Summary:

2019 has brought many new labor and employment law updates. HR Professionals and CEO’s should work together to help reduce risks associated with these regulations.

Bring Your Boss To Breakfast!

Chief Concerns: HR Compliance Starts At The Top

Top employment issues Company leaders need to know before it ruins business for everyone.

Join us to learn more about these important compliance risks:

• Employee Handbooks
• ADAA and Reasonable Accommodation Requirements
• Compensation Concerns: overtime regs and FLSA

Speaker Bio:

Todd Wallace is a founding partner of Wallace Meyaski, a New Orleans boutique law firm representing clients in a diverse range of business and commercial litigation matters, including significant labor and employment disputes.

Mr. Wallace provides his clients with day-to-day advice on how to handle every aspect of employee hiring, promotion, and termination, to implement best practices for handling personnel, wage, and safety issues and compliance with local, state, and federal laws, and, when necessary, to litigation these claims.

He brings nearly twenty years of legal experience in representing businesses of all shapes and sizes in state and federal court venues in a wide variety of complex commercial and employment matters. Prior to forming Wallace Meyaski, Mr. Wallace served as a shareholder and Vice Chairman of the firm’s commercial litigation section. Mr. Wallace is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Loyola College of Law here in New Orleans.

Our March 2019 Speaker Sponsor:

A fully accredited Catholic university in New Orleans, the University of Holy Cross (formerly Our Lady of Holy Cross College) offers more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 1,100 students. With 154 faculty members and a student-faculty ratio of 13:1, students enjoy a personalized academic experience on an active campus where they are encouraged to explore spiritual values and pursue service opportunities. Some of the university’s most distinctive programs are in Business, Education, Counseling and Healthcare.

Our March 2019 Coffee Sponsor:

Purple Ink is a full-service HR consulting firm that will help you make your workspace JoyPowered. Whether you’re looking for help with recruiting, compliance, or leadership training, they listen to what you need and tailor their solutions to you. What they won’t change is their positive approach!

NOLA SHRM will partner with Arc of Greater New Orleans to collect Mardi Gras beads at our March Breakfast. Recycle your Mardi Gras throws with ArcGNO and help them turn beads into jobs for individuals with Autism, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual disabilities. There will be bins for you to drop your throws off as you enter The Cannery. 

NOLA-SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP professional development credits (PDCs). This program has been submitted for 1 PDCs. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit shrmcertification.org.

NOLA-SHRM is a recognized provider of recertification credits. HR Certification Institute® pending approval for 1 HR (General) credit towards aPHR™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification.