ICYMI: Stokes Lawrence 2024 Employment Law Update

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