On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, I will be speaking at the 2010 Employment Law Update telephonic conference sponsored by CEB.  It is always a lively and informative program, and I encourage you to enroll.  The program runs from 1:00 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Pacific).  One hour of MCLE credit is available.

Details after the break.

Program Description

As an employment law practitioner, you are constantly bombarded with news of developments in your field. Take this opportunity to focus on the “Top 10 (or so)” issues that are most likely to affect your practice this year and beyond.

Our experts, plaintiff’s employment attorney Andrew H. Friedman of Helmer & Friedman LLP and employment defense attorney Anthony J. Oncidi of Proskauer Rose LLP, pinpoint for you the year’s most significant up-to-the-minute developments and how they will affect your practice. In this practitioner-oriented review, you will get their cogent perspectives on:

  • The latest developments in the class action wave, including Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Arenas v. El Torito Restaurant, Jaimez v. DAIOHS, and Keller v. Tuesday Morning, Inc.;
  • Whether and when sales representatives may be owed post-termination commission payments – Nein v. HostPro, Inc.;
  • The denial of attorney’s fees to an employee in a discrimination case who prevailed (but not by much) – Chavez v. City of Los Angeles;
  • The latest multi-million dollar developments in punitive damages jurisprudence and disability discrimination law, including Roby v. McKesson and A.M. v. Albertsons;
  • New developments in employee privacy rights – Hernandez v. Hillsides, Inc. and Quon v. Arch Wireless;
  • The applicability of California’s “kin care” statute to uncapped sick-leave policies – McCarther v. Pacific Telesis Group;
  • The enforceability of stock forfeiture provisions for employees who quit or are terminated for cause within two years after vesting – Schachter v. Citigroup, Inc.;
  • The latest Labor Commissioner Opinion Letters concerning partial-day deductions from exempt employees’ leave balances; proportionate reduction in exempt employees’ hours and compensation; and seasonal alternative workweek scheduling;
  • And much more…
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Anthony J. Oncidi is the co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department and heads the West Coast Labor & Employment group in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Tony represents employers and management in all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including…

Anthony J. Oncidi is the co-chair of the Labor & Employment Law Department and heads the West Coast Labor & Employment group in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Tony represents employers and management in all aspects of labor relations and employment law, including litigation and preventive counseling, wage and hour matters, including class actions, wrongful termination, employee discipline, Title VII and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, executive employment contract disputes, sexual harassment training and investigations, workplace violence, drug testing and privacy issues, Sarbanes-Oxley claims and employee raiding and trade secret protection. A substantial portion of Tony’s practice involves the defense of employers in large class actions, employment discrimination, harassment and wrongful termination litigation in state and federal court as well as arbitration proceedings, including FINRA matters.

Tony is recognized as a leading lawyer by such highly respected publications and organizations as the Los Angeles Daily Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, and Chambers USA, which gives him the highest possible rating (“Band 1”) for Labor & Employment.  According to Chambers USA, clients say Tony is “brilliant at what he does… He is even keeled, has a high emotional IQ, is a great legal writer and orator, and never gives up.” Other clients report:  “Tony has an outstanding reputation” and he is “smart, cost effective and appropriately aggressive.” Tony is hailed as “outstanding,” particularly for his “ability to merge top-shelf lawyerly advice with pragmatic business acumen.” He is highly respected in the industry, with other commentators lauding him as a “phenomenal strategist” and “one of the top employment litigators in the country.”

“Tony is the author of the treatise titled Employment Discrimination Depositions (Juris Pub’g 2020; www.jurispub.com), co-author of Proskauer on Privacy (PLI 2020), and, since 1990, has been a regular columnist for the official publication of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California and the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

Tony has been a featured guest on Fox 11 News and CBS News in Los Angeles. He has been interviewed and quoted by leading national media outlets such as The National Law Journal, Bloomberg News, The New York Times, and Newsweek and Time magazines. Tony is a frequent speaker on employment law topics for large and small groups of employers and their counsel, including the Society for Human Resource Management (“SHRM”), PIHRA, the National CLE Conference, National Business Institute, the Employment Round Table of Southern California (Board Member), the Council on Education in Management, the Institute for Corporate Counsel, the State Bar of California, the California Continuing Education of the Bar Program and the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills Bar Associations. He has testified as an expert witness regarding wage and hour issues as well as the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and has served as a faculty member of the National Employment Law Institute. He has served as an arbitrator in an employment discrimination matter.

Tony is an appointed Hearing Examiner for the Los Angeles Police Commission Board of Rights and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law and a guest lecturer at USC Law School and a guest lecturer at UCLA Law School.

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