Employment and Labor

Our panel will provide a practical look at a variety of COVID-19 compliance issues involving the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”), federal contractor rules for COVID-19 vaccinations, industry-specific COVID-19 vaccination rules, and state-specific issues. We will provide our best answers at this point in this fast-changing area. This panel will focus on practical issues and how to navigate some of the complications of the myriad of rules that might apply to employers, including those with operations in multiple jurisdictions. We will address OSHA enforcement issues involved with COVID-19 issues, and—if there is time—other health and safety issues, such as the forthcoming OSHA heat illness standard.

Traditionally confined to the purview of voluntary Corporate Social Responsibility norms or "soft law", addressing human rights concerns in the supply chain has quickly become a legal imperative for companies across all industries and sectors, including retail and consumer products, technology, financial services, mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing.

In this seminar, we will discuss strategies for mitigating legal and reputation risk arising from:

• directly or indirectly sourcing from or supplying high risk jurisdictions, including China
• new requirements prohibiting the importation of and dealing in any goods made whole or in part from forced labour
• emerging modern slavery laws requiring public disclosure of your supply chain due diligence
• economic sanctions laws targeting human rights violations
• expanded human rights criteria for export and technology transfer controls
• recent case law on liability of companies in Canada for human rights violations committed by their subsidiaries abroad

This program contains 1.5 hours of Substantive content under the Law Society of Ontario's mandatory CPD Regime.

This event is open and free of charge only to in-house counsel who are practicing lawyers and are current members of a provincial law society; however, you must RSVP to attend. Please RSVP by no later than Tuesday, November 23, 2021.

ACC Ontario reserves the right to review all registrations for eligibility. In-house counsel must be ACC members or meet ACC membership eligibility. Please click here for further details.

Note: All instructions and information on how to access the webinar will be sent by email in advance of the program.

Questions? Please email us.

The ACC St. Louis and attorneys at Tueth Keeney look forward to presenting their annual CLE Legal Update program via ZOOM on November 19th from 12:00-1:30.

Topics will include:

· The Long View - Drafting Effective Position Statements for the MCHR and EEOC

We will discuss recent policy changes from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Missouri Commission on Human Rights related to confidentiality of materials submitted and jurisdiction to determine substantive violations. We will focus on best practices for drafting effective Position Statements, including strategies to protect the entity in future litigation.

Speakers: Mollie Mohan & Aigner Carr

· Handling Employee Complaints - Avoiding Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims:

We will discuss recent case law and litigation trends in Missouri retaliation and whistleblower claims. We will also offer practical guidance for handling complaints and avoiding claims from employees, particularly during the COVID era.

Speakers: Mandi Moutray & Jenna LaKamp

· What’s on the Horizon: Employment Based Immigration Update

We will provide a brief update on what to expect in the H-1B visa, L visa, and green card context, as well as discuss the practicalities of handling employee visa processing and travel in this challenging environment.

Speakers: Melanie Gurley Keeney & Luke Phillips

We look forward to seeing you online on on November 19th!

Employers continue to encounter hurdles relating to remote workforces. Seyfarth is pleased to partner with ACC SoCal to present a webinar that focuses on the fundamental legal principles and practical implications relating to remote work, including:

• Compliant wage and hour practices
• Appropriate reimbursement of business expenses
• Key points to include in remote work policies for COVID and beyond

ACC Houston Labor & Employment Practice Group CLE Webinar
What Employers Need to Know About Vaccine Mandates
November 11, 2021 | 12 pm - 1 pm | 1.00 Hrs CLE (TX)

DESCRIPTION
Employers are faced with navigating the myriad of issues around vaccine mandates, including conflicting Federal and State mandates, religious and medical accommodation requests, union bargaining, injunction risks, and more. Seyfarth is pleased to partner with ACC Houston's Labor Employment Chapter to present on topics employers need to know, including the fundamental legal principles and practical implications of such mandates.

This presentation will cover a variety of relevant case developments in Maryland state law. The focus will be areas that are often overlooked by busy practitioners that keep abreast of developments in federal law and state legislation. 

Topics to be covered include:

• • wage and hour 
  • restrictive covenants
  • arbitration agreements 
  • defamation
  • employment-related torts 
  • state whistleblower laws 

All who register will receive a link to sign-up for a free personal pizza delivery at the time of the webinar! The link will come in the Eventbrite email you receive acknowledging your registration, so be on the lookout! (Note: We do expect all who sign-up for pizza through the link will attend the webinar.)

Webinar Zoom log-in instructions will be sent to registrants the day before the event.

In this session, we’ll address some of the creative ways companies are navigating the most pressing issues of 2021: How should we address requests for exemption from our vaccine rules? How do we retain employees in a labor shortage? How can we incorporate remote work into our business model without losing productivity and engagement? How can we find more than 24 hours in each day? Okay, okay, we can’t help you solve the last question! But in this session, we’ll share the employment law parameters for creative approaches to these business challenges, including benchmarking across industries, and a look to the future of what challenges we can expect in 2022.  

Thanks to our sponsor, Littler!