Webinars
GovDocs holds regular webinars to keep you informed on the latest developments in employment law. Did you miss a webinar? No worries – check out the recordings here!
Are you prepared for the dozens of July 1 minimum wage rate increases across the U.S.? We’ve got you covered.
Join us Thursday, May 19, for Midyear 2022: Minimum Wage Updates and Trends, as Dana Holle, GovDocs Attorney, Employment Law and Compliance, discusses the July 1 rate increases and other wage-related news, including:
- Elimination of subminimum wages
- Potential updates to tip credits and tip thresholds
- Pay transparency laws
- Potential changes to federal exempt salary threshold requirements
Managing paid leave laws is already complex for large, multi-jurisdiction employers. But what do you do when one of those locations has more than one paid leave law?
Join us Wednesday, June 22, as Jana Bjorklund, GovDocs Senior Counsel, Employment Law, unravels the complexities of locations with more than one applicable paid leave law, discussing how employers should approach the matrix of paid leave laws across the country, how to apply the appropriate laws to locations and what companies can do to stay compliant. In our upcoming webinar, we will cover:
- States (and D.C.) with paid family and medical leave laws
- How paid family and medical leave intersects with other leave laws
- Critical differences you need to know
- Paid leave compliance checklist for employers
Is the constantly evolving nature of employment law compliance keeping you on your toes?
Check out the recording for our March 2022 webinar, Roundup: What’s Happening in Employment Law Today?, with Jana Bjorklund, GovDocs Sr. Counsel and Director, Employment Law, covering the latest employment law issues and legislative activity, including:
- COVID-19 in the workplace
- Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021
- Status of legal challenges to federal contractor minimum wage
- Pay equity and wage transparency
- Employment law challenges with a remote/hybrid workforce
Even as the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate is being challenged in the courts, employers still have plenty to monitor.
Our recent webinar, The Shifting Landscape of Vaccine Mandates, gives you an in-depth look at the nuances employers must consider, including:
- Status of the OSHA emergency temporary standard
- Accommodations – medical, religious, or just object to the vaccine
- Paid time off to get the vaccine – and what about boosters?
- Confidentiality of medical information
As compensation and payroll teams gear up for the new year, minimum wage rates are always a major piece of the compliance puzzle. What’s new? What’s changing? What’s ahead?
Dana Holle, GovDocs Attorney, Employment Law & Compliance, provided the latest news and numbers regarding minimum wage laws during our webinar, Get Ready for 2022: Minimum Wage Updates and Trends.
- Minimum wage updates for the first half of 2022
- Minimum salary requirements for exempt employees
- State and local minimum wage ballot measures
- U.S. Department of Labor’s new final rules on tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act
While employee meal and rest breaks help cultivate an environment where workers can flourish, complying with the associated laws has become increasingly complex.
Get the recording of our webinar, Gimme a Break: How to Comply with Meal and Rest Break Laws, as Jana Bjorklund, Sr. Counsel and Director, Employment Law and Compliance, will provide some clarity on meal and rest break laws, including:
- Overview of the laws
- How to manage complex states, like California
- Practical scenarios
- Best practices
Employers know what happens every July 1… minimum wage rate increases across the U.S.
Check out our webinar, Midyear 2021: Minimum Wage Updates and Trends, to learn about the minimum wage updates from July 1 through the end of 2021, as well as a look at some of the major topics we’re seeing today, including:
- Speculation on new federal minimum wage
- The Fight for $15 movement
- State preemption/non-preemption
- U.S. Department of Labor Tip Final Rule
Leave management is already complex – various types, increasing jurisdictions with leave laws, COVID-19, determining what applies (or doesn’t). Then, there’s California …
Check out our webinar, California Conundrum: Leave Laws in the Golden State, to learn about some of the key leave topics and help you better understand the landscape and how they impact your leave programs, including:
- Overview of California leave laws
- Coordination with remaining voluntary Families First Coronavirus Response Act
- Remaining local and state COVID-19 paid leave
- Local and targeted vaccine paid leave
- Navigating overlapping requirements
What’s in store for employment laws in 2021?
Jana Bjorklund, GovDocs’ senior counsel, employment law, along with special guests Kevin Mosher, partner, Thompson Coe and founder of myHRgenius, and Dan Prokott, partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, recently joined for our webinar, What’s Up, 2021? A Look Ahead at Employment Law Trends.
The panel discussed topics around the return to the workplace in the wake of COVID-19 and predictions on how the new presidential administration may impact employment laws.
During our recent webinar, Dana Holle, GovDocs Attorney, Employment Law and Compliance, discussed the latest news and trends in minimum wage laws, including:
- An overview of states and local jurisdictions with recently passed minimum wage laws
- A look ahead at Jan. 1, 2021, and March 1, 2021, wage rate updates
- What’s happening with tipped and industry-specific wages impacted by COVID-19, recent ballot measures and speculation on a new federal minimum wage
Months into the pandemic, it’s clear COVID-19 has impacted employers in many ways, particularly with respect to paid leave laws. In addition to standing state and local paid leave laws, the federal government and many local jurisdictions have also enacted COVID-19-related laws, leaving companies challenged with how and when to apply each type while remaining compliant. Jana Bjorklund, GovDocs’ Senior Counsel, Employment Law, sheds light on this added complexity to help you better understand your responsibilities as an employer, the relationships between these laws and guidance on how to apply them. View recording.
