NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD/U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
33RD ANNUAL ROBERT FUCHS LABOR LAW CONFERENCE
Sponsored with the Labor & Employment Law Sections of the:
Boston Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Maine Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
New Hampshire Bar Association
Rhode Island Bar Association
Vermont Bar Association
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2005
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
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Beginning this year, the NLRB-DOL Joint Labor Law Conference will be named in honor of former NLRB Region 1 Regional Director Robert Fuchs, who joined the Agency in 1948 and served as Regional Director from 1971 until his retirement in 1988. As a result of his role with the NLRB and his adjunct professorships at Boston College Law School and Suffolk University Law School, he inspired many labor lawyers working throughout the country. Robert Fuchs died at age 92, in December 2004.
On July 5, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Labor Relations Act. Seventy years later, Board law continues to present complex legal issues affecting the Section 7 rights of employees and collective bargaining. In the NLRB keynote address, Board Member Wilma Liebman, the senior member of the Board, will provide a broad perspective on recent and pending Board cases. Suffolk Law Professor Marc Greenbaum will moderate the NLRB panel of NLRB Deputy Associate General Counsel Ellen Farrell, AFLCIO General Counsel Jonathan Hiatt, and former Board Member and current management attorney Marshall Babson.
The Department of Labor administers over one hundred laws protecting worker safety and health, retirement security, wages, and equal access to jobs and promotions. Howard M. Radzely, the Solicitor of Labor, will give the Department’s keynote address. The Solicitor is the Secretary of Labor’s principal legal officer, with responsibility for overseeing litigation conducted by the Department and for providing legal advice to the Secretary of Labor and other senior officials. Mr. Radzely will discuss recent developments in the laws affecting the American workforce. The Labor Department panels will focus on current topics in ERISA, FLSA and OSHA.
~Concurrent Panels and Reception~ To assure appropriate accommodations, please indicate which workshop you plan to attend as well as whether or not you'll be attending the reception. Please e-mail your information to als@suffolk.edu. concurrent Panels: A NLRB-The General Counsel's Division and management and union perspectives on Key Topics before the board B DOL and Panel on ERISA C DOL Panel on the Fair Labor Standards Act D DOL Panel on Occupational Safety & Health Cocktail and Networking Reception
(Please let us know if you'll be attending)
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 1:30 |
WELCOME AND TRIBUTE TO ROBERT FUCHS |
| Rosemary Pye, Regional Director, National Labor Relations Board, Carolyn Fuchs, Daughter and Robert Cheverie, Son-in-Law
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| 1:45 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS-THE NLRA AT 70: OLD STATUTE, NEW TRICKS |
- Pending and recent cases at the Board
- Trends in Board decisions
- Effect of changes in the economy on employment relationships and collective-bargaining relationships
Wilma Liebman, Board Member
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Washington, D.C.
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INTRODUCTION |
Frank McDermott, Regional Solicitor
U.S. Department of Labor, Boston
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| 2:35 |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR |
- Recent legal developments in the various laws that the U.S. Department
of Labor enforces
Howard Radzely, Solicitor of Labor
U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Washington, D.C.
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Concurrent Panels |
PANEL A - NLRB PANEL The General Counsel’s Division of Advice and Management and Union Perspectives on Key Topics before the Board Voluntary recognition and the Board’s recognition bar to an election –(Dana Corp./ Metaldyne) - Corporate campaigns – First Amendment versus secondary boycott protections
- Organizing temporary workers (Oakwood Care Center, overruling Sturgis)
- Pro-union supervisors in organizing campaigns (Harborside Healthcare)
- The Board’s definition of a supervisor after Kentucky River
- E-mail policy
- Protected, concerted activity
Professor Marc Greenbaum, Moderator
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA Ellen Farrell, Deputy Associate General Counsel
Division of Advice, NLRB, Washington, D.C. Marshall Babson, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
New York, New York Jonathan Hiatt, General Counsel, AFL-CIO
Washington, D.C.
PANEL B – ERISA - Fiduciary breach claims/remedies update
- 401(k) fees and fiduciary duty
- Dealing with missing participants and abandoned plans
Michael Felsen, Moderator
Boston Regional Counsel for ERISA, USDOL Ivelisse Berio LeBeau, Solicitor’s Office
U.S. Department of Labor, Boston Marcia Wagner
The Wagner Law Group, Boston
PANEL C – FLSA - Preliminary and postliminary work issues: Tum v. Barber Foods, Inc., and Alvarez v. IBP, Inc.
- Dual filed collective FLSA actions
- Hours worked at employer call centers
- Joint employment
- Other FLSA topics
John Casler, Moderator
Deputy Regional Solicitor, Boston, USDOL Patricia Slate, Wage & Hour Division
U.S. Department of Labor, Boston Ellen Kearns, of Counsel
Foley & Lardner, LLP, Boston
PANEL D – OSHA - Multi-employer Worksite Doctrine
- Other OSHA topics
Christine Eskilson, Moderator
Boston Regional Counsel for OSHA, USDOL Steven Turow, Solicitor’s Office
U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C. Ralph Minichiello, Solicitor’s Office
U.S. Department of Labor, Boston James Grosso
O’Reilly, Grosso & Gross, Framingham
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COCKTAIL & NETWORKING RECEPTION |
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Thursday, October 27, 2005 |
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Tuition is $80.00
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Space is limited. This conference usually sells out. Please register early to guarantee a seat. Registrations at the door will be permitted if space is available. Due to limited capacity, those who arrive late may be asked to view the plenary session in an overflow room. Please call in advance to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you may send a substitute.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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This course will provide CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & ME.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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