January 9, 2024
1:00pm – 2:00pm Eastern
Employment: Are You Ready for This Year’s Employment Law Challenges?
Description: New employment laws and recent decisions include everything from the new Pregnancy Fairness Act, the Supreme Court's recent expansion of the rights of religious employees to reasonable accommodation and using AI in the workplace. If ensuring compliance with those was not enough, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Labor are now expected to implement a slew of worker-friendly priorities. This webinar will address the significant labor and employment law developments that are, and will be, affecting your operations and the landscape of employment law.
Speaker: Jonathan Mook & Robin Cross
Jonathan Mook is a nationally recognized practitioner in employment law and has written two treatises : Americans with Disabilities Act: Employee Rights and Employer Obligations and Americans with Disabilities Act: Public Accommodations and Commercial Facilities, both published by LexisNexis. He represents employers and businesses on matters relating to employment law, business torts and business disputes.
Mr. Mook frequently counsels employers on issues involving compliance with the ADA and accommodating disabled employees, as well as other employment related matters. Mr. Mook is a member of the Editorial Board of Bender’s Labor & Employment Bulletin and a co-editor of the Mid-Atlantic Employment Law Letter. He also is a regular contributor to several legal publications, including Employment Law 360. He is included in Best Lawyers in America (2022 ed.) for employment law.
Mr. Mook is a member of the Virginia and District of Columbia Bars, and is a member of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the District of Columbia Bar and has been a member of the Alexandria Commission on Persons with Disabilities. He earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. He can be reached at mookjon68@gmail.com.
Roberta "Robin" Cross is an attorney with Messer, Fort, McDonald, PLLC, a full-service municipal firm, assisting cities with their legal issues, from Annexations to Zoning, having offices in Frisco, Austin and Abilene, Texas. She has over twenty years’ experience advising and representing local governments. She was recognized as an IMLA Fellow in 2013. She has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1992. She previously worked as in-house counsel for a statewide police labor union and as a trial attorney for the EEOC, before returning to management representation. She is licensed to practice in Texas and is admitted to all of its federal courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. She has served as President of IMLA’s Personnel Section since 2018, which led to her being awarded the William I. Thornton, Jr. IMLA Faculty Award in 2021.