Multi-State and Multi-National Employers Overlooked Employment Laws: Varying state laws on cannabis, worker’s compensation laws, state OSHA plans, minimum wage laws, and misclassifying workers as independent contractors
Adele is an attorney, safety professional and trainer who is president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C. in Beltsville, MD, Charleston, WV, and Denver, CO, a multi attorney firm focusing on safety, health and employment law nationwide.
On-Demand: August 16, 2024
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Program Summary
Many multi-state and multi-national employers assume that a legal fallback position for corporate policies is alignment with US federal employment laws: Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA etc. Often overlooked are the state and municipal statutes that provide broader protections or cover smaller employers – e.g., state human rights laws, large cities (NYC, Phila, San Francisco, LA etc.), and differing requirements under state/local contracts. There may also be conflicts with HR/employment laws on an international basis, such as companies doing business across the borders with Canada and Mexico. Other areas with trap doors include drug testing policies, workplace safety & health laws -- 22 states (plus the territories) run their own OSHA programs and can have MORE stringent requirements. Conflicts can also arise when addressing worker's compensation coverage across blurred state lines, misclassification of workers under the 2024 DOL/NLRB independent contractor’s rules, reproductive health benefits that conflict with state law, guns in the workplace rules and much more.
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Key topics to be discussed:
- Varying state laws on worker protections for medical cannabis patients
- Crazy quilt of worker's compensation laws and interface with personal injury/tort litigation
- State OSHA plans that differ significantly from Federal OSHA requirements
- Minimum wage laws at the state and municipal level that conflict with federal FLSA
- Misclassifying workers as independent contractors
Closed-captioning available
Speakers
Adele Abrams | Law Office of Adele L. Abrams PC
[email protected] | 301-595-3520
Adele is an attorney, safety professional and trainer who is president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams P.C. in Beltsville, MD, Charleston, WV, and Denver, CO, a multi-attorney firm focusing on safety, health and employment law nationwide. Adele is an ASP and certified mine safety professional, and she also provides consultation, safety audits and training services to MSHA and OSHA regulated companies.
Adele is a regular columnist for numerous magazines on legal, employment, mine and occupational safety/health issues, and is co-author of several books related to mining, construction, employment law, and occupational safety and health.
She is a member of the Maryland, DC and Pennsylvania Bars, the U.S. District Courts of Maryland, DC and Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC, 3rd and 4th Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court. She is a graduate of the George Washington University’s National Law Center and earned her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Her professional memberships include the American Society of Safety Professionals, National Safety Council, the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association, Associated Builders and Contractors, the Industrial Minerals Association-North America, and the American Bar Association. In 2017, she received the NSC’s Distinguished Service to Safety Award. She is a multiple recipient of the ASSP’s Safety Professional of the Year Award. She was named an Avetta Fellow in 2022.
Agenda
I. Varying state laws on worker protections for medical cannabis patients | 10:00am – 10:20am
II. Crazy quilt of worker’s compensation laws and interface with personal injury/tort litigation | 10:20am – 10:40am
III. State OSHA plans that differ significantly from Federal OSHA requirements | 10:40am –11:00am
Break | 11:00am – 11:10am
IV. Minimum wage laws at the state and municipal level that conflict with federal FLSA | 11:10am – 11:40am
V. Misclassifying workers as independent contractors | 11:40am -12:10pm
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