Group. He provides counsel to and represents employers in all types of labor and employment matters. In addition to representing employers in courts and arbitration proceedings, Michael has extensive experience as an advocate for employers in administrative agency proceedings, investigations, and audits before state and federal Equal Employment Opportunity, Occupational Safety and Health, and Wage and Hour enforcement agencies. See his complete bio here.

Whitney Brownlow - Whitney is a shareholder in the Raleigh office where she focuses on providing strategic program management and developing innovative technology solutions for high volume immigration programs. Whitney oversees all types of lawful permanent residence applications, including those based on labor certification (PERM), and on behalf of multinational managers and executives, outstanding professors, researchers, and aliens of extraordinary ability. She also directs the preparation of nonimmigrant visas, including H-1Bs, L-1s, TNs, E-3s, and O-1s.  See her complete bio here.

Tatiana Terry - Tatiana is an associate in the Raleigh office and assists clients in a wide range of labor and employment-related matters. Representing employers of all sizes, Tatiana works closely with clients to secure positive results in administrative proceedings and civil litigation in both state and federal courts, specializing in litigation. Tatiana’s specific experience in employment law includes: claims involving Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Equal Pay Act, and the Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as corresponding state statutes.  See her complete bio here.

Kalisha Chorba - Kalisha is Associate General Counsel, Employment Law and Employee Relations Expert, at Jacobs.   Kalisha has over 15 years in the employment law trenches and has dedicated her career to transforming how organizations approach workplace challenges.  See her complete bio here
 

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If you need to cancel your registration, please email Allen Thomas  allen.thomas@ogletree.com