UT-Battelle Labor and Employment Training August 29, 2024
(Tennessee Conference Rooms A and B)
Hosted by the UT-Battelle Office of General Counsel
| Track A (Rooms A & B) | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Check-in |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. | Working Breakfast/Welcome and Opening Remarks Balendra Sutharshan, Deputy for Operations, UT-Battelle, LLC |
| 8:10 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | 2024 Legal Ethics Update Alex Long, University of Tennessee College of Law |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Hot Topics in Employee Benefits Lyndsey Barnett, Bricker Graydon LLP |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | Break |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | Modern Workplace Challenges: Will you Survive or Thrive in 2025? Janet Hayes, Lewis Thomason, P.C. |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Hot Topics in Wage & Hour Laws, Including Worker Classification Issues Chris Parlo and Melissa Rodriguez, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Working Lunch | Student-Athletes are Not Employees: An Economist Weighs in on the Future of College Sports Dr. Donald J. Bruce, Haslam College of Business – University of Tennessee |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | NLRB Update Katie Miller, National Labor Relations Board |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Conducting Effective Employee Investigations Mary Leigh Pirtle, Bass Berry & Sims PLC |
| 3:55 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Opportunities and Challenges Jenn Betts, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
| Track B (Room C) | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Check-in |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. | Working Breakfast/Welcome and Opening Remarks Balendra Sutharshan, Deputy for Operations, UT-Battelle, LLC |
| 8:10 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. | Keeping Compliant: Immigration Enforcement Trends and Best Practices for Employers Bernhard Mueller, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | What You Should Know About the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Tim McConnell, Maynard Nexsen PC |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m. | Break |
| 10:25 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. | Protected Concerted Activity and All Things Labor – An Employer’s Perspective Cali Kerr & Evan Rosen, Jackson Lewis P.C. |
| 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | DEI Practices in Corporate America: One Year After Harvard/UNC W. John Lee, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Working Lunch | Student-Athletes are Not Employees: An Economist Weighs in on the Future of College Sports Dr. Donald J. Bruce, Haslam College of Business – University of Tennessee |
| 1:30 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Hiring Best Practices – How Employers Can Keep Out of Trouble Cali Kerr & Evan Rosen, Jackson Lewis P.C. |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Artificial Intelligence in Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity Joe Lazzarotti, Jackson Lewis P.C. |
| 3:55 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. | Does “Free Speech” Exist In and Outside the Workplace? John E. Winters, Kramer Rayson LLP |
| 4:55 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |