The following papers were presented at programs sponsored by the Section of Labor and Employment Law at the 2013 ABA Annual Meeting. Clicking on the filename will open a PDF document in a new window.
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Congress Strengthens Whistleblower Protections for Federal Employees | Slides
Jason Zuckerman
Expanding Whistleblower Protection Law: A Public Policy Perspective
Gerard M. Waites
Labor and Employment Law at the U.S. Supreme Court: An Overview of the 2012 Term
Deepak Gupta and Peter Stris
Uniformed Servicemembers’ Employment Rights under Federal Law
David Jaffe, et. al
The Workplace in Wartime: Rights of Soldiers and Veterans under USERRA
Kathryn S. Piscitelli
The Interplay of USERRA Rights and Collective Bargaining Agreements:
How They Co-exist and What Happens if They Don't
Stephen B. Moldof
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
George R. Wood
Wage and Hour Issues Arising under the FLSA and California Law
Julie A. Totten and Leo Moniz
Wage and Hour Best Practices Checklist: Compliance Problem Areas from The Plaintiffs’ Perspective
Joseph Jaramillo
Use of Criminal Convictions in Employment
Barry A. Hartstein, Jaems Kan, Les Rosen, and Carol Miaskoff
Use of Criminal History in the Hiring Process: The EEOC’s Updated Guidance, Prior Guidance and Conflicting Maze of Federal and State Laws, Guidelines, Regulations and Case Developments | Consideration of Arrest and Conviction Records in Employment Decisions Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (supporting document)
Barry A. Hartstein
Title VII and Criminal Records--A Plaintiffs' Bar Persepctive
Janes Kan
Ethics of Communicating with Represented and Unrepresented Parties and Witnesses in Class Actions
Beth Terrell and John Strait
Retaliation in Harrassment Cases and Threats to Deter Reporting
William R. Tamayo
Retaliation: Protected Activity, Causation Concerns and Adverse Action Is More than You Think
Michael Posner
Mankind Must Evolve: Advising and Representing Plaintiffs in Retaliation Cases
Darci. E. Burrell
Employee Benefits Issues Affecting Employees in Same-Sex Marriages, Civil Unions, or Domestic Partnerships: Employee Benefits Issues Affecting Transgender Employees
Teresa S. Renaker
How the Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Section 3 of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act Affects Employee Benefits
Shannon Minter
Legislative and Other Developments in LGBT Employment Rights
Raymond Coffey, Teresa Renaker, Shannon Minter, et. al
The Real Cost of Human Trafficking and the Labor and Employment Laws: How and Why Employers are (and all should be) Concerned About Inconsistencies
Joseph Z. Fleming
Overview of Trafficking at the Department of Homeland Security
Rena Cutlip-Mason
Legal Protections for Victims of Forced Labor and Trafficking: The Real Cost of Human Trafficking: How Can Employers and Worker Advocates Prevent Labor Trafficking and Protect Trafficking Victims
Eunice Hyunhye Cho
Joseph Z. Fleming