SHRS July 2024 Meeting
Tuesday, July 9, 12 to 1 PM
The Center
2475 Boardwalk St. Suite 105
Norman, OK 73069
Doors open at 11:30; meeting starts at 12
"Update on Federal Agency Actions: Unpacking the Latest from the EEOC, Department of Labor, and FTC"
Objectives:
- Impact of new FLSA Rules increasing minimum salaries for while collar exemptions
- Challenges to the Rule
- What employers need to do right now
- FTC rule banning use of non-compete agreements
- How will this broadly crafted rule affect other restrictive covenants such as non-solicit agreements
- New EEOC Guidance on Harassment
- Recent litigation filed by the EEOC regarding background checks
- New EEOC Guidance on Religious Accommodations
- EEOC Final Pregnancy Accommodation Rule
Presenter: Nathan Whatley, McAfee & Taft
Nathan Whatley represents management in all phases of litigation before federal and state courts, regulatory and administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and in arbitration matters. He also handles litigation matters involving the enforcement of non-competition and confidentiality agreements, breach of employment contracts, handbook and personnel policy violations, wage and hour disputes, and other issues arising out of employer/employee relationships.
Nathan has litigated in Oklahoma and 17 other states. He routinely counsels clients in connection with employee discipline, terminations and reductions in force, wage and hour issues, handbooks and policies, drug and alcohol programs, executive compensation, employment and non-competition agreements, and individual and group severance programs and related matters. Nathan currently serves as leader of McAfee & Taft's Labor and Employment Group, one of the largest of its kind in the region.
A boxed lunch will be served.
SHRS Members and SHRS Student Members are FREE!
Non-members and guests are $15.
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This program has been approved for 1 re-certification credit hour toward SHRM and HRCI for Professional Development credits (PDCs).
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