No matter where you are in your career as an HR professional—student, midlevel, or executive—you’ll find employment law sessions tailored for you at SHRM24, taking place June 23-26 at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago and virtually. Here’s a sampling. All times are Central time.
Monday, June 24
Students: FMLA: Know the Basics—Manage It Better!
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Presenter: Karen A. Young, president, HR Resolutions LLC
The federal regulation surrounding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), along with guidelines on how to effectively apply the regulations, will be reviewed.
Midlevel: Detecting Lies and Deception: Practical Skills for HR Professionals
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Presenter: Michael Wade Johnson, Esq., chief strategy officer, Traliant
A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney will provide case studies on how to spot signs of deception and truthfulness.
Executive: FLSA’s New Minimum Salary Requirements: Strategic and Tactical Implementation Issues
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Presenters: Jonathan A. Segal, partner, Duane Morris, and Victoria Lipnic, lead of Human Capital Strategy Group, Resolution Economics
The presenters will explain the new rule increasing the minimum salary to meet the white-collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and resulting strategic considerations.
Tuesday, June 25
Students: Update! Stay on Top of Labor Law Poster Compliance in 2024
2 p.m.-3 p.m.
Presenter: Terri Dougherty, SHRM-CP, editor, J. J. Keller & Associates Inc.
This session will provide an overview of the duty to display labor law postings required by federal, state, and local agencies, including how to make postings available to remote workers.
Midlevel: Wake Up: Time to Take the Emotion Out of Retaliation
11 a.m.-noon
Presenter: Louis Richard Lessig, SHRM-SCP, partner, Brown & Connery
This session will help attendees rethink how retaliation is considered, addressed, and dealt with in the workplace so that organizations can reduce the issues that arise from it.
Executive: Religious Accommodation Requests: Understanding the New “Undue Hardship” Standard
11 a.m.-noon
Presenter: Jennifer Shaw, founder, Shaw Law Group
The presenter will explain the practical implications of the new standard for handling religious accommodation requests and how organizations should change their processes accordingly.
Wednesday, June 26
Students: Is that Legal in California? Best Practices for Every Company with Employees in the Golden State
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Adam Rosenthal, employment law partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Participants will gain a solid understanding on how to navigate many of California’s unique employment law requirements.
Midlevel: Top 10 Employment Cases of 2024
7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
Presenter: Louis Richard Lessig, SHRM-SCP, partner, Brown & Connery
Attendees will gain an understanding of how key court decisions from this year provide a path to change the manner in which HR conducts itself.
Executive: Surviving Election 2024: Addressing Employee Activism
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Presenters: Joseph L. Beachboard, nationally recognized employment lawyer, Beachboard Consulting Group, and Dennis Davis, Ph.D., national director of client training, Ogletree Deakins
The presenters will explain where the line is between appropriate and inappropriate political expression in the workplace.
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