ICYMI: Stokes Lawrence 2024 Employment Law Update

Related Practices: Employment and For Employers

Presented on Tuesday, November 19th, Stokes Lawrence hosted the 2024 Annual Employment Law Update. This complimentary workshop focused on current topics for employers, including:

Say What?! Employee Speech and Discipline – Speaker: Chrystina Solum

• Scope of protected employee speech under the NLRA and Washington laws
• Areas where employers can limit or discipline employee speech
• Drafting agreements to comply with evolving laws on employee speech

Pregnancy Accommodations in the Workplace – Speaker: Valerie Walker

• New regulations on the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
• Washington’s per se approach to accommodating pregnancy
• Key differences in accommodating pregnancy versus disability

Washington and Federal Law Update – Speakers: Maricarmen Perez-Vargas, Sean Worley

• State of play for non-competes
• What you need to know about pay transparency litigation
• Employee expense reimbursements
• What’s new in wage and hour