2024 Labor & Employment Law Update – It’s Time For Election Year Fun!

Join us as attorney Burt Garland (Ogletree Deakins) leads us through what to expect in the world of employment legislation in 2024.

Unless you are living under a rock, you know 2024 is an election year. While the labor and employment law pendulum has continued to swing wildly in recent years, you can expect to see that pendulum move further to the left this year with the federal administrative agencies issuing new rules at a breathtaking pace and aggressively going after employers under the guise of protecting workers. During this session, we will: (1) discuss managing politics at work; (2) review significant recent changes; and (3) discuss what to expect in 2024 from the legislature, the courts, and the federal administrative agencies. Get ready for a wild ride through the end of the year!

Speaker Bio:

Burton Garland practices all facets of labor and employment law. Burt’s labor law practice includes union avoidance counseling and campaigns, elections, objections to elections, R-Case strategy and litigation, collective bargaining, strikes and injunctions, arbitration, and unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board.

Burt’s employment practice includes litigating employment discrimination matters under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, the Federal False Claims Act, and the various state counterparts to these federal laws. Burt has extensive experience litigating high stakes matters in the context of motions seeking temporary restraining orders and other injunctive relief matters involving restrictive covenants (non-compete, non-solicit and confidentiality agreements); misappropriation of trade secrets; retaliation; tortious interference; unfair competition; and related claims. In addition to representing clients in federal and state court and before federal and state agencies, Burt’s practice includes advising clients on employment-related matters and drafting personnel policies, employment contracts, severance agreements, and employee handbooks. He also has significant experience in wage and hour class action defense and in FINRA arbitrations. Burton has appeared in federal and state courts and agencies throughout the country and is permanently admitted to practice law both in Missouri and Illinois.