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Registration is Open: Southwest Florida Legal Summit

By Gail Lamarche on January 17, 2022

Posted in Employee Benefits, Employment Law, General Corporate, HR Seminars, Intellectual Property, Judicial Update, Leave Policies, Legislative Updates, Litigation, LLC, Real Estate, Seminars, Tax, Trade Secrets, Trademark, Wages & Overtime, Workers' Compensation, Workplace Policies

Henderson Franklin’s legal team returns to Sanibel Harbour Resort & Spa on Friday, February 25, 2022 with a new twist. The main room will offer the firm’s most popular workshop, HR Law & Solutions.

New for 2022, attendees will have the option to attend breakout sessions focusing on niche corporate matters and contracts, family businesses, startups and how to make informed real estate decisions. Click here to download the brochure.

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General Session #1, Lingering Effects of COVID on Florida Employers, presented by Scott Atwood, Esq.

From business shutdowns and PPP loans to vaccinations, COVID has presented unique challenges to Florida businesses. Henderson Franklin’s employment group chair Scott Atwood will address the multi-faceted employment issues that employers may face, including: current obligations over masks and mandatory vaccinations; how to deal with possible long-term disability claims and leave issues arising from COVID; increased union activity; and the pros and cons of a remote/hybrid workforce.

General Session #2, Saving a Buck can Cost you a Million. Update on Recent Employment Cases and Mistakes that Employers Keep Making, presented by Scott Atwood, Esq. and Robert Shearman, Esq.

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Interesting Discussion: Which Employment Law Would You Vaporize?

By Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A. on August 15, 2011

Posted in Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Two of my favorite employment law bloggers, Jon Hyman at the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog, and Daniel Schwartz at the Connecticut Employment Law Blog, have weighed in on the following question, first posed by Walter Olson at Overlawyered:

If I could press a button and instantly vaporize one sector of employment law….

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Interesting Discussion: Which Employment Law Would You Vaporize?

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