2018 Employment Law Update

Make sure your policies and procedures are in compliance with all of the recent changes to Federal employment law.

A number of significant changes to Federal employment law have taken place in recent years. These changes affected employers' obligations in areas such as hiring, wages, discrimination, and termination. During this topic, we will: (1) review the significant changes to employment law, legal and administrative changes from 2017; (2) take a look at the employment law changes we expect in 2018; (3) review current and anticipated changes in employment law (including EEO developments, leave laws, ADA updates, and examples and case studies); and (4) suggest ways to be compliant with these changes. If employers have not already done so, they should review and revise their policies and procedures to ensure they are in compliance with these changes.

Learning Objectives:

- You will be able to discuss the laws that apply to your business.

- You will be able to review employment law changes in 2017.

- You will be able to describe what to expect in 2018.

- You will be able to explain employment law compliance in 2018.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Burton D. Garland, Jr.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

Shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Practice includes union avoidance counseling and campaigns, elections, objections to elections, R-Case strategy and litigation, collective bargaining, strikes and injunctions, arbitration, and unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board
Employment practice includes litigating employment discrimination matters under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Federal False Claims Act, and the various state counterparts to these federal laws
Practice includes advising clients on employment-related matters and drafting personnel policies, employment contracts, severance agreements, and employee handbooks
J.D. degree, St. Louis University School of Law; M.B.A. degree, St. Louis University; B.S.B.A. degree, University of Arizona