Maddin Hauser will conduct its 2024 Employment Law Symposium titled “The Most Troubling Workplace Issues – The Things That Keep Us Up At Night” on Wednesday, March 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Saint John’s Resort, 44045 Five Mile Road in Plymouth.
Featured topics and speakers will include:
• Work Structure in the New World as Compared to B.C. (Before COVID), with Andrew M. Creal
- Remote Work Data – Employee performance, happiness, culture, Fact v. Fiction
- Return to Work Mandates – Legality, Pitfalls and Other Considerations
- The Next Five Years – Optimal policy, retainment and recruitment of talent vs meeting the needs of your business.
• 2023 Rewind: Hot Topics In Employment Law, with Corinne S. Rockoff
- Understand how Michigan’s Civil Rights Act Amendment expands workplace protections for LGBTQ+ employees.
- Prepare for a proposed FTC rule which may invalidate noncompete clauses and prohibit their future use.
- Navigate polarizing issues in the workplace, including religious accommodations and abortion access.
• Who the Heck Are We Hiring? Legal Issues with Onboarding: Background Checks, Pre-Employment Testing, and Employee Social Media, with Jordan M. Small
- Background Checks: FCRA mistakes and how to avoid them
Featured topics and speakers will include:
• Work Structure in the New World as Compared to B.C. (Before COVID), with Andrew M. Creal
- Remote Work Data – Employee performance, happiness, culture, Fact v. Fiction
- Return to Work Mandates – Legality, Pitfalls and Other Considerations
- The Next Five Years – Optimal policy, retainment and recruitment of talent vs meeting the needs of your business.
• 2023 Rewind: Hot Topics In Employment Law, with Corinne S. Rockoff
- Understand how Michigan’s Civil Rights Act Amendment expands workplace protections for LGBTQ+ employees.
- Prepare for a proposed FTC rule which may invalidate noncompete clauses and prohibit their future use.
- Navigate polarizing issues in the workplace, including religious accommodations and abortion access.
• Who the Heck Are We Hiring? Legal Issues with Onboarding: Background Checks, Pre-Employment Testing, and Employee Social Media, with Jordan M. Small
- Background Checks: FCRA mistakes and how to avoid them
- Job-Related Testing: Common issues with conducting pre-employment testing
- Likes and Dislikes: Employee social media activity
• Pay Now or Pay Later: How to Respond to a Wage and Hour Audit and Avoid Violations, with Kathleen H. Klaus
- How Department of Labor audits start, what is requested, and what to expect
- Common wage and hour violations and penalties owed
- How to conduct an internal audit and resolve violations proactively
• Leave it to Us: Employer’s Guide to Leave Laws, with Mariel G. Newhouse
- Deciphering the Alphabet Soup – FMLA, ADA, PMLA, PTO
- Recent Federal and State Developments and How They Impact Your Existing Policies
- Trends To Watch Out For
• Labor Law Blindspots that May Snare Your Organization, with Rita M. Lauer
- Your handbook work rules may be violating Section 7 of the NLRA;
- Yes, your company’s’ severance agreement may also contain clauses that violate Section 7 of the NLRA too.
- And your company’s non-compete clause is also fair game for a Section 7 violation.
- Blind spots for 2024 CBA renegotiations; a quick run-down of sections to amend.
• Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, with Ronald A. Sollish
- Weed in the workplace
- Romance at work
- Digital indiscretions
• Stay Classy: Why Worker Classification Matters, Common Misclassification, and the Latest Trends, with Sydney E. Wright
- Basics of worker classification
- Consequences of misclassification
- Latest developments in worker classification cases
For additional information on the Symposium, visit https://maddinhauser.com and click on “events.” Anyone with questions may email Events@MaddinHauser.com.
- Likes and Dislikes: Employee social media activity
• Pay Now or Pay Later: How to Respond to a Wage and Hour Audit and Avoid Violations, with Kathleen H. Klaus
- How Department of Labor audits start, what is requested, and what to expect
- Common wage and hour violations and penalties owed
- How to conduct an internal audit and resolve violations proactively
• Leave it to Us: Employer’s Guide to Leave Laws, with Mariel G. Newhouse
- Deciphering the Alphabet Soup – FMLA, ADA, PMLA, PTO
- Recent Federal and State Developments and How They Impact Your Existing Policies
- Trends To Watch Out For
• Labor Law Blindspots that May Snare Your Organization, with Rita M. Lauer
- Your handbook work rules may be violating Section 7 of the NLRA;
- Yes, your company’s’ severance agreement may also contain clauses that violate Section 7 of the NLRA too.
- And your company’s non-compete clause is also fair game for a Section 7 violation.
- Blind spots for 2024 CBA renegotiations; a quick run-down of sections to amend.
• Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, with Ronald A. Sollish
- Weed in the workplace
- Romance at work
- Digital indiscretions
• Stay Classy: Why Worker Classification Matters, Common Misclassification, and the Latest Trends, with Sydney E. Wright
- Basics of worker classification
- Consequences of misclassification
- Latest developments in worker classification cases
For additional information on the Symposium, visit https://maddinhauser.com and click on “events.” Anyone with questions may email Events@MaddinHauser.com.
