All Politics Is Local: State Law Trends
Though there may be gridlock at the federal level, a large amount of employment law action is taking place at the state and local level. This session focuses on state law trends, including bills that would make additional states right-to-work states; restrict employers' rights to access social media sites; allow employees to bring weapons onto the premises of their employer; limit the right of employers to conduct credit and criminal background checks; expand the groups protected against discrimination, and provide paid and unpaid leave. Review current bills from an HR perspective and receive 10 recommendations to increase your effectiveness in terms of grassroots advocacy.
Jonathan A. Segal
Jonathan is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in its Employment Group. He also is the Founder and managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute, which provides training on employment issues to HR professionals, in-house counsel and other leaders.
The core of Jonathan’s practice is helping employers maximize legal compliance and minimize legal risk with regard to harassment, discrimination, retaliation and reasonable accommodations.
Over the past few years, Jonathan has focused on religion in general and antisemitism in particular. In addition to helping clients, Jonathan has delivered a number of talks on antisemitism on behalf of the EEOC as well as to field directors of the EEOC.
Jonathan has provided training to federal judges and other members of the federal judiciary on various employment issues for more than 20 years.