Whether you represent union employees/employers or non-union employees/employers, chances are the National Labor Relations Act impacts your practice. This panel will provide you with an overview of employee rights under the Act, common issues regularly impacting the workplace, the Act's application to workplace policies/practices (social media, confidentiality, privacy, e-mail use, etc.) with a brief legal update.

California provides employees with numerous protections that practitioners need to understand to provide effective representation. In this module, our panelists will provide an overview of filing and defending against claims of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation provided by the Fair Employment & Housing Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and other key employment laws. The presentation will touch upon exhaustion of administrative remedies, the essential points of analysis for claims, recent changes to the law, and emerging trends and concerns.

Navigating ethics and bias issues are common challenges employment law practitioners face. In this panel, attorneys from each side of the bar, along with a neutral, will discuss common ethical and bias issues, including new challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.

California's leave laws are among the most challenging for employers to comply with and manage. In this module, panelists will discuss the Family Medical Leave Act, the California Family Rights Act, Pregnancy Disability Leave, and various other leaves impacting California employers. Special consideration will be given to the interplay of the various leaves and the potential pitfalls and the array of COVID-19 leaves.

Navigating the wide range of California's complex wage and hour laws can be challenging. This module's panelists will discuss the sources of wage and hour laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Labor Code, and IWC Wage Orders. Topics to be reviewed include, rules regarding misclassification of employees, meal and rest periods, travel pay, final pay, failure to pay for off-the-clock work and pre and post shift activities, unlawful deductions, and common mistakes to avoid.