The 25th Labor and Employment Law Annual Update and Certification Review is a comprehensive deep dive into L & E topics. This lengthy CLEupdates labor and employment practitioners and prepares those lawyers taking the Labor and Employment certification exam. The speakers, many board certified in labor and employment law, speak from vast experience. The speakers, together with the written materials, provide an excellent review and preparation for the certification exam.

Introductions

Robyn S. Hankins, Robyn S. Hankins, PL, Palm Beach Gardens 

Marlene Quintana, GrayRobinson, Miami

Program Chairs 

Public Employment Relations Act (PERA) / Public Employees Relations Commission

Denise Heekin, Bryant Miller Olive, Miami 

Employment Related Business Interests, including the Federal Arbitration Act and the Florida Arbitration Code

Sherril Colombo, Littler Mendelson, P.C., Miami 

EEO Substantive Discrimination Claims

Janet Wise, Sass Law Firm, Tampa

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN)

Deborah La Fleur, GrayRobinson, P.A., Orlando 

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Adam Chotiner, Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Hermann, PA, Boca Raton 

National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

Marc Sugerman, FordHarrison LLP, Orlando 

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)

Cathleen Bell Bremmer, Carlton Fields, Tampa 

Accommodation Claims

Patrick Martin, Ogletree Deakins, Miami 

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM
Introductions
Robyn S. Hankins, Robyn S. Hankins, PL, Palm Beach Gardens 

Marlene Quintana,GrayRobinson, Miami

Program Chairs

Common Law Torts and Workplace Privacy Claims

Holly Goodman, Gunster, West Palm Beach 

Constitutional Employment Claims

Tad Delegal, Delegal and Poindexter, P.A., Jacksonville (also Florida Bar Board Certified in State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice

EEO Procedural

Kevin Johnson, Johnson Jackson PLLC Tampa

Lindsey Wagner, Wagner Legal, P.C., Burbank

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)

Eric Holshouser, Rogers Towers, P.A., Jacksonville 

Retaliation and Whistleblower Claims

Ellen Leibovitch, Assouline & Berlowe, P.A., Boca Raton 

Affordable Care Act (ACA), COBRA and HIPAA

Timothy Zehnder, Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa 

Family and Medical Leave Act

Richard Tuschman, Richard D. Tuschman, P.A., Davie

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) and State Military Leave Laws

Kathryn Piscitelli, Sass Law Firm, Tampa