Webinars and On-Demand

American companies do a lot of business in Southeast Asia and manage large workforces based there. It is inevitable that the need to exit employees arises in the course of business. The compliance landscape in termination of employment...

What online data should you follow or avoid when making employment decisions, given concerns about privacy, free or protected speech, harassment and retaliation? Panelists will consider the fraught world of Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter...

Many conversations on preventing harassment in discrimination in the workplace focus on training employers to help build awareness on diversity, equity and inclusion and fail to address a deeper understanding of protected status and what can...

In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Students for Fair Admission v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, held that using race as a criterion in admissions violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. While not...

The ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law’s Women’s Affinity Group is presenting a series of webinars devoted to empowering women to help other women. In the first webinar, we will hear from successful women attorneys who have not only managed...

When Act 10 was passed in Wisconsin, it brought sweeping changes to public sector collective bargaining. But changes were not limited to Wisconsin. Other states passed similar legislation limiting collective bargaining. Since then, we have seen...

Imposter syndrome, also called perceived fraudulence, involves feelings of self-doubt and personal incompetence that persist despite your education, experience, and accomplishments. While early studies focused on highly successful women...

Join us for our three-part series on “Employment Law Fundamentals” designed for new lawyers or lawyers-to-be. In this session, panelists will provide an overview of key federal and state equal employment opportunity laws...

What is the status of various legal challenges to public employer mandates and the impact of federal regulations on any bargaining requirements? Panelists will discuss issues that may have sent public employers and unions to the bargaining table...

Panelists will discuss the ever-complicated and often fought process of managing leave including FMLA, COVID-related leaves, and the intersection of CBAs and state and local leave laws.

Join our panel for a dynamic conversation in celebration of Latinx History Month, discussing their backgrounds – both cultural and professional – and sharing their experiences navigating the legal profession. Panelists will touch on issues of...

A discussion with leaders in the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law about what it means to be a leader in stressful times, strategies to motivate and inspire, and how they have adapted their approach to leadership in the current climate.

This unique program brings together two distinguished speakers from the LEL Section and participants from the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to answer the most important questions about working life in 2022 and beyond.

This is a three part Labor and Employment Law webinar committee series of Traditional Labor Law Basics. Section 7 & 8 of the National Labor Relations Act will be review in the first two instalments. The third in the series will focus on arbitration.

In this webinar, panelists will discuss the obstacles faced in advancing federal legislation, how the Bostock decision changed the employment landscape for LGBTQ+ workers, what the movement to advance those employees’ rights and to foster inclusion

The homecare industry has become one of the dominant industries providing steady work for immigrant women in New York City since the 2000’s.

Join us for a discussion of some of today’s most pressing employment law issues from around the globe.

The webinar will explore the regulation in force currently in the US, Mexico and Europe related to inclusion and diversity together with the latest Human Resources trends and how different countries are adjusting to promote inclusion and diversity.

Join Laurie Besden, Executive Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, for a discussion focused on how our dependence of screens is negatively impacting our mental health.

The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a whole new collection of workplace accommodation questions. Can an immunocompromised employee continue to work from a home once the office reopens? Can employees be required to wear masks to protect their disable

As we enter a new phase in the battle against COVID, questions abound for employers, employees and their counsel. May an employer require employees to receive a vaccine or ask whether they did? May employees refuse to be vaccinated?

Join us for a review of the growing efforts to classify student athletes as employees under the NLRA, the FLSA, and other areas. Panelists will discuss whether the NCAA or affiliate conferences are joint employers, the anticipated impact on...

By now, we are all aware of the clear and documented impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on women in the workforce – especially in primarily female-driven fields. What is not so clear is what we can do going forward to address that impact...

Panelists will discuss the increased reliance on algorithms in the hiring process, how systemic bias is perpetuated in AI, the risks of using AI in hiring and promotions and other employment decisions, and how to mitigate against bias, including...

Panelists will discuss the increased reliance on algorithms in the hiring process, how systemic bias is perpetuated in AI, the risks of using AI in hiring and promotions and other employment decisions, and how to mitigate against bias, including...

We are coming out of a global pandemic & have a new Administration that is taking some of the strongest public positions on labor issues that we have seen in decades, maybe ever. What does this mean for the future of union organizing in 2021 & beyond

With three COVID-19 vaccines approved for emergency use and eligibility for vaccinations increasing by the day, we are starting to see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel.

In this time of social distancing, social media skills might be more important than ever. Good social media practices help lawyers market, network and stay current. Learn approachable ways to get started and how to use social media to enhance your practice.

Global migration has ground to a halt as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Embassies and consulates remain closed. Travel restrictions rest with those based in countries ranging from China to the UK, and the Trump Administration, through executive order, is further limiting legal migration to the US.

Remote workplaces have become the new normal, and law firms are no exception. As we increasingly adapt our practice to the virtual world, many of us have to get comfortable with taking and defending depositions virtually.

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted underrepresented communities across the US in a variety of ways, including a disparate impact on work and career felt among attorneys from underrepresented communities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased the danger to victims and survivors of human trafficking across the country. The current situation has created increased risks for former foster youth, who are at increased risk of recruitment, trafficking survivors cohabiting or co-parenting with their abusers, and individuals vulnerable to labor trafficking in high-demand, low-wage jobs.

Which were the most important and impactful EEO cases over the past year and how will they shape employment law going forward? Which cases on the horizon warrant our attention and how are they likely to be decided? Join two extremely knowledgeable lawyers as they provide their perspectives on the year’s key EEO cases nationwide that have - or should have - attracted our attention.

COVID-19 has raised a host of unprecedented challenges for employers and employees alike, including when it comes to compliance with existing EEO laws. The EEOC already is reporting a surge of charges alleging failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Labor and employment attorneys are doing important and critical work to help their clients through the COVID-19 crisis. This webinar is designed to help you successfully navigate how to practice law during this trying time.

The resolution of labor and employment disputes through arbitration and mediation has a long history in the American workplace. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, however, unions, employees, employers, their advocates, and the neutrals who serve them often cannot meet in person to resolve workplace disputes – and may not be able to do so for some time.