Quarantines, location closures, furloughs, quickly transitioned remote workforces … navigating the COVID-19 pandemic has been a colossal challenge for employers – and people, in general. As the dust settles, we hear the term “the new normal.” But what does that mean and look like for businesses? Kevin Mosher, partner at Thompson Coe and founder of myHRgenius, answered your most pressing employment law compliance-related questions to seamlessly bring your businesses and employees back online during this pandemic. View recording.
GovDocs’ Jana Bjorklund, senior counsel, employment law, facilitates this 60-minute fireside chat with Kevin Mosher, partner, Thompson Coe and founder of myHRgenius, and Dan Prokott, partner, Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. They discuss the world of employment law in 2019, what they’ve experienced with clients, best practices for large employers and predictions for 2020. View recording.
Ever feel that managing paid leave is like putting together a 10,000-piece jigsaw puzzle? Let us help you put those pieces together with our Sept. 25, 2019, webinar, The Puzzle of Paid Leave. Jana Bjorklund, our Senior Counsel and Compliance Director, discusses the paid leave in all its forms: Paid Sick Leave, Paid Family and Medical Leave, and Paid Leave (for any reason). Check out the webinar now.
Check out our latest webinar to learn about new marijuana laws, developments in paid leave, the #MeToo movement’s impact on employment law, recent DOL opinion letters and Minnesota’s new wage theft law. Jana Bjorklund, GovDocs Director of Employment Law and Product Senior Counsel, provides an overview of critical employment laws enacted in the first half of 2019 with her Mid-Year Employment Law Update.
Check out our spring webinar, California Calling: Compliance Tips for Employers in the Golden State, for employment law insights from Dan Prokott, partner with Faegre Baker Daniels LLP. Prokott helps unravel the complexities of employment law in California, including new laws, tips for employers with small or large operations in the state, as well as the state’s influence on legislation across the country (e.g. sick and safe leave expansion, required sexual harassment training, etc.).
View a recording of our webinar, A Year in Review: 2018 Employment Law Trends and Insights, a 45-minute panel discussion covering some of the year’s biggest stories, including our insights and observations from clients and other HR and compliance professionals. We’ll help build a better understanding of the latest topics, including how the 2018 election results may impact future legislation, jurisdictions with minimum wage laws are moving towards paid sick leave, and more.
View a recording of our webinar, #MeToo and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, hosted by Kevin Mosher, partner with Thompson Coe, for a discussion around sexual harassment in the workplace. The widespread #MeToo conversations in the U.S. have shed light on instances of harassment throughout all industries. As we enter a time of empowerment to report abuse in the workplace, businesses need to educate themselves on and implement policies and practices, before #MeToo is #YouToo.
View a recording of our webinar, States in Session: GovDocs 2018 Legislative Update, hosted by Adam Roberts, GovDocs Legislative Analyst. We discuss a multitude of employment law-related activity in state legislatures across the country, including top employment law bill categories, what’s going on with minimum wage, employee leave, discrimination and wage and hour, and a look ahead into the second half of 2018 and beginning of 2019.
Year One and Beyond: The Trump Administration’s Effect on Labor and Employment Law, hosted by Dan Prokott, partner with Faegre Baker Daniels, discusses how the presidential administration’s actions may affect some of the top employment and labor law related issues – as well as large U.S. employers.
A Look Back, A Look Ahead: 2017-18 Employment Law Trends, a 60-minute GovDocs-style “fireside” chat, covers the year in review, including our 2017 predictions, what actually occurred and insight into 2018. All this threaded with real-world examples and stories we’ve heard from prospective customers, clients and other professionals in the HR and compliance fields.
In the webinar, Take It or “Leave” It: Paid Leave and Your Compliance Program, GovDocs explores the ins and outs of paid leave, one of the hottest labor law compliance topics today. Get up to speed on leave types, history and action at the federal, state and local levels. (Recorded Sept. 27)
Minimum wage… The mere sight or mention of the term sets your brain in motion with a litany of questions: “What’s changed? When does this change go into effect? How does this impact our company?”
View our webinar, Minimum Wage: 5 Trends Affecting Your Labor Law Compliance Program, to better understand why there’s so much movement around minimum wage today and how to manage rates across your organization.
Join GovDocs Compliance Counsel, Anne Jakala, as she discusses all things city and county minimum wage in our webinar, City and County Laws: Overcoming 5 Big Challenges to Enterprise Compliance.
When it comes to city and county labor laws, there are many challenges that cause employers to stumble in their compliance efforts. View the recorded version of our webinar,
City and Country Labor Laws: 4 Compliance Challenges and How to Solve Them, to learn about the four biggest compliance challenges employers face, and how to solve them.
Start off the new year with a clean slate and a new set of goals for your compliance program. Check out our webinar, A Fresh Start: Tune Up Your Labor Law Compliance Program to see how you can make this year’s compliance strategy the best one yet.