Dorsey’s Labor & Employment Group will conduct its thirteenth annual Symposium, focusing its sessions on the challenges facing in-house employment counsel and human resource professionals, with particular emphasis on recent legislative and regulatory developments. Sessions are designed to help employers identify issues and implement practical solutions and will focus on practical advice for employers in these uncertain and rapidly-changing times.
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Protecting Your Legitimate Business Interests In the New World Order
This panel will discuss the rapidly evolving law regarding employee restrictive covenants, including recent Minnesota legislation, FTC pronouncements, and positions taken by the National Labor Relations Board, and review broader trends across the country. We will also discuss a variety of strategies for employers to protect their legitimate business interests – trade secrets, confidential information, customer goodwill, and employee relationships – in this new environment.
Speakers: Briana Al Taqatqa, Ryan Mick & Jack Sullivan
**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.
Leave & Accommodations Law Update
This session will provide updates on new laws governing employee leaves and accommodations, with a focus on practical guidance for navigating the thicket of these already thorny issues. Topics will include the new Minnesota Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law, developments in other states’ PFML and sick and safe leave requirements, and accommodation requirements under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision governing the standard under which employers must assess employee requests for religious accommodations.
Speakers: Rebecca Bernhard, Anabel Cassady & Jillian Kornblatt
**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.
Employment Litigation Trends in 2023
Between active pro-employee legislation and regulation occurring around the country and recent decisions from the United States Supreme Court reinterpreting longstanding standards, the landscape of employment litigation is increasingly challenging for employers to navigate. This panel will address national employment litigation developments, trends, and risks facing employers in 2023 and beyond. The panel will also address how California continues to be the wild west for employers.
Speakers: Heather Dillion, Melissa Raphan & Colin Seaborg
**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.
New Horizons In Workplace Privacy
Workplace privacy issues are increasing in frequency and complexity at an astounding rate, spurred on by both technological advances and legislative and regulatory attention. This panel will explore new dynamics surrounding well-known workplace privacy issues such as background checks and drug testing, as well as more recent and future-looking issues surrounding biometrics, artificial intelligence and more, all with an eye to practical steps employers need to take to stay ahead of the curve.
Speakers: Katie Ervin Carlson, Cate Heaven Young & Melonie Jordan
**NOTE: Watching this recording does not allow the user to obtain CLE, CPD, CPE or HR credits.