Wimberly Lawson is pleased to celebrate the 41st Anniversary of our Labor & Employment Law Update Conference.
The event started as a small local seminar and has grown steadily in size and success.
Our day-and-a-half program covered a sweeping range of relevant laws, important legal decisions, and societal trends affecting labor and employment.
Approximately thirty employment law attorneys presented more than thirty-five topics that were carefully selected to address the concerns of all employers.
HRCI and SHRM credit hours were requested.
On the Frontline Agenda
- Overtime Rules
- LGBTQ+, Religious Liberty, and Title VII
- Marijuana Use and Drug Testing Harassment, Discrimination and In-house Investigations Agency Enforcement Actions - EEOC, NLRB, DOJ, OSHA, etc.
- Leave Laws
- Handbooks and Policies
- Employee Hiring, Retention, and Termination
Event Details & Photos
Our photo sponsor for the event was HR Professionals Magazine. They've provided the following photo highlights of this year's event.
Jeffrey G. Jones, Firm Managing Member, was the conference emcee.
A: Howard Jackson, Regional Managing Member in the Knoxville office, provided a Department of Labor update.
B: Andrew Heber, member in the Knoxville office; Fred Bissinger, Regional Managing Member of the Nashville office; and Dr. Stephen Loyd, Chief Medical Officer with Cedar Recovery; spoke about “Emerging Issues for Drug Free Workplace.” Dr. Loyd was also the keynote speaker during lunch on Thursday. He spoke on “The Opioid Epidemic: What Employer’s Need to Know.”
C: Jim Wimberly with the office of Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine P.C. in Atlanta, spoke on “Three Long Years in Review,” during the opening session.
A: Eric Harrison, member of the Knoxville office, spoke on “The Last COVID-19 Update…We Hope” during the opening session.
B: “What’s New for Handbooks and Workplace Documentation” was presented by Mary Moffatt, member in the Knoxville office.
C: Andrew Heber, member in the Knoxville office, spoke in the opening session on “A Drug-free Workplace v. A Work-Free Drug Place.”
D: Zachary Kiffmeyer, member in the Cookeville office, was a co-presenter with Joseph Lynch, a member in the Knoxville office; on the topic of “Workers Comp: How to Deny a Claim and Make it Stick.”
A: Mary Dee Allen, a member in the Cookeville office, presented “Challenges for Women in a Much-Changed World,” in a general session.
B: “Singing the OSHA Blues,” was presented by Larry Stine with Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine P.C. in Atlanta.
C: Attendees at the conference.
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