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ACC AlabamaThis presentation will focus on one of the most difficult issues that multistate employers face – multistate compliance. State and local employment laws vary widely from state to state and, sometimes, from municipality to municipality. As 2026 arrives, a wave of new state and local requirements is poised to reshape employer obligations across a changing political and technological landscape. We will distill the most significant developments into an executive-ready briefing, mapping the relevant jurisdictions, subject-matter trends, and key effective dates. Attendees will leave with a forward-looking playbook for 2026 readiness.
Speakers
Michael C. Guarino is a labor and employment attorney from Ogletree Deakins’ Birmingham, Alabama office. He has a passion for counseling clients through difficult decisions. He places paramount importance on understanding a client’s business and developing tailored solutions that work for each individual client. Michael’s goal is to build a trusted partnership with his clients to help navigate the difficult and ever-changing issues employers face daily.
Michael maintains a broad employment practice as he has a substantial amount of experience defending lawsuits and counseling clients on issues involving leaves of absence, reasonable accommodations, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, restrictive covenants and other contract disputes, wage and hour claims, and ADA accessibility. Michael is also the firm’s subject matter expert on garnishments.
Alysonne Hatfield practices labor and employment law from Ogletree Deakins’ Birmingham, Alabama, office, as well as from Huntsville, AL. Alysonne has spent her career assisting public and private employers navigate complex employee issues, as well as defending employers in employment discrimination litigation.
Alysonne first joined Ogletree Deakins in August 2003, then served as Assistant General Counsel for the Alabama Department of Labor (now Workforce) from 2013 to 2024, representing the agency in employment litigation matters and unemployment compensation appeals. Back at Ogletree Deakins since 2025, Alysonne has resumed her general labor and employment litigation practice, with an emphasis on Title VII, USERRA, the Americans with Disabilities Act, wage and hour law, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, among others. Alysonne also advises corporate and public clients on avoidance of employment disputes, development of personnel policies and training programs.
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