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The Section of Labor and Employment Law is your link to information that matters to you. Our 22,000+ members represent all perspectives of labor and employment law: employer, union, employee, public, and neutral. All are committed to a balanced discussion of employment issues in the United States and abroad. Section membership is open to all regular, associate and law student members of the ABA. Annual dues are $40 for ABA Lawyer and Associate members and free for ABA Law Student Division members. The benefits of membership include committee participation, publications, CLE, government contacts, networking and more. |
Section Calendar
November 16, 2009 - November 17, 2009 Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago Chicago, IL
Format: Live/In-Person Don't Let the Flu Get You Down... Be Ready With the Legal Rx When the H1N1 Flu Hits the Workplace November 18, 2009 - November 18, 2009
Location: N/A
Format: Webcast/ Teleconference 
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LEL ABA Journal News
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3RD ANNUAL CLE CONFERENCE The success of the first two ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law Annual CLE Conferences has positioned the annual event as the premier meeting focusing on all aspects of labor and employment law. We are delighted to share with you the program agenda for the 3rd Annual CLE Conference to be held November 4–7, 2009, in Washington, D.C. We are excited to have the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) cosponsoring the Fundamentals Track again this year and hope to see many YLD members at the Conference. | Continue |
Online registration for the meeting has closed; if you are interested in attending the meeting you may register onsite. For information please contact the Section office at (312) 988-5523. |
LEL Committees
The Section's committees deal with emerging legal issues and are a major force behind many developments in labor and employment law. Each committee offers members the opportunity to meet and work with colleagues experienced in the committee's area of concentration and, when appropriate, with government policy makers and regulators. Committees meet in conjunction with the ABA Annual Meeting and several committees hold independent midwinter meetings each year.
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Section Newsletter
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Fall 2009 Volume 38 | Number 1 |
Featured Article
Chairman Liebman Says NLRB Is "Poised for Change" | by: Victoria L. Bor
Daily Labor Report
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Leadership Opportunities
Law Student Division Spring Meetings
Each Spring, the ABA Law Student Division's 15 circuits host a Spring Meeting so law students in their region can learn about the scope of the profession and begin building a foundation of the ABA for their future legal careers.
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Perspectives Magazine – An Invitation to Authors
Publication Offer
Special Section Member Discounts from the ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law and BNA Books
Committee Spotlight
Federal Service Labor and Employment Law Committee
The Federal Service Labor and Employment Law Committee held its Midwinter Meeting at the ABA offices in Washington, D.C. on April 22-23, 2009. The meeting was well attended by Government officials, union representatives and union and private sector attorneys. Our meeting began with a panel discussion on current developments and prospective initiatives under the new Obama Administration. Panelists included Elaine Kaplan, the new General Counsel of the Office of Personnel Management; Susan Tsui Grundmann, General Counsel, National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) and President Obama's nominee to fill a vacancy on the Merit Systems Protection Board; and Charity Wilson, Legislative Representative, American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE).
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Immigration Committee
The mission of the Immigration Committee is to provide information, education and a forum for immigration issues as they relate to labor and employment law. In today's workplace, legal practitioners must have a basic understanding of the intersection of these areas of law.
The Committee held its Midwinter Meeting this year in Orlando on April 2 and 3, 2009, in conjunction with the EEO Committee's Midwinter Meeting. The Committee presented sessions on the impact of changing immigration policy on discrimination law and other immigration law developments impacting employment lawyers.
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Featured Publication
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The Fair Labors Standards Act, with 2009 Cumulative Supplement $700.00 The first comprehensive coverage of this uncharted area of labor and employment law. With its labyrinth of requirements, the Fair Labor Standards Act can be confusing and difficult to comply with. Now, this complex and largely unexplored area of the law is presented in a single, balanced treatise that will become your reference of first resort as you advise clients, analyze fact patterns, and litigate cases under the FLSA. |
Disparate Impact vs. Disparate Treatment: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Ricci v. DeStefano
(Decided June 29, 2009)
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Title VII provides: “notwithstanding any other provision . . . it shall not be an unlawful employment practice for . . . an employer to give and to act upon the results of any professionally developed ability test provided that such test, its administration or action upon the results is not designed, intended or used to discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.” 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(h). To determine when such a test has a disparate impact on minority candidates, the EEOC uses a benchmark known as the Four-Fifths Rule.
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Section Updates
Federal Legislative Developments Committee - Significant and Pending Labor and Employment Legislation
Fair Measure: Toward Effective Attorney Evaluations, Second Edition
- Pathways to Leadership
- Review of Supreme Court Developments in Labor and Employment Law | Supreme Court Update
- Review of Significant Developments in Common Law and State Statutory Decisions | Significant Recent Employment Law Developments in State Common Law and Statutory Decisions
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