A Gentry Locke Employment Webinar: Current Trends and the Initial Aftermath of the July 2020 Laws

This seminar will provide an update on current trends we are seeing in our practice as it relates to EEOC charges, employment litigation and compliance issues.

We will discuss proactive and practical steps that should be taken to prepare for the ongoing and much anticipated increase in state employment claims, training and handbook updates, terminating employment, and how the new Virginia laws are impacting employers.

1. Attendees will learn about current trends we are actually seeing in our practice as it relates to EEOC charges, employment litigation and compliance issues.
    
2. Attendees will be provided proactive and practical steps that should be taken to prepare for the ongoing and much anticipated increase in state employment claims. Training and handbook updates? What does it all mean practically speaking if an employer needs to terminate employment? Does the at-will doctrine exist anymore? Do mandatory arbitration agreements (pros and cons) make sense and what does that really involve? Will such agreements be upheld by courts?
    
3. Attendees will get a front line view of how the new Virginia laws are impacting employers. What creative claims are being filed?