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