Axley’s annual, complimentary Employment Law Update Seminar will be held on December 3rd at The Madison Concourse Hotel. The event begins with a lunch served at noon, followed by presentations from 1:00pm-5:00pm. The seminar will conclude with appetizers and drinks on Axley. The agenda is below.

12:00pm – 1:00pm — Registration and Complimentary Lunch

1:00pm – 1:50pm — EEOC 2015 The Milwaukee Year in Review by Rosemary Fox, Director of the Milwaukee Area Office of the EEOC: The Director of the EEOC’s Milwaukee Office discusses critical developments in discrimination law this past year and the EEOC’s priorities in the future.

1:50pm – 2:25pm — What’s New with the National Labor’s Relation Board by Attorney Mike Westcott: The NLRB’s rules and rulings continue to pressure and impact both unionized and non-unionized employers.

2:25pm – 3:15pm — Employment Case Law Update by Attorney Saul Glazer and Attorney Tim Barber: Ch-ch-ch-changes — Pregnancy discrimination, religious discrimination, same sex marriage – The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2014-2015 employment law decisions.

3:15pm – 3:30pm — BREAK

3:30pm – 4:05pm — Getting Background Checks Right by Attorney Mike Modl: Learn how to avoid common errors in performing background checks which can lead to large expensive lawsuits.

4:05-4:35 — Wage and Hour/Proposed DOL Regulations by Attorney Leslie Sammon: Is it time to re-evaluate whether your exempt employees need to be reclassified?

4:35-5:00 — Independent Contractor Issue by Attorney Troy Thompson: Government agencies are pushing for your independent contractors to be classified as employees: Is it time to tweak your business model?

5:00 — Appetizers and Cocktails

Click here to download a PDF of the presentation materials.