The Supreme Court Speaks: Are You Listening?
Workplace Application: A thorough understanding of the Court’s key labor and employment law decisions can help you protect yourself and your organization from liability.
The highest court in the land permanently shapes federal labor and employment law; this presentation examines the most important related decisions from the Court’s last few terms. Each analysis covers the facts of the case, a summary of the holding, the Court's rationale, and the long-term implications—how employers are or will be affected by those decisions. You’ll find out:
- What HR professionals need to do to protect themselves and their organizations from liability
- The practical applications of implementing specific workplace policies and procedures
- How the different Justices tend to rule on certain business issues, and what that tells us about the future of cases pending in the upcoming term.
Joseph L. Beachboard
Joseph (“Joe”) Beachboard is a nationally recognized employment lawyer who also closely tracks the most important developments at the U.S. Supreme Court impacting the business community. He has more than 30 years of experience representing management in a wide variety of employment and labor matters in perhaps the most challenging state in the nation for employers – California. Mr. Beachboard speaks regularly before human resource and employer groups on cutting edge employment law topics. He is a member of SHRM and has been an annual presenter at both the SHRM Annual Conference and the Employment Law and Compliance Conference for two decades. Mr. Beachboard is frequently quoted in such leading publications as HR Magazine, National Law Journal, Los Angeles Times, NY Times, HR Executive and Workforce, and has been published in dozens of legal and business journals. Throughout his career in Los Angeles, Mr. Beachboard has represented dozens of studios and entertainment properties. He cites his most interesting project as working with the cast and crew of the television show The Office, from its pilot through the final season.