Quick Details Session Overview Many workplaces are facing challenging and unique issues that involve considerations of gender equity, identity and expression. It is important to be aware of these issues and understand how to properly navigate them. Join us at the 2024 PLI Employment Law Continue Reading
CommPRO | Industry Member Breakfast | Boiling Point: Communications, Conversation, Free Speech & the Law
Quick Details Session Overview Political discourse is heating up with the upcoming election just around the corner. As the election grows near, corporate communication leaders are tasked with managing the rise of political discussions in the workplace, online, and on company platforms. Continue Reading
New York State Employment Law Updates
The Bottom Line Recently enacted legislation in New York State has resulted in a number of developments impacting employers and employees. Effective June 19, 2024, New York employers will be required to provide nursing employees with 30-minute paid lactation breaks. Beginning January 1, 2025, Continue Reading
EEOC Publishes Regulations Interpreting Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Update On June 17, 2024, a district judge in the Western District of Louisiana issued a partial preliminary injunction postponing the PWFA regulations’ requirement that employers provide accommodations for elective abortions of employees that are not necessary to treat a medical condition Continue Reading
D+G Breakfast Seminar | Hybrid Workplace and Classification Issues for the Modern Employer
Quick Details Session Overview The blurring boundaries of today’s workplace raise many questions: Where do we work from? When do we perform work, and how do we define that separation of time? How do we encourage responsible interactions between employees of all levels and from all Continue Reading
California’s Workplace Violence Prevention Law Goes Into Effect on July 1, 2024
The Bottom Line Under the new California Labor Code Section 6401.9 (which resulted from the passage of Senate Bill 553 last year), California employers must have workplace violence prevention plans, training and recordkeeping processes in place by July 1, 2024. Coverage The new law Continue Reading
The Supreme Court Lowers the Bar Employees Must Meet to Establish “Harm” for Discrimination Claims Under Title VII
The Bottom Line The Supreme Court of the United States recently addressed the standard to be applied to claims of discriminatory job transfers under Title VII, holding that an employee challenging a job transfer under Title VII must show that the transfer brought about some harm with respect Continue Reading
BRIDGE24 – Inclusion Is Good For Business | The Impact of the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision on Business and the ways to Continue to Build towards Equity
Quick Details Session Overview The second annual BRIDGE retreat taking place on May 5 - 7, 2024 at Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa will unlock the powerful collaboration between CDOs, CMOs and CEOs by providing guidance on decentralizing inclusion and future-proofing businesses by Continue Reading
2024 National HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo | 50 Legal Tips in 50 Minutes and Employers Expanded Non-Competes and Govt Fought Back
Quick Details Session Overview The National HR in Hospitality Conference is the industry’s premier HR conference. Through three days of programming featuring industry leaders and experts, the conference brings together the legal and practical aspects of human resources within the hospitality Continue Reading
New York State Provides New Protections to Independent Contractors
The Bottom Line Independent contractors in New York State will soon have expanded protections under the New York Labor Law. On May 20, 2024, the Freelance Isn't Free Act takes effect and imposes new requirements for written agreements with most independent contractors in the State. The Act Continue Reading