Annual Labor and Employment Conference - 2021

The year 2020 has been a trying and dynamic one for us all, for a number of reasons. Our Section members have seen the impact of a pandemic in their practice areas from all angles; a social movement that has called for reform of certain organized employment sectors, and/or; the eve of a new administration that will no doubt bring its own set of ramifications to our respective areas of expertise. Our committee has worked diligently to organize a conference that touches on all of these issues and more, and to do it virtually, for this one year.

We look forward to seeing you all at Yosemite in 2022. In the meantime, we will strive to maintain our tradition of presenting timely topics that are of utmost interest to our Section members. See you February 25 & 26, 2021, at our Annual (Yosemite) Conference!

February 25 
TIME: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.


Welcoming Remarks by

David Lowe Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP

Speakers

Jocelyn Frye Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress	Jocelyn Samuels Vice Chair,  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	Janette Wipper Chief Counsel, California Department of Fair Employment and Housing

Moderator

Peter Rukin Rukin, Hyland & Riggin

February 26
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Panel:  The NLRB's Partisan Pendulum:  What's Next, and What Reforms are Needed
TIME:  9:00 - 10:15 a.m. 
MCLE: 1 Hour

The past four years have seen numerous impactful changes to labor law through National Labor Relations Board case law and rule-making. Despite a history of such patterns since the National Labor Relations Act’s inception in 1935, are the past four years par for the course in labor law or something more? More importantly, do such swings allow for the flexibility and reliability needed in a changing labor landscape or is it time for labor reform to better account for that changing landscape and rein in political influence?

Speakers

Marshall Babson Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Former Member of the National Labor Relations Board (1985-1988)	William B. Gould IV Charles A Beardsley Professor of Law, Emeritus Stanford Law School Former Chair of the National Labor Relations Board (1994-1998)	Wilma Liebman Former Member (1997-2009) and Former Chair (2009-2011) of the National Labor Relations Board

Moderator

Eileen Goldsmith Partner, Altshuler Berzon LLP

Panel:  State of California's Gig Economy
TIME:  10:30 - 11:45 a.m. 
MCLE: 1 Hour

The panel will focus on the state of California's law on independent contractor and employee classification issues in light of the many changes that took place in 2020. The panel will explore the current application of AB 5 and Dynamex, the implications of Proposition 22, if and when the Borello test still applies, and what might be on the horizon in the world of employee classification.

Topics

• A review of the current application AB 5/ Dynamex
• The implications of Proposition 22
• A review of if and when the Borello test still applies
• An analysis of what might on the horizon for employee classification

Speakers

Alexis McKenna Counsel, Office of the Director – Legal Unit Department of Industrial Relations	Kevin D. Reese Jackson Lewis P.C.	Lauren Iris Mattes Outten Golden

NETWORKING and LUNCH BREAK:  Virtual Platform 
TIME:  11 :45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Panel: Police Reform: Can Unions and Management Play a Constructive Role?
TIME: 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. 
MCLE: 1 Hour

In public-safety reforms sweeping states and municipalities nationwide, legislation intended to curb police misconduct, increase transparency, and limit use of force has often circumvented the collective-bargaining process.  Can labor negotiations be leveraged to illuminate and implement more effective and lasting reforms?  Or are union and/or management norms and culture part of the problem?

Speakers

Oliver L. Baines III Chair Fresno Commission on Police Reform	Catherine Fisk Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law Berkeley Law School
Rockne A. Lucia Jr. Founding Principal Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC	Jonathan Holtzman Founding Partner Renne Public Law Group, San Francisco, LLP

Moderator

Yuval Miller Arbitrator/Mediator Law Offices of Yuval Miller

Panel: Covid Litigation Trends, and Legislative and Regulatory Developments

TIME:  2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
MCLE: 1 Hour

The panel will discuss developing national employment litigation trends with Covid, as well as the requirements and operational challenges of California legislative and regulatory measures being proposed or implemented in response to the pandemic.   

Speakers

Rachel Conn Nixon Peabody, San Francisco	Natalie Stevens Ogletree Deakins, Cleveland	Jora Trang Chief of Staff and Equity Worksafe, Oakland

NETWORKING:  Virtual Platform 
VIRTUAL DOORS OPEN:  3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
(as of 2/9/21)

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William Blair


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Executive Committee

Carmen Leon, NLRB
Ted Borromeo
Mark Schickman, Schickman Law
Peter Rukin, Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP
Yuval Miller, Arbitrator/Mediator
Jon Holtzman, Public Law Group
Danielle Ochs, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P. C.
Koray Bulut, Goodwin
David Lowe, Rudy, Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe, LLP
BJ Chisholm, Altshuler Berzon LLP
Ilona Turner, Turner ADR

Event Code: G210301

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