Cost: $60 SLL members and CPCS staff, bar advocates and prosecutors; $120 all others
Thursday, March 10, 2016, from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
Presented by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly & the Social Law Library
Jeffrey L. Hirsch, Esq.
Author of
Labor and Employment
Law in Massachusetts
Partner, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
You will learn the latest statutory, regulatory and judicial developments involving:
• U. S. Supreme Court cases involving:
Religious accommodation required during the hiring process
Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requirements for employers
• Second Circuit Court of Appeals
FLSA standard for paid and unpaid interns
• Recent Developments with the NLRB including decision relating to “joint
employers”
• Confidentiality provisions of employee handbooks and update on newly revised
NLRB representation election regulations and General Counsel’s Report on
Employer Handbooks and Rules
• Discussion of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision that employers
may lawfully establish “no-tipping” policies
• Workplace Violence and Terrorism Concerns Impacting Employers and FBI
Educational Outreach
• Report from the Massachusetts Joint Enforcement Task Force on
Employee Misclassification
• Review of Proposed Massachusetts Legislation on Workplace Bullying
• Status Report on Proposed Massachusetts Legislation on Judicial
Enforcement of Non-Competition Agreements
• Report on Recent EEOC Initiatives including new Equal Pay Record
keeping Requirements
• MCAD – Update on Trends and development