Annual Employment Law Update: What In-House Counsel and HR Executives Need to Know

(A Steptoe-Sponsored Event)
March 4, 2008

The Steptoe & Johnson LLP Employment and Labor group presented its annual seminar on significant developments in employment, benefits, and labor law, keyed to the practical concerns of in-house legal counsel and human resources executives.

Steptoe attorneys from our Washington, Phoenix, and London offices shared insights on such topics as:

A review of significant developments in employment law
Expansion of the FMLA and the Department of Labor's new proposed FMLA regulations
Practical tips for conducting internal investigations
Managing e-mail and other electronic records, with an eye to e-discovery
Strategies for managing high-risk employment decisions
Important developments in benefits law

The luncheon discussion groups addressed:

OFCCP audits and other employment issues for government contractors
Immigration issues, including the H-1B crunch and new I-9 sanctions
Executive compensation
RIF's and redundancy in challenging economic times
UK/EU employment law developments