Program Fee: $60 Social Law Members l $120 Non Members

Jeffrey L. Hirsch, Esq.

Author of Labor and Employment Law in Massachusetts
Partner, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

You will learn the latest statutory, regulatory and judicial developments involving:

• The Newly enacted Domestic Leave Law
• The Newly enacted Parental Leave Law
• The Newly enacted Paid Sick Days Law
• Complex Issues concerning Medical Marijuana
• Discussion of scope of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)
  U.S. Supreme Court cases involving: (1) light duty and pregnancy; (2) the
  National Labor Relations Board; and (3) public employee rights under the
  First Amendment
• First Circuit cases (1) ruling that a Boston Police Department's drug testing
  program had a disparate impact on the basis of race and (2) ruling that an
  employer violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by improperly failing to pay
  overtime after labeling a portion of employee pay "per diem" and failing to
  include that amount when calculating overtime and (3) concerning employer
  liability under Title VII for sexual harassment involving co-worker
• Recent Developments with the NLRB, including newly announced election
  rules, recent micro-unit cases, recent NLRB decision on email usage by
  employees
• Report on President Obama's Executive Order Protecting LGBT Employees in
  Federal Government
• Review of Recent Organizing Efforts by Adjunct Faculty In New England and
  Throughout the U.S.
• Report from The Massachusetts Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee
  Misclassification