Event Details

Join us to learn more on the latest legal updates and best practices to prepare your organization. The discussion will include a review of key developments in employment law and an overview of current concerns for employers and human resource professionals.  Topics to be reviewed may include:

• Enhanced local penalties for wage violations
• Recent cases on the ADA and FMLA
• Gender discrimination issues
• Current trends in employment litigation

About the presenter:

Mr. Matt Nieman represents employers in a broad spectrum of labor and employment law matters, including discrimination, wage and hour, questions related to the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 ("USERRA"), and workplace drug-testing issues. He has been actively involved in all phases of the litigation process on the full range of employment discrimination and employment-related tort and contract claims.

Mr. Nieman received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University in 1998, along with a commission as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the U.S. Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps. After clerking for the Williamsburg/James City County, Virginia Commonwealth Attorney's Office throughout law school, he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the William & Mary School of Law in 2001.

Mr. Nieman is a past President and current Legislative Liaison of the Dulles Chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) and a member of the Boards of Loudoun Literacy Council and the Cornell Club of Washington. He was selected for inclusion in Virginia Super Lawyers magazine as a "Rising Star" each year since 2010 and recognized in the Washington Post Magazine as a Washington D.C. Metro Area Outstanding Young Lawyer since 2013.

Please join us for this lively discussion. You are welcome to extend an invitation to interested colleagues.  No fee is charged for attending.  However, registration is required on-line, at least 24 hours in advance, via the Dulles SHRM web site (www.dullesshrm.org) -- Chapter Discussion Groups. If you have questions, contact Laurie Smith at 703-362-8082 or lauriesmith717@gmail.com. Participation may be limited to the first 25 people who sign up.