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Fri Oct 7, 2016

The Legacy Centre Speaker Series with Eric Ebbert

 

"A Whirlwind of Change: Are You Ready?" presented by L. Eric Ebbert, Wimberly Lawson, PLLC

employment law changes

Surreal. That pretty much sums up the current cultural and political climate. Just look across the country. We are a nation built on high moral values and absolutes. Yet our constitution is on trial at every turn. Some might even say we hardly resemble “We the People” of our forefathers. How did we get to this point?

To make matters worse, a similar force is crossing over the thresholds of our businesses, wrecking our employee relationships, ravaging our policies and procedures, and threatening our bottom lines and very survival. What worked last year holds little hope of standing up to the high stakes employment matters facing management teams today. It’s a new reality, leaving many business owners and human resource professionals exposed to litigation and strained at best.

Are you prepared? Are your supervisors ready to handle the changing legal environment in which they work? In employment cases, liability frequently hinges on what your frontline supervisors did or did not do and how well their decisions were documented. In the last year, we have seen numerous legal changes that create new challenges for employers. These changes include wage and hour regulations, definition of marriage, transgender rights, religious discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act, OSHA, and others. 

On October 7, join us as employment law attorney Eric Ebbert discusses these changes, common pitfalls, and what they mean for today’s employers. As business owners and HR professionals, there are specific steps you can take to make sure you stay legal, retain employees and encourage peak performance, while protecting your company values and margins.

Ready or not, here they come! You might as well take the blinders off. If these challenges are not already at your doorstep, they could be soon. Better be prepared.  

Meet Our Speaker: L. Eric Ebbert

Ebbert

L. Eric Ebbert is a Member of Wimberly Lawson Wright Daves & Jones, PLLC, in the Knoxville, Tennessee office. He is licensed in both Tennessee and Florida. He practices in the areas of Labor & Employment law - management, business litigation, and health care liability.

His emphasis on Labor & Employment law includes counseling and defending employers in state and federal courts and before government agencies under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, National Labor Relations Act, and state employment laws; conducting high-level investigations; management training; and employment contracts. His litigation practice also includes real property, breach of contract, tort liability, products liability, and health care liability, as well as the full spectrum of business-to-business litigation. Eric has tried more than 30 cases, representing regional, national and multi-national companies, through all stages of litigation and appeals.

Eric received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University and his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Tennessee, the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Tax Court. Since 2007, Eric has served as a member of the District Investigatory Committee of the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners. He is a member of the American, Tennessee, and Knoxville Bar Associations, a member of SHRM, and a member of the Board of the Senior Citizens Home Assistance Service, Inc. Other associations, honors and awards... He devotes his personal time to family and church activities. 

Coffee, light breakfast, and TLC served.

When

Fri Oct 7, 2016
7:15 - 9:00 a.m.

Where

Friedman's Appliances
9296 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922