- 9 a.m.: Introductory Remarks
Conference co-chairs:
Thomas J. Flannagan, Esq., MacLean, Holloway, Doherty, Ardiff & Morse and
Margaret H. Paget, Esq., Sherin and Lodgen LLP
- 9:15–10:15 a.m.: Employment Law Update
Faculty:
Patrick J. Bannon, Esq., McCarter & English LLP, Boston and John F. Tocci,
Esq, Tocci Goss & Lee PC, Boston
- 10:15–10:45 a.m.: Break
- 10:45–11:15 a.m.: Transgender Discrimination
Law
Faculty: Catherine E. Reuben, Esq., Hirsch Roberts Weinstein
LLP, Boston
- 11:15 a.m.–noon: EE Misclassification/ Wage Act Issues/ AGO
Enforcement
Faculty: Merle D. Hyman, Esq., U.S. Department of
Labor Solicitor’s Office, Boston; George Rioux, district director of Fair
Labor Division, U.S. Department of Labor, Boston and Jeffrey R. Webb,
Esq., chief of Fair Labor Division, Office of the Attorney General, Boston.
- Noon: Lunch and Keynote Address
Keynote Speaker: Bob
Ryan, columnist, Boston Globe
- 1:15–2:15 p.m.: NLRA Issues for Non-Union
Workforce
Faculty: Rosemary Pye, Esq., regional director,
National Labor Relations Board, Boston and James A.W. Shaw, Esq., Segal
Roitman LLP, Boston
- 2:15 p.m.: Break
- 2:30-3:30 p.m.: Practicum on Courtroom
Advocacy
Faculty: Hon. Janet L. Sanders, Superior Court Business
Litigation Section, Boston; Inga S. Bernstein, Esq. Zalkind, Rodriquez, Lunt
& Duncan, Boston and Arthur G. Telegen, Esq., Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston
- 3:30–4:15 p.m.: MCAD Update
Faculty: Julian T. Tynes,
Esq., chairman, Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, Boston;
Sunila J. Thomas-George, Esq., commissioner, Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination, Boston and Jamie R. Williamson, Esq., Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination, Springfield
- 4:15 p.m.: Reception
Sponsoring Sections: Labor & Employment Section