Employment Law Updates--Trends for 2015 and Beyond.-June 2015 NOARK Membership Meeting

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The world is a rapidly changing place for HR professionals and employers. With so many regulations and rulings to keep up with, it’s a wonder any one has time to actually work! This informative session, presented by Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. attorney Rick Roderick, will explore recent trends in employment and labor law that will continue to impact the HR profession, including:

  • Recent rulings by the NLRB, such as changes in rules governing the procedures of union representation elections (the Ambush Election Rule), as well as a ruling that allows employee access to company email systems during non-working time for protected activity
  • Expanded and intensified activity by government agencies, including the EEOC, OFCCP and DOL, addressing such areas as compensation discrimination, sexual harassment, gender identity and pregnancy discrimination
  • Legislative action regarding same-sex marriage and how that affects HR-specific issues, including FMLA and employee benefits (pending legislative action)
  • Wage and hour litigation trends
  • And many more topics

SPEAKER--Richard A. "Rick" Roderick

Richard A. “Rick” Roderick is a director in the firm of Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C. practicing in the areas of labor and employment defense law. He has more than 20 years of human resource management experience, having served in various executive management positions, including executive director of human resources with a large multistate corporation. Mr. Roderick has extensive experience in labor relations, union negotiations, employment discrimination, unfair labor practices and wage and hour matters. He also advises management regarding human resource systems, and policies and procedures, and performs supervisory training. Mr. Roderick is a highly sought speaker for HR- and employment-affiliated associations and conferences across Arkansas, professional and industrial groups, and client training. He regularly provides customized training programs designed specifically for employers and HR professionals covering such topics as discipline and termination, employee leave issues, union avoidance, social media in the workplace, hiring and sexual harassment. He was named “Outstanding Speaker” for Lorman Education Services in 2005.

Mr. Roderick is a member of the Arkansas Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is past chair of the Arkansas Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section, and is listed in the and. He received his B.S. degree in mathematics and M.S. degree in operations management, both from the University of Arkansas, and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law. 

 

 

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