Event Details
Riding the Waves of Change: Annual Retrospective and Prospective Legal Update
| Date: | January 14, 2025, 8:00am – 10:00am |
| Organizer: | SHRA |
| Location: | Service Credit Union 3003 Lafayette Road Portsmouth, NH 03801 |
| Price: | MEMBERS: $15 Virtual, $25 In-Person / NON-MEMBERS: $25 Virtual, $45 In-Person / NOTE: If you sign up for a meeting and end up not attending nor notifying Daniela, you will be charged for the meeting to cover the cost of breakfast. |
| Event Type: | Monthly Program |
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Register HERE! Please note that you must register by January 8th.
Paddle out and join us as we ride the employment law waves of 2024 and anticipate the sea changes 2025 may bring. This update will help you gain your surf stance and steady yourself with proactive, practical guidance from 2024’s developments and insights into impacts and initiatives we may see in 2025. The resources from this update will be a lifesaver to keep you from drowning!
Topics will include:
- Therapeutic cannabis
- Hairstyle discrimination
- Firearms in employers’ parking lots
- Pregnant Worker Fairness Act and the NH lactation break law
- EEOC harassment guidance
- DEI and reverse discrimination
- US DOL salary threshold and other wage & hour developments
- Pay transparency
- NLRB update and anticipated change in the Board
- Defamation case update
- Social media case update
- Non-compete agreements
- Rollback of deference to federal agencies and their regulations
- What to watch: proposed federal and state legislation
About our Speakers:
Andrea G. Chatfield: Andrea provides practical advice and guidance to employers on risk management issues in the workplace. She also represents employers of all types and sizes before administrative agencies in discrimination, whistleblower, unemployment, and wage disputes. She conducts in-house trainings for employers and serves as an outside investigator for employers who need to respond to highly sensitive internal complaints of discrimination and harassment. She is a frequent public speaker on employment law issues.
Andrea is admitted to practice in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Andrea is listed in Chambers USA as one of the leading employment lawyers in New Hampshire and in Best Lawyers of America® for Employment Law. Andrea received the 2022 Ry Perry HR Hero Award at the Granite State HR Conference. In addition, she is a member of the HR State Council of New Hampshire, and was the Government Relations & Legislative Chair for 6 years. She also serves as the Vice Chair of the HR/Healthcare/Workforce Development Committee for the Business & Industry Association of NH and has advocated for the HR community on employment-related legislative bills at the NH State House.
Jennifer Shea Moeckel: Jen devotes her practice to assisting employers with compliance during all phases of the employment relationship and defending employers in discrimination and other claims pending before state and federal agencies. Jen provides training on issues including harassment prevention and managing within the law and serves as an outside investigator for employers in matters including harassment and discrimination. Jen is a frequent public speaker on employment law topics for business, industry, and employer groups.
Jen is recognized by Chambers USA as one of New Hampshire’s leading Employment Law attorneys, is listed in Best Lawyers of America® for Employment Law – Management (recognized in 2015, 2017, and 2025 as “Lawyer of the Year” in Manchester for Employment Law – Management), is a New England Super Lawyer in the area of Employment and Labor, and is Martindale Hubbell Peer Review rated AV®. Jen is appointed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court to serve as a member of the New Hampshire Board of Bar Examiners.
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