Jeffrey L. Hirsch, Esq., a partner at Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP and author of Labor and Employment Law in Massachusetts hosted the Ninth Annual Advanced Labor Law Seminar last evening at the Social Law Library. Thirty attorneys attended a review of pertinent state and federal labor law cases that were heard over the last year. Some of the highlights included discussion of:

• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decisions regarding employees “self-help,” FMLA, and assessing punitive damages in sexual harassment

• The recently passed Massachusetts Equal Pay Act, Marijuana Act, Transgender Restroom/Locker Room Bill and new OSHA regulations

• NLRB Standards for hiring replacement workers during economic strikes, graduate students and research assistants deemed “employees,” and anticipated Changes in NLRB Policy on Section 7 rights

• Discussion of recent news with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, United States Department of Labor, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development