2025 Legal Update for Human Resources
September 16, 2025 | 11:15 AM - 5:00 PM
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The Tides Club | 1001 N Highway A1A
Patrick Space Force Base, FL 32925
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Join us for our annual half-day legal update! Lunch, beverages, and snacks will be served.
SPEAKERS
Sheriff Wayne Ivey - Brevard County Sheriff’s Office
Topic: Current Crime Trends
Sheriff Wayne Ivey has over forty years of public safety service. His career includes both law enforcement and correctional disciplines. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy 237th Session and has a bachelor’s degree in Supervision and Management from Daytona State College. His background in law enforcement includes Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.
R. Michelle Tatum-Bush - Partner, Ford & Harrison LLP
Topic: Navigating Workplace Leave Laws: Best practices for handling the interplay between FMLA, ADA, Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and Workers’ Compensation leave requests .
Both federal and state laws provide a wide range of types of protected leave, which allow employees to take time away from work to attend to personal matters. Understanding what laws apply when a qualifying event occurs can be tricky. Even the most generous of employers can unintentionally run afoul of the law. This interactive session we will equip HR professionals with knowledge to handle leave requests lawfully. You will learn:
- How to identify which leave law applies to avoid costly legal mistakes,
- Best practices on documentation, and
- How to support employees while maintaining operational needs.
Michelle concentrates her practice on representing management in employment matters. Michelle defends companies in a broad range of employment and labor disputes, including cases involving allegations of discrimination based on age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex, and religion, sexual and racial harassment, retaliation, fraud, defamation, negligent supervision and retention, and breach of contract. She also handles claims involving the FLSA, FMLA, and the WARN Act.
Louis D. Wilson - Partner, Ford & Harrison LLP
Topic: It’s About Time: Key Steps in Conducting Your Own Wage/Hour Audit
Louis Wilson will present an informative overview and workshop to help HR professionals conduct their own internal wage/hour audits, with a particular focus on the most common pitfalls and mistakes made by employers, as well as review of the latest developments and guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The session will include a review of what duties and positions that qualify for exempt status from overtime obligations under the FLSA, independent contractor myths and misclassification issues, when must employees be paid for meal breaks, training and waiting time, permissible time clock rounding practices, and employer record keeping obligations under the FLSA.
Learning Objectives:
- Helping HR professionals conduct their own wage/hour audits to ensure compliance with the FLSA and state laws
- Developing a deeper understanding of the requirements imposed on employers by the FLSA and common misconceptions and pitfalls to avoid
- Helping HR professionals and employers understand options and obligations in addressing the status and compensation of exempt and non-exempt employees.
Louis is a seasoned labor and employment attorney with deep experience advising employers across industries such as healthcare, hospitality, finance, and manufacturing. He regularly drafts employment and non-compete agreements, develops personnel policies, conducts workplace investigations and trainings, and manages separations and reductions-in-force. Louis also represents employers in federal and state courts, focusing on breach of contract, discrimination, FMLA, wage/hour, and whistleblower claims. His traditional labor law expertise includes advising on union organizing, labor arbitration, and unfair labor practice proceedings.
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Tickets
$50.00 Members
$60.00 Guest
$50.00 Student
$0.00 Prepaid Plan Board Ticket
