Identify new legal risks affecting your workforce and develop actionable strategies to promote compliance and reduce liability.
The employment law landscape has shifted dramatically. Changing federal enforcement priorities, the rapid adoption of AI tools in the workplace, growing concerns over employee speech both inside and outside of work, and an ever-expanding patchwork of state and local regulatory requirements are creating challenges even for the most sophisticated in-house legal and HR teams.
This program is designed to help employers get up to speed and provide a roadmap for navigating these evolving and complex issues. The presentation will walk through the full lifecycle of the employment relationship and highlight legal risks that commonly arise at each stage. We will also review new laws that may require updates to organizational policies and practices, and share practical strategies for mitigating risk and ensuring compliance.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to identify common legal risks that arise at each stage of the employment relationship.
- You will be able to describe key federal and state employment law developments for 2025 and whether you should review your current practices to ensure compliance.
- You will be able to explain the nuances of new pay transparency laws and whether they require changes to your job posting templates and procedures.
- You will be able to discuss a strategy for the use of artificial intelligence tools in your workplace.
Agenda
I. Overview
II. Recruitment and Onboarding
- Identifying Common Risk Areas
- Job Postings, Employment Applications, Discriminatory Hiring Practices, Background Check Notice and Procedures, Work Authorization Verification, Employee Classification
- New Developments
- Federal Enforcement Efforts Relating to DEI and Immigration
- New State and Local Pay Transparency Requirements
- Use of AI Tools in the Hiring Process
- State Limits to the Use of Restrictive Covenants
- Tips for Compliance and Mitigating Risk
III. During the Employment Relationship
- Identifying Common Risk Areas
- Discrimination and Harassment Prevention, Timekeeping and Wage and Hour Issues, Leave and Time off, Reasonable Accommodations, Employee Privacy
- New Developments
- New State and Local Paid Leave Requirements
- Use of AI Tools by Employees
- Regulating Employee Speech in and Outside the Workplace
- Captive Audience Meetings
- Tips for Compliance and Mitigating Risk
IV. Separation and Termination
- Identifying Common Risk Areas
- New Developments
- EEOC Enforcement and Conducting Disparate Impact Analyses
- New Mini-Warn Acts
- Limits to Restrictive Covenants in Separation Agreements
- Tips for Compliance and Mitigating Risk
V. Recap Developments and Potential Action Items
VI. Questions
Speakers
Mr Eric I. Emanuelson, Jr.,
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.- Associate in the Employment, Labor & Workforce Management practice in the Washington, D.C. office of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
- Counsels multi-state employers on practices and procedures to promote compliance with employment-related laws
- Prepares employment and separation agreements, employee handbooks, and other policies to ensure compliance with applicable state and local laws and industry best practices
- Oversees adverse impact analyses prior to reductions in force
- Graduated from American University’s Washington College of Law
- Member of the Washington, D.C. and New York State Bar.
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for human resource and benefits professionals, business owners and managers, administrators, directors, CFOs, controllers, accountants, and attorneys.
