Meeting/Event Information

Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.

Program will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Speaker: Christine V. Walters, J.D., MAS, SHRM-SCP, SPHR – Sole Proprietor FiveL Company

The list of actions that Congress, federal agencies, courts, and other entities are taking to clarify, limit, or restrict  employment practices is burgeoning.

Join this fast-paced and interactive session as we fly at a moderate altitude and consider some of the latest news, trends, proactive practices, and pitfalls to avoid including and not limited to (topics subject to changing events):

1. Employee classification (FLSA)
2. Paid family & medical leave (federal and Maryland)
3. Pay Transparency (MD and state trends)
4. Reasonable Accommodation (pregnancy, religious)
5. Wage & Hour Woes (bonuses, pre/post-liminary activities)
6. Maryland General Assembly Wrap Up

Ms. Walters has more than 25 years’ combined experience in management, HR administration, employment law practice, and teaching.

She has received national and regional awards, presented at conferences across the country, been engaged as an expert witness for the defense, and testified before U.S. Congressional and state legislative committees and administrative agencies on employment issues.

Her book, “From Hello to Goodbye: Proactive Tips for Maintaining Positive Employee Relations” is now in its 2^nd edition and has been one of the publisher’s “Great 8” best-sellers for eight consecutive years and provides readers with 3.0 SHRM credits!

Today Ms. Walters works as an independent consultant providing proactive human resources and employment law consulting services and training programs doing business as FiveL Company, “Helping Leaders Limit their Liability by Learning the Law.”^SM

Ms. Walters is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland.

www.FiveL.net

[email protected]

1.0 HRCI Credit Approved | 1.0 SHRM PDC Approved

This meeting will be offered both in-person and virtually.