Event Details
2017 Legal Update
Date: | September 20, 2017, 5:30pm – 8:00pm |
Organizer: | Dulles SHRM |
Location: | Hidden Creek Country Club 1711 Clubhouse Road Reston, Virginia 20190 |
Price: | $35.00 Member, $55.00 Non-Member, $25.00 Member in Transition |
Event Type: | Chapter Meeting - Dinner |
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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.
Meeting Agenda (Dinner)
- 5:30-6:00 Networking
- 6:00-6:10 Chapter announcements
- 6:10-6:35 Dinner
- 6:35-6:45 Sponsor announcements & Minute with M/M
- 6:45-7:45 Program
- 7:45-8:00 Closing remarks/raffles