Labor and Employment Law Hot Topics & Global Issues
Overview:
This course offers labor and employment professionals an overview of the latest trends, critical issues, and best practices with respect Hot Topics in Global Labor and Employment Law.This 2-hour webcast will discuss the following key provisions:
- Global redundancies, corporate restructuring and cost-cutting measures
- Pitfalls: entering new jurisdictions
- Growth through acquisitions
- Mobile employees and expatriate assignments
- Global social media issues
- Increasing regulation of temporary workers and independent contractors
- Closer focus on wage and hour compliance
- Emerging data privacy laws
- Unions and works council trends
- Global compliance challenges
Agenda:
Segment 1:
Rebecca L. Marks
Of Counsel, International Practice Group
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR or ACCIDENTAL EMPLOYEE?
- So You Need Someone Abroad…..
- Permanent establishment risk
- Independent contractors or accidental employees?
- Alternatives: Staffing Agencies, Payrolling individual employees
- What is Permanent Establishment (or PE) Risk?
- Independent Contractor - Common Factors
- Independent Contractor – Misclassification RED FLAGS
- Consequences of Misclassifying
- Alternatives
- Staffing Agency
- Direct Employment Relationship
- Fixed-term employment and/or probationary periods
- Drafting Tips
Segment 2:
Anne Marie Lofaso, D.Phil., J.D., A.B.
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law
- Corporate Codes of Conduct
- Variance within Corporate Codes of Conduct
- Why Create Corporate Codes?
- Multinational Codes of Conduct
- Global Ethics Codes vs.
Codes of Conduct - Global Diversity and Inclusion
- Best Practices: Form
- Best Practices:
Employment Issues Covered - Legal Effects of Noncompliance
Segment 3:
Johan Lubbe
Shareholder and U.S. Practice Co-Chair, International Employment Law
Littler Mendelson P.C.
- Pitfalls: entering new jurisdictions
- Growth through acquisitions
- Mobile employees and expatriate assignments
- Global social media issues
- Increasing regulation of temporary workers [and independent contractors]
- Closer focus on wage and hour compliance
- Emerging data privacy laws
- Global redundancies, corporate restructuring and cost-cutting measures
- Unions and works council trends
- Global compliance challenges
Who Should Attend:
- Human Resources Professionals
- Employment & Labor Law Attorneys
- Senior Management
- And Other Related/Interested Professionals
Rebecca Marks is Of Counsel to the International Practice Group of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C., which provides …
Anne Marie Lofaso is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at the West Virginia University …
Johan Lubbe is a shareholder at Littler Mendelson, the largest management-side workplace law firm in the U.S. The firm has …
Course Level:
Intermediate
Advance Preparation:
Print and review course materials
Method of Presentation:
On-demand Webcast (CLE)
Prerequisite:
NONE
Course Code:
134549
NASBA Field of Study:
Personnel/HR - 2.00 credit hours
NY Category of CLE credit:
Skills
Total Credits:
2.0 CLE
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SPEAKERS' FIRMS:
West Virginia University College of Law
About Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. The firm has 700 lawyers located in 45 offices across the United States and in Europe. Ogletree Deakins is the "Law Firm of the Year" in both the Employment Law - Management and Labor Law - Management categories in the 2014 edition of the U.S. News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" list. In addition to handling domestic labor and employment law matters, the firm has thriving practices focused on international employment law, business immigration, employee benefits, and workplace safety and health law. Ogletree Deakins represents a diverse range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 50 companies.
Website: https://www.ogletreedeakins.com/
About West Virginia University College of Law
About Littler Mendelson P.C.
Littler is the largest global employment and labor law practice with more than 1,000 attorneys in over 60 offices worldwide. Littler represents management in all aspects of employment and labor law and serves as a single source solution provider to the global employer community. Consistently recognized in the industry as a leading and innovative law practice, Littler has been litigating, mediating and negotiating some of the most influential employment law cases and labor contracts on record for over 70 years. Littler is the collective trade name for an international legal practice, the practicing entities of which are separate and distinct professional firms. For more information, visit www.littler.com.
Website: https://www.littler.com/