Upcoming Webinars:

Presented by the Partners in Conn Maciel Carey's national OSHA Practice Group on January 23rd at 1pm ET / 10am PT regarding:

The ball has dropped, the confetti has been swept out of Times Square, and 2019 is in the books. It’s time to look back and take stock of what we learned from and about OSHA over the past year. More importantly, it is time to look ahead and assess what to expect from OSHA during this Presidential election year. In this webinar, the Partners in Conn Maciel Carey’s national OSHA Practice Group will review OSHA enforcement, rulemaking, and personnel developments from 2019, and will discuss the top OSHA issues employers should monitor and prepare for in the New Year.

Participants in this webinar will learn about:
 

• 2019 OSHA enforcement data and important case decisions

• OSHA organizational developments​

• The future of OSHA enforcement

• Rulemaking and deregulatory developments and predictions

• Significant OSHA policy issues to watch out for in the New Year

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Presented by Nicholas W. Scala on February 11th at 1pm ET / 10am PT regarding:

As we move into 2020, the last year of the Trump Administration’s first term, a new MSHA is taking form. The Agency has undergone, and continues to undergo, significant changes with its personnel, structure, and priorities. In this webinar, we will examine MSHA’s 2019 with respect to enforcement, rulemaking, and the One MSHA “blurring” of the Coal and Metal/Nonmetal divisions. We will also explore the potential areas of emphasis for the upcoming year and outline several items mine operators and independent contractors should monitor during 2020.

Participants in this webinar will learn about:

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• 2019 MSHA enforcement trends and statistics;

• The status of existing and new MSAH enforcement initiatives;

• Review of One MSHA Blurring of the Coal and Metal/Nonmetal enforcement divisions; and

• Status of M/NM Workplace Exam, Powered Haulage, and Respirable Quartz rulemaking.

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Presented by Aaron R. Gelb and Daniel C. Deacon on February 18th at 1pm ET / 10am PT regarding:

The New Year brings a host of changes and challenges for Illinois employers as the legislature passed and Governor Pritzker signed, in 2019, a variety of new labor and employment laws that go into effect in 2020. These new laws promise to keep employers busy as they revise and update employee handbooks, develop new training programs, reevaluate their arbitration agreements and deal with the decriminalization of marijuana. Beginning in January 2020, employers will be faced with an expanded Illinois Human Rights Act that applies beyond the physical workplace, covers non-employee contractors and protects against discrimination based on perceived (in addition to actual) protected status. There are also special new rules that apply to restaurants, bars and coffee shops as well as disclosure requirements that will necessitate notifying the Department of Human Rights of adverse judgments in employment discrimination or harassment matters.

Participants in this webinar will learn about:

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• What type of harassment training must be provided to employees and when;

• Which policies and procedures should be reviewed and/or revised;

• What steps Illinois employers should take if they wish to continue drug testing for cannabis;

• What they can and cannot do with respect salary inquiries and employee discussions about wages;

• Potential changes to D.C. drug testing laws

• Tips to comply with D.C.’s Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act of 2018, the Paid Leave Act, and the increased minimum wage

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