Labor and Employment Section – Unions and Employment Law with Tom Lenz, Esq.
Thursday, May 26, 2022
12:00-1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom

With a change in Administration, the National Labor Relations Board and the Agency’s new General Counsel will be looking at workplace issues with an eye toward expanding employee rights.  Many areas have been targeted for litigation, as federal labor law rights are often expanded by litigation rather than rulemaking.  Issues awaiting attention cover a vast range for all workplaces, whether or not employees are represented by a labor union.  This session will help practitioners advising or representing clients on workplace issues to identify the potential rights, claims, and pitfalls at play, affecting workplace rules, employee communications, safety and other protest activity, employee misclassification, and beyond.

Our speaker, Thomas A. Lenz is a partner at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, working from the Firm’s Pasadena, California office.  For over 30 years he has advised employers across California, and elsewhere, on workplace issues.  He leads the Firm’s labor relations practice.  He began his career with NLRB in Los Angeles, where his fluency in Spanish was frequently put to use in the cases he handled.  He is a past Chair and current Advisor of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the California Lawyers Association and an Adjunct Lecturer with the USC Gould School of Law.  He frequently appears in print and broadcast media to provide commentary on workplace issues of the day.

Cost: $20 for section members and $30 for non-section members.

Consistent with our prior virtual presentations that have qualified for MCLE credit, all attendees must register online prior to the event. Online registration will close on the morning of the event.

Registration: Please log-in on the SMCBA website to register for this event. The Zoom invite and materials for the webinar will be emailed to attendees the day before and morning of the event. If you want to pay by check, still, please register online first and send your check payable to SMCBA and note your name and this event.

Logistics: Your Zoom credentials will automatically be emailed to you shortly after you register online, as well as the day and hour before the event. The written materials for the webinar will be emailed to attendees the morning of the event. 

Cancellations must be received at least 48 hours prior to the event for a full refund of the registration fee. If you do not cancel within 48 hours or do not show up to the event, you will be charged the full amount. You will receive 1 hour of General Law MCLE credit for attending this event. The MCLE certificates will be made available in the week following the event.