Join Kelley Drye’s Labor and Employment team for the 2022 WORKing Lunch Series, which includes five webinars focused on the latest trends and developments in workplace law. Sign up for one, some, or all of the programs below. Invite a colleague, grab your lunch and let’s take a deep dive into these timely employment topics.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 12:30pm ET Pay Equity & Transparency: Rising Workplace Trends

New York, which has over 9.3 million workers and counting, will soon join other jurisdictions in a growing trend of state and local pay transparency requirements for employers across the country. Currently there are 17 states (and numerous cities) that have laws requiring pay transparency and/or prohibit salary inquiries by current/prospective employers. Additionally, the recent focus on pay equity laws, both state and federal, has served as a catalyst for increased scrutiny by government agencies and resulted in an uptick in related class action lawsuits in recent years. While transparency is generally a virtue, compliance with the ever-evolving pay transparency and pay equity laws across multiple jurisdictions can create a quagmire of issues in attracting and retaining talent—not to mention the HR and legal landmines.

This webinar will cover:

  • New pay transparency laws
  • Review of pay equity and salary history ban laws
  • Insights on compliance
  • Practical implications for talent acquisition and retention

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 at 12:30pm ET Wake-up Call: The Resurgence of Unions

The death of union representation was probably not exaggerated—that is, before the pandemic. Now, with employers desperate to recruit and retain employees in a robust labor market, wages seeing the highest percentage increases in years, and a sense of worker-side empowerment not seen for years, unions are more powerful and relevant than at any time in decades.

This webinar will explore recent trends, strikes, organizing activity, and strategies to mitigate union-related risks and disruptions to your business.

This webinar will cover:

  • The resurgence in union activity across all industries
  • Changes at the NLRB that affect your everyday business operations
  • Taking the temperature of your workforce

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at 12:30pm ET Protecting Your (Human) Resources: Fighting Business Email Compromise and Ransomware

HR employees are, willingly or not, the guardians of the company’s most sensitive collection of data—its employee’s personal information. Cybercriminals often perceive the human resources department as the perfect gateway into a company’s employee data goldmine. Many scams and information theft are perpetrated through social engineering. Cybercriminals posing as job applicants, recruiters or new vendors prey on the fact that human resource employees often receive emails and attachments from unknown sources. Conversely, because of the central role that HR plays in employees’ lives, many employees reflexively open emails and attachments that appear to be sent from the HR department. Employees are just one click away from granting fraudsters the access they need to install ransomware or steal login credentials, potentially exposing employees’ sensitive and valuable personal information, and resulting in significant losses and legal exposure for your company.

This webinar will cover:

  • Weapons and techniques fraudsters use to infiltrate company systems and current scam trends
  • Proactive best practices for fraud and information theft prevention
  • E! true HR stories: theft, lawsuits, and the one simple move that would have stopped it all
  • What to do when the perpetrators are in-house