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**Note: this Chapter meeting is on a THURSDAY**

2023 was defined by large-scale legislation on issues relating to pregnancy, childbirth, and sexual harassment.  2024 has ushered in a return to political gridlock and, as a result, led to more executive action on issues like restrictive covenants, workplace safety, and the FLSA.  Key judicial opinions have also shifted the employment landscape by, among other things, adopting a new test for religious accommodation requests.  And, seemingly hovering over everything in 2024 is the promise and threat of AI, and the guidance, regulations, and legislation intended to constrain it.

Join Keith Weddington and Tory Summey of Parker Poe who will provide an update on Employment law and an overview of the current legal landscape facing employers.  They will review recent case law developments from the Supreme Court, Fourth Circuit and North Carolina state courts.  Next, they will address new federal legislation providing additional protections to workers.  Finally, Keith and Tory will cover new guidance, regulations, and enforcement priorities at the agency level, including the NLRB, OSHA, EEOC, FTC, and DOJ.

1 hour of General CLE credit approved in NC and pending in SC. 
Out of State certificates will be provided.

Thank you to Parker Poe for sponsoring this CLE. 

Questions: Kathleen Smits at charlotteAED@accglobal.com

All registration links are located in our weekly email.

The world of employment law has been busy! Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys for a quick update on several significant developments legal developments hitting at once. We will discuss the following:

  • Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 
  • DOL Final Rules on Overtime 
  • Title IX Regulations by the U.S. Department of Education
  • FTC Rule Banning Non-Competes 
  • Supreme Court Eliminates Heightened Threshold for Harm Under Title VII 
  • Arbitration Agreements


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The world of employment law has been busy! Join Jackson Lewis P.C. attorneys for a quick update on several significant developments legal developments hitting at once. We will discuss the following:

  • Pregnant Workers Fairness Act 
  • DOL Final Rules on Overtime 
  • Title IX Regulations by the U.S. Department of Education
  • FTC Rule Banning Non-Competes 
  • Supreme Court Eliminates Heightened Threshold for Harm Under Title VII 
  • Arbitration Agreements


Join the Conversation:

Employment & Labor Law Network Community

Sponsored by: 

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Roger D. Strode, Mark C. Grundvig, Kate L. Pamperin, Joseph T. Simon, and Benjamin R. Dryden (Foley & Lardner LLP)
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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission finalized a rule, by a vote of 3-2, abolishing the vast majority of employee covenants not to compete across the United States.

While certain health care providers will be exempted from the rule, many will not. As such, and if the rule survives legal challenge, health care industry participants should carefully consider how the rule will impact their recruitment and retention strategies going forward.

Resource Details
Region: United States

A Joint ACC Connecticut and ACC Westchester-Southern CT WEBINAR

MAY 14  (No Charge), 10 AM-11:30. 

This Webinar will provide an in-depth look at the FTC’s new rule banning non-competes and offer practical advice on how to comply with the rule while safeguarding a company’s rights and interests.  

Among other topics, the Webinar will cover:

  1. Understanding the scope of the FTC rule and its impact on companies doing business in Connecticut and New York.
  2. What companies should do while the FTC rule is pending.
  3. Proactive measures companies can take protect competitively sensitive information.

 

Employee terminations are all difficult—but some are more difficult than others. In this webinar, Barran Liebman partner Chris Morgan will provide best practices for managing high-risk terminations, as well as safeguards to ensure even the most complex terminations are handled with professionalism and in a manner that limits potential legal exposure.

All corporate counsel may attend this event regardless of membership in the ACC.  This CLE is also open to HR stakeholders in your company too--please share this online event with you colleagues!

Please click on the link for more details and to register. 

This 1-hour session focuses on the essential issues that in-house counsel needs to know to advise on these issues, and to manage litigation together with external counsel.  

Drafting and litigating employment agreements represent ever-present and challenging issues for any employer and, consequently, for in-house counsel. The law is constantly evolving and less-than-cutting-edge drafting and terms can lead to problems in enforceability and litigation.   

You will hear about the latest learnings and insights from the courts and practice on the most pressing issues relating to your employment contracts, including:  

Termination clauses  

Restrictive covenants 

Independent contractor vs. employment relationships, and, 

Fixed term vs. indefinite term contracts. 

Looking for a way to help our community and share your employment expertise for a good cause?  Join Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta for Rapid Remedy: Employment Projects!  You’ll be working with attorneys from Seyfarth Shaw to improve the operations and abilities of Metro Atlanta nonprofits to serve low-income and disadvantaged individuals. 

PBPA’s Rapid Remedy brings together small groups of employment attorneys to resolve a particular legal issue for a nonprofit client in just one day. The Seyfarth Shaw & Association of Corporate Counsel – Georgia Chapter Rapid Remedy is focused on employment projects for clients. Sample documents and detailed client employee information will be provided prior to the event. 

Agenda 

12:45pm                     Arrival and Check In 

1:00 -2:00pm             Lunch and CLE: Professionalism Considerations in Representing the Pro Bono Client 

This CLE will address professionalism in Georgia and working with small nonprofits. The CLE will prepare the attorneys to provide pro bono assistance to a small nonprofit.  

2:00 – 2:15pm          Break 

2:15 – 5:00pm           Client Meetings 

5:00pm-6:00pm    Happy Hour Reception hosted by Seyfarth Shaw 

 

 

BEFORE MONDAY, APRIL 29TH. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT REGISTRANTS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ENTIRE EVENT INCLUDING THE CLIENT MEETING. 

 

If you have additional questions about Rapid Remedy,  

please email Jessica Caldas at jessica.caldas@pbpatl.org or Lori Shapiro at Lori.shapiro@pbpatl.org 

Post-employment non-competes are under attack nationwide.  At the federal level, the Federal Trade Commission has passed a rule that would ban them nationwide, the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board has deemed their use and enforcement to constitute unfair labor practices, and other administrative agencies are getting in on the act.

In the states, Minnesota became the first in over a century to ban non-competes, the New York and Maine legislatures passed bans that were vetoed, California expanded the reach of its non-compete ban, and numerous states have placed limitations on the use and enforcement of non-competes over the past decade.

Please join ACC Board Member Krista Green Pratt, Chief Employment Counsel at Biogen, and Epstein Becker Green attorneys Kate Rigby and Erik Weibust on May 7th for a practical, interactive discussion on what employers can do in this changing world of non-competes.

Topics will include:

  • Drafting enforceable multi-state restrictive covenant agreements;
  • Utilizing other protective measures; and,
  • Training employees to protect company information and relationships—while incentivizing them to do so.

Register below.

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