Program Chairs and Presenters:
Colin B. Good
Hawks Quindel, S.C.
Madison
Jordan Rohlfing
DeWitt LLP
Madison
Presenters:
Thayer M. Bryant
SSM Health Care of Wisconsin
Madison
John C. Gardner
DeWitt LLP
Madison
Hon. Sara J. Geenen
Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I
Milwaukee
Justin Mulaire
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Chicago, IL
Katherine M. O'Malley
Genpact
Stevens Point
Timothy J. Pierce
State Bar of Wisconsin
Madison
8:30 a.m. Federal Case Law Update
Jordan Rohlfing
9:20 a.m. Department of Labor Updates
- Independent contractors
- Exempt threshold increase
John C. Gardner
10:10 a.m. Break
10:25 a.m. In-House Panel: Current Employment Issues
- I-9 Audits and related issues
- Accommodations: religious, FMLA, PUMP Act
Moderator: Jordan Rohlfing
Panelists: Thayer M. Bryant, Brittany Lopez Naleid, Katherine M. O'Malley
11:15 a.m. Workplace Harassment
- New guidance from the EEOC
- Investigations
Justin Mulaire
12:05 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:05 p.m. Wisconsin Case Law Update
Colin B. Good
1:55 p.m. Judicial Litigation Insights
Hon. Sara J. Geenen
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. How to Responsibly Discuss Cases Online
- Ethics rules to consider when publically commenting on reviews
- Considerations for avoiding confidentiality issues online
- Effectively and ethically utilizing a listserv with case information
Timothy J. Pierce
3:50 p.m. Program Concludes
- Get up to speed on the threshold increase for overtime exemption
- Explore the ins and outs of I-9 audits, including penalties for noncompliance
- Discuss trending employment issues from the in-house counsel perspective
- Understand ethical issues specific to labor and employment law practice
- Labor and employment lawyers
- Civil and individual rights lawyers
- In-house counsel
- Attorneys advising small businesses
- Human resources professionals
- General practitioners
